Around a year or so ago I recommended a book called Progress by Johan Norberg. Well, I have recently read another book which is on a similar theme but is

I am led to believe that often gyms have membership numbers in excess of what the facilities could cope if everyone went regularly. The reason they do cope being due

At this time of year many of us have decided on our resolutions for 2018. The most popular seem to be: Give up smoking Lose weight Be more healthy Take control

“I have found that the importance of having an investment philosophy—one that is robust and that you can stick with— cannot be overstated.”  David Booth The world stock market has

The most important part of our investment philosophy is that because markets are so efficient at pricing shares and bonds it is really hard to outperform these markets after costs

Recently I googled “How to invest successfully” and I was staggered to find “about” 67,600,000 results. Granted many of these sites might not be relevant but I think it is

Below are three examples of the benefits of an on-going financial planning relationship. SimplicityIn today’s modern world of ever increasing choice my experience is many of us crave simplicity. Have you

At Blackdown Financial our investment portfolios are comprised of three asset classes – cash, bonds and equities (we use real estate investment trusts for property exposure). These can be likened