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Dealing with the taxman after death
Spectrum, Andrew Wood, Published on 01/04/2012
» Last week, we addressed trusts and how they can be useful to many expats. They preclude unwanted prying eyes and predators from viewing and attacking our assets during our lifetimes and after we pass and ensure that we have provided a future for loved ones.
Trusts open a wealth of possibilities
Spectrum, Andrew Wood, Published on 25/03/2012
» Over the past nine weeks we have been discussing financial life plans and the major aspects that are likely to affect you no matter what your age. There has been considerable reader feedback, with the single most popular theme being trusts. This matter was last raised in the March 11 "Net Worth" article, "Journeying through your financial life plan". The section on succession planning in that article dealt with some of the ways trusts can help many expats by adding security and value for their settlors and beneficiaries, and the practical uses of trusts in everyday life.
Comfortable pension or complete nightmare?
Spectrum, Andrew Wood, Published on 18/03/2012
» Continuing our look at your financial journey through life, let's look at how to to use your wealth to your best advantage when you get older and finally decide to retire.
Journeying through your financial life plan
Spectrum, Andrew Wood, Published on 11/03/2012
» Having spent some time this year discussing the methodology of a financial life plan, creating your wealth and then managing it as you accumulate assets, let's look at the things that you ought to be aware of throughout your life of financial planning.
Portfolio success a complicated equation
Spectrum, Andrew Wood, Published on 04/03/2012
» Last week, we looked at portfolio diversification and how you can manage your existing nest egg and capitalise on performance while broadening your overall balance to suit your risk appetite and time horizon.
The dynamics of portfolio diversification
Spectrum, Andrew Wood, Published on 26/02/2012
» In this current series of articles relating to lifetime financial planning, we have covered the mechanics of wealth creation, asset protection and ongoing management approaches to create financial reserves that will give us total financial freedom.
Give property a home in your portfolio
Spectrum, Andrew Wood, Published on 19/02/2012
» To achieve and maintain a successful financial plan, it is essential that you continue to diversify your asset classes throughout your lifetime. One of the most common and favourable ways to do this is by entering the property.
Wealth creation: It's never too late
Spectrum, Andrew Wood, Published on 12/02/2012
» So far this year we have looked at the importance of a well thought-out financial life plan and how such a plan might be affected by the creeping stealth power of inflation. Projecting these aspects of your overall finance picture into the future is not easy as there are so many unknowns and factors to take into account.
Factors that could waylay your wealth
Spectrum, Andrew Wood, Published on 05/02/2012
» Last week, we looked at the devastating effects inflation can have on the real value of your wealth. We did so in terms of both its capital value and your ongoing income requirement, which invariably increases as time goes by.
Start now to defuse inflation
Spectrum, Andrew Wood, Published on 29/01/2012
» The Chinese Year of the Dragon is thought to be an auspicious year and one in which a number of factors will have greater effect than usual, for better or worse. In other words, if your luck is good it will be enhanced, and if it is bad it will be horrid.