The Meaningful Money Personal Finance Podcast

Here we are at session number 15 , and we’re going to be talking about Inflation. Todd Tressider of financialmentor.com describes inflation like this: “Inflation is an incredibly dangerous three-headed monster: it can’t be forecast accurately and it multiplies your spending, while reducing average investment return” I’m going to look at this dangerous monster in […]

It’s session number 14 , and we’re going to be talking about choices at retirement. Last time we did an overview of pensions before retirement and concluded that they were basically just tax-efficient savings plans for the most part. We looked at the different types in summary, but I said that if you’re further than 10 […]

It's session number 13 , and we’re going to be talking about Pensions. It’s a misunderstood subject, so as ever, I hope to shed some light on it for you. But before we get into that… Click to Listen Podcast: Subscribe in iTunes | Play in new window | Download This podcast is brought to you […]

This week, I'm talking to Rob Bence and Rob Dix from The Property Podcast, about how to invest in property. Property is a unique asset class, with its own pros and cons and many ways in which you can invest. But for beginners it can be a minefield, and Rob & Rob tell us what […]

In this session of the MeaningfulMoney podcast, we’re going to be talking about Platforms, Wrappers and Funds. Last time we talked about asset classes, the essential building blocks of investing. Shares Gilts and CBs Property Commodities etc This time we're adding to that by summarising the main tax wrappers, why it makes sense to invest […]

Introduction What I wanted to cover in this session is to summarise all the major ‘things' you can invest in. We had a brief introduction to investing in my interview with Justin Urquhart Stewart in Session 6, but I want to put some meat on the bones in this session. We'll look at all the major asset […]

This time, we’re going to be talking about Inheritance Tax Planning or IHT. They call IHT the voluntary tax because there are many easy ways to plan for it. The problem is, none of us know the day we're going to die, which can make timing the planning a bit tricky! But there are things […]

In this session of the MeaningfulMoney Podcast, we’re going to be talking about how to find a financial adviser. This website was set up to provide information, so that those who wanted to do could do their own financial planning. If you know about all the different types of life assurance, for example, and how […]

In this seventh session of the MeaningfulMoney podcast, we’re going to be talking about protecting your future. According to Cliff Ravenscraft, the Podcast Answer Man, the seventh episode of any podcast is a watershed. Apparently many podcasts never get past the seventh episode! But we're here, and assuming I get to an eights session, you'll […]

Here we are at session number 6 , and we’re going to be talking about the basics of investing. This will be a bit of an introduction to the whole subject, and will be a little bit less structured than usual because it'll be in the form of an interview with Justin Urquhart Stewart. Justin […]