So with our decision being made that we are officially moving, there was a lot to consider. What does housing look like, what does schooling look like, what do the basics cost, what do the luxuries cost, do we need a car, do we need two cars, is public transport really that efficient and reliable? […]
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Sydows In PT- Start with Why.
Sydow’s in Portugal This is a blog about my family’s decision to live abroad, while working remotely, helping my clients live amazing lives through efficient utilization of their resources and focusing on wellbeing. We are on a quest to live our best life possible, and right now that quest has taken us to Paco de […]
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I recently came across the clarity paradox, which tries to explain why successful people and organizations don’t automatically become very successful. Greg McKeown author of Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less explains the the clarity paradox in 4 phases: Phase 1: When we really have clarity of purpose, it leads to success. Phase 2: When we have success, it leads to […]
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With more red than green days this month and year, the Local Equity market is proving to be a very scary place both for existing investors and for those looking to enter into this new world. It comes with promises of the highest returns in history. Just take a look at the numbers below: 15.44% […]
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Yesterday, Finance Minister Tito Titus Mboweni delivered his maiden medium term budget speech. WOW. Some of the head lines I have read include the following: “Mid Term Budget Speech: 13 most important quotes from Tito Mboweni”, “Mboweni’s budget speech underwhelming: Shivambu”, “South Africa’s Rand Slumps after Mboweni’s Budget […]
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Scary Market Conversations
Scary Market Conversations. Are you having them with your financial planner? Are they having them with you? Do you want to be having them or do you just want someone to blame for the lack of market returns? The Truth of the matter is that we are living in SCARY MARKETS, there is so much […]
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Scary Market Conversations. Are you having them with your financial planner? Are they having them with you? Do you want to be having them or do you just want someone to blame for the lack of market returns? The Truth of the matter is that we are living in SCARY MARKETS, there is so much […]
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Welcome to part 3 of the 3 part series on FEES. Annual financial planning fees, are as the name suggests an annual fee paid to your financial planner, for the ongoing work done throughout the year, after your initial financial plan has been created and the recommendations implemented. In this final post on the fees […]
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Not unlike retirement annuities, most people cringe when hearing the term education policy, it brings up emotions of being sold a policy on the back of a an empty promise that it will provide for your child’s education when in reality it is never able to do so off the back of your measly monthly […]
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Not unlike retirement annuities, most people cringe when hearing the term education policy, it brings up emotions of being sold a policy on the back of a an empty promise that it will provide for your child’s education when in reality it is never able to do so off the back of your measly monthly […]
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