Worldwide Financial Planning

This week the partial US government shutdown enters a new phase.

Already the longest shutdown on record, this week will see a second missed pay check for the federal workers caught up in the standoff.

A fiasco from start to its weary end, we’ve lost nearly three years of our lives which we cannot retrieve. But what will the current options available mean to our finances?

This week has been dominated by politics.

While we should have more to say about the week's events, a crushing defeat for the government on Brexit and scraping survival in a no confidence vote, hasn't really changed anything.

One of the targets on our New Year’s resolutions columns was the leaking of money from your bank accounts. Why work so hard at filling your wage packet when the money is blowing out the window?

This week has been broadly positive, with a lull in the news cycle has allowed the market to catch its breathe.

Ongoing trade talks between the US and China are being viewed positively, although there is no guarantee they'll produce anything concrete.

We had looked at expenses and life insurance but didn’t touch on one point relating to their costs.