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How to make happiness part of your financial plan

People often think of their financial plan as a way to grow their wealth and provide financial security. You might consider areas like your pension or financial protection to be core parts of your financial plan. Yet, while they’re important, your happiness is essential too. Financial...

Coronavirus – The Economic Impact

With global equity markets falling in the wake of growing concern around Coronavirus, Butler Toll's Economic Adviser John Shepperd gives his thoughts on how the crisis may affect the global economy. It was the American economist, Frank H. Knight, who in his 1921 book Risk, Uncertainty...

The Post-Brexit World?

John Shepperd – Butler Toll Economics Adviser Two views on how the economy might look post-Brexit – one from the Treasury and one from the Bank of England. Both long and detailed – each over 80 pages – and both out on the same day. Clearly...