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Should you invest your pension in property?
The demand for property In Ireland has been a hot topic for nearly 10 years now. The Dublin bay skyline is a collage of cranes and scaffolding; however, we are still in short supply. Building projects are underway, and while we all sit back to wait for another few years…
Smart financial moves you should be making in your 40s
Are you in your 40s and niggled by the feeling that there is something you should be doing to protect and grow your finances? For every decade of your life, there are financial tweaks that can be made to strengthen your position, but the 40s has extra significance. It is…
A beginner’s guide to investing in gold
If you’re still getting to grips with the practice of investing, gold may sound like an archaic choice. After all, we are at a point in time that will be marked in the history books as the “birth of cryptocurrency”, so gold can feel like a step in the opposite…
Income protection insurance – all you need to know!
Is income protection insurance right for you? Well, that all depends on you. The right type of insurance for you is going to be different from your neighbour’s and even to your closest family member’s. But one thing we can say off the bat is that nobody should over-insure, and…
Social housing as an investment
UPDATED 20th January 2019: Breakthrough 25-year, government-backed, fully repairing leases – index-linked to Irish inflation – are now on stream for privately owned social housing units from Clonee to Dún Laoghaire. Net yields after costs are around 5.5% p.a., which is five times the return from the bond market. This is…
7 golden rules for Euro Lotto winners
It could be you. Money doesn’t come with a set of instructions, especially sudden mega-windfalls like the Euro Lotto. The celebrations will be long-lasting and many a glass will be raised in your honour, but there are some serious financial decisions that need to be made when a lorry load of cash…
Will cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin revert to zero?
The development of cryptocurrencies is a challenge to the monopoly of Government sponsored fiat currencies, a reaction to fears that extreme Central Bank policies will lead to their further devaluation and slakes the human thirst for freedom to innovate with money. It is classic horizontal development by inventors no longer…
Entrepreneur Relief is a game changer
The introduction of Entrepreneur Relief, partially to defend against competition from the UK, is about to change the landscape for retirement planning for Ireland’s SME owners, especially if, as expected, the threshold rises from €1m closer to our nearest neighbours at £10 m of value overcoming Finance Acts. Entrepreneur Relief…