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Retirement planning: The benefits of opportunistic investment

How do you continue to grow your wealth after you retire?
When it comes to retirement planning, it is crucial to make the most of the opportunities one has to grow one’s wealth. And because retirement planning is primarily about creating enough of a nest egg to cater for the years when we aren’t working, it is important to have an investment that generates an income that will at least keep pace with inflation so your standard of living doesn’t diminish.

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Retirement Success Lies in the Point of Difference

As a retired business coach I have a tried and tested framework for assessing the likely success of a new business.  That framework is based on the owner’s analysis of and ability to penetrate the market the business would operate in. I would ask questions like; “What product or service are you offering?”  “Who wants or needs it?” “Who are they purchasing from now?”  “Why would they buy it from you?”

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The Secrets to Investing in Retirement

The Investment Series brings into focus the many strategic considerations needed in planning for retirement. We join Bruce Hein, who is looking for realistic long term investments which will carry him through his retirement. We now outline some areas for consideration in regards to investing goals for retirees.

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The Future of Retirement

One of the positives to come from the Intergenerational Report is that women’s participation in the workforce will increase.  What a rich seam of wonderful employees on which to draw.

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Don’t Tell It Like It Is

I have always seen one of the biggest challenges facing our industry is the need to make what we do, and how we do it, easy to understand and interesting.

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