Fund Your Retirement Podcast

Welcome to part seven of this mini-series on currency investing. This is the final part of the seven-part mini-series covering how to select a broker and how to access the currency markets. During this episode, the focus is on the different ways to access the global currency markets, and how to select the right broker that suits your needs. We will be covering: Options Futures Exchange-Traded Fund...

Welcome to part six of this mini-series on strategy and methodology in currency investing. According to google a strategy simply means a plan of action designed to achieve a long-term or overall aim. A strategy in the world of currency investing is a process of buying and selling financial instruments based on a predefined set of rules And a methodology means a system of methods used in particular...

Welcome to part five of this mini-series on currency investing, and quite possibly the most important one of them all, risk management is also known as money management. Quite simply, money management in currency investing describes the various aspects of managing the amount of money you risk and the return on investment you make. If you don't fully understand the implications of money management...

How to analyse the currency markets, part four of this mini-series on currency investing. During this episode we cover the very important topics of: Technical Analysis Fundamental Analysis Sentiment Analysis Seasonality For the inexperienced trader, market analysis can create a chaotic and muddled picture, because different traders given the same financial data, may come to different conclusions a...

Welcome to part three of this mini-series on currency investing, in this episode we will be covering the very important topics of How the brain learns and can be re-wired with new skills, habit, and behaviours Thinking in probability analysis And the four key traits to foster success in the markets The understanding of why the currency markets move is obviously of paramount importance. Still, too...

Welcome to part two of this mini-series on currency investing, in this episode we will be covering the very important topics of The size of the currency markets and the meaning of market liquidity. Who uses the currency markets and why? The fundamentals and how they impact currency valuation. In the last episode part one of currency investing, we covered the basic principles of why currency prices...

Currency investing basics, part one has been created to expand your Financial IQ covering the basic principles of investing in the foreign exchange markets. As with any free market, the basic premise is supply and demand; when an abundance of investors buys a currency, a shortage of the currency is created, increasing the value and price.  When they sell a currency, an oversupply is created, causi...

Hywel joined us for episode 10 discussing business planning, how covid-19 has affected the business environment and the growth and success of online business networking. One area we touched on was creating a solid business foundation, which to me, is so crucial for setting up a successful business, so I asked Hywel to come back on and expand on the areas required for a solid business foundation. 0...

During this episode, we are delighted to have Paul Pattison on the show. Paul is a Husband, a farther, a landlord, an offshore oil and gas worker, a currency trader, and an entrepreneur with a successful business, Kilted Coffee, which he set up in 2018 with his wife. Paul and his wife are both lovers of coffee and they noticed a gap in the market, the lack of excellent coffee in their home town an...

How we quantify and assess risk is individual and has a different meaning for each of us, our appetite for risk is based mainly on the environment we grew up in, our parents and society at large .   The word risk, according to the English dictionary is a situation involving exposure to danger     A s someone who is continuously assessing financial risk in the currency  and commodity  markets, it g...

During this episode, I review a common theme running through both Mikes and Hywles episodes, FYR009, and FYR010. Although they come from two very different professions, Mike is a successful professional fund manager and Hywel is a successful business consultant, they both stressed the importance of planning. Many regularly use the skill of planning when booking a holiday to buying a new car. With...

Hywel is the founder of APD resolutions, a business consultancy firm supporting business owners with operational and business decisions. Hywel started his career working in the oil and gas business, working in Saudi Arabia in 1980, working on large multi-million-pound projects. Hywel spent many years, organising large teams, attending high-level board meetings, and ensuring these multi-million-pou...

How you avoid old-age poverty, increase your wealth and leave something for your children will likely require multiple income streams and assets working together First, Begin by identifying your main goals. Wealth building  Avoiding old-age poverty  Leave a legacy for your children  Live the dream, holidays, cars, boats; you know the story  Now Identify your potential income streams and approximat...

During your journey to funding your retirement, you will experience many setbacks, some setbacks because of the decisions you made personally, when this happens, own it, learn from it, dust yourself off and carry on. Sometimes, situations will arise you have no control over, like the one we are collectively facing now.  Covid-19 has pretty much-impacted everyone in one way or another. When the loc...

Fund Your Retirement Five Principles This is the fifth and final principle for funding your retirement, Income Producing Assets   Income-producing assets are the ability to generate a regular income for yourself after expenses, such as rental properties, stocks, bonds, land, and businesses.  Funding your retirement is not just about quitting work, although it probably is for many of you, to me, it...

Fund Your Retirement Five Principles Entrepreneurship, the ability to turn problems into solutions, productise them or offer as a service and scale up helping others in the process.  An ability to continuously learn is not just a key entrepreneurial skill but is also a very valuable life skill. 60% of people who start small businesses are between the ages of 40 and 60. The average entrepreneur who...

Fund Your Retirement Five Principles Investing and Trading is principle number three of the five principles for Funding Your Retirement. Investing and Trading can simply be defined as the ability to generate income and build long term wealth for you and your family from global currencies, stocks, commodities, and shares. Understanding how to earn income and growth from the financial markets will b...

Strategy and Action is principle number two of the five principles for Funding Your Retirement. Strategy and action is a vital principle in the five because it is the ability to strategize and plan your way to financial self-sufficiency. It is about turning the information into action and turning your goals and ambitions into reality. Nowadays, in highly disruptive times, individuals need to boost...

Clarity and control is principle one of the five principles for Funding Your Retirement. Clarity and Control is the ability to get clear on where you are now, and where you need to be. Develop the confidence to achieve your targets and become an effective self-reliant individual. Clarity & Control is a vital principle in the five because if you don't know where you are and don't feel like you're i...

The first episode of The Fund Your Retirement Podcast is here! This first episode is more of an introduction to us and the Fund Your Retirement's philosophy. As you can probably guess from the title of the show,  it is   all about you funding your retirement.    We have a mission at Fund Your Retirement and our mission is to help solve the financial crisis facing the millions of people, who recogn...