The Financial Coach

MANAGING PEOPLE AND THEIR EMOTIONS AROUND MONEY

Your greatest financial risk is not financial; it is physics!

Over the years as we have chatted to clients about financial planning we have settled down to the “big 5” risks that everyone faces and the resulting financial (and emotional) risks that they present to the person and their family. Simply put, these are (in no order of importance): Dying too soon Living too long …

Do I need a haircut?

“Do I need a haircut?” is not a question one normally asks a barber. Of course the answer will be yes. Likewise, “do I need insurance?” is not a question one normally asks an insurance salesman, especially when his/her income is derived from the sale of product. Among the clients I meet there is traditionally …

Statistically unlikely…BUT!

According to research conducted by True South Actuaries & Consultants and the Unisa Bureau of Market Research, South Africans are hopelessly underinsured for death and disability. This is not new research or the first time that this conclusion has been reached. But what is new is that for the first time, at least as far …