Can money buy happiness?

Can Money buy Happiness?

It is said that money can’t buy you happiness but as with all simple question or statements it depends on a lot of variables.

Once you have satisfied your basic needs food, clothing, shelter having more money doesn’t necessarily buy you happiness. One study famously found that people who had big wins on the lottery ended up no happier than those who had bought tickets but didn’t win. One way of accounting for this is to assume that lottery winners get used to their new level of wealth, and simply adjust back to a baseline level of happiness, something called the “hedonic treadmill”.Continue reading

6 Reasons to Invest

Six Reasons to Invest

We all know saving money for the future is a good idea but saving is just the first step towards future financial planning. Investing to grow your savings or indeed to create savings for the future is the ideal method to achieve future financial prosperity.  Here are our top six reasons to invest:

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What is Value Investing?

Value investing is an investment strategy where shares are selected for purchase that trade for less than their calculated or intrinsic value.

To value invest an investor needs to understand thoroughly the share or business they are investing in, to arrive at a calculated or (intrinsic) value and then buy the shares at LESS than what they calculate as their intrinsic value.Continue reading