by Tony Byrne | Apr 14, 2021 | Tony Byrne's View
Married, divorced and widowed women are being urged to check whether they’re being underpaid the state pension as successful claims reach an average of £9,000. In May last year, consultancy Lane Clark & Peacock (LCP) revealed tens of thousands of women were being...
by Tony Byrne | Apr 7, 2021 | Tony Byrne's View
United Income carried out extensive research on the efficiency of retirement portfolios which culminated in a white paper which was made publicly available in January 2018. Its results were very surprising to investors but totally unsurprising to financial planners....
by Tony Byrne | Mar 31, 2021 | Tony Byrne's View
It is no exaggeration to say that the pace of change globally during the current technological revolution is truly astounding. Whilst I have been no fan of lockdown what I have noticed is that it has accelerated some of the changes that were already happening. ...
by Tony Byrne | Mar 24, 2021 | Tony Byrne's View
When I was a young man watching Arnold Schwarzenegger in The Terminator it was easy to dismiss the film as a science fiction fantasy that was unlikely to ever happen but as each year has passed since then I have been only too aware that the future of cyborgs is...
by Tony Byrne | Mar 18, 2021 | Tony Byrne's View
In a previous blog of mine, I explained the importance of the Fibonacci sequence named after the famous Italian mathematician of the same name. Fibonacci introduced the Hindu system of writing numbers in Europe (0,1,2,3,4,5…..)in place of Roman numerals. However, what...
by Tony Byrne | Mar 10, 2021 | Tony Byrne's View
What is investment risk? An understanding of investment risk is crucial to maintaining an appropriate long-term investment strategy. Risk can, and should, be interpreted in many ways. To some people, risk means the likelihood of achieving a return below their...
