We’re all biased, whether consciously or unconsciously. But what happens when that bias enters the financial advice you receive? In this episode, I’m sharing a couple of examples of bias when it comes to financial advice, explaining how to recognise it and what you can do to make sure advice is unbiased. There’s also a […]

When it comes to investing, things sometimes go wrong. There’s risk involved when investing your money. Companies sometimes suffer a dramatic, even a catastrophic fall, in their share price. When this happens, investors lose out and employees lose their jobs. But my guest today says a company’s published accounts will often offer clues to impending […]

Death, divorce and debt have been in the news a lot this week. Not the most cheerful subjects as we get back into the swing of things in the New Year, but all three important from a financial planning perspective. So coming up in this episode, why more people die in the second week of […]

My guest today believes it’s time to acknowledge that not all working women are interested in climbing the corporate ladder or securing the corner office. In fact, most women want and need flexible, less life-consuming work to accommodate their real lives. And it’s not weak, lacking ambition or letting down the sisterhood to pursue professional […]

In this episode of the podcast, I’m sharing seven tips for sticking with your money goals in 2019. What good are New Year’s Resolutions if you give them up by the third week in January?! The tips I’m sharing are just are relevant for health and fitness resolutions are they are for money resolutions, so […]

Today on the show, I take you to Lisbon in Portugal for a conversation with Jose Supico. Jose is CEO and co-founder of Advicefront, a fintech firm designed from the ground up with the new reality of personalised advice and digital lifestyles in mind. It’s everything advisers, paraplanners and clients need in one place, from […]

In this episode, I’ve picked 12 of my favourite guest interviews from 2018 and selected the best lessons from those conversations. It was hard work to whittle this down to just 12 guests. During the course of 2018, I’ve interviewed around 60 different personal finance experts for this show and I’ve genuinely enjoyed every conversation. […]

My guest on the show today is Jonathan Clements, founder of HumbleDollar.com and prolific author of personal finance books. His new book is From Here to Financial Happiness: Enrich Your Life in Just 77 Days. Why 77 days you ask? Well I wanted to know that too, so I ask Jonathan during this conversation. From […]

In this episode, it’s the Informed Choice Christmas letter. I take a look back at 2018, with personal finance highlights and news from here at Informed Choice throughout the year. It’s like that letter you get in the Christmas card from your grandmother each year, but hopefully slightly more interesting. No offence intended to your […]

If there’s a personal finance topic I’m happy to come back to again and again, it’s budgeting. Budgeting is the foundation, the very cornerstone of a great financial plan. Like many things in the world of finances, it’s simple, but rarely easy. My guest today is Michele Cagan, a Certified Public Accountant on a mission […]