Author Archives: Kim Stephenson

Financial planning basics

Posted on February 2, 2011 by Kim Stephenson

I’ve been asked about my “recipe” for successful financial planning.  I don’t have one – in the sense of “ten top tips” that work for everybody.  People, you, are unique and there isn’t a one size fits all solution.  Anybody … Continue reading →

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Live radio 2/2/11

Posted on January 30, 2011 by Kim Stephenson

If you are up and about at 10:00 PM  GMT, (5PM Eastern Standard Time in the USA), I’m talking to Lillian Ogbogoh, host of the Waking Passions Show. Here’s  the link to the show outline. If you missed the show, you … Continue reading →

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Economise on economics

Posted on January 27, 2011 by Kim Stephenson

I saw Paul Lewis from MoneyBox (a generally good guy, with a good programme) on the BBC morning programme today.   He “couldn’t believe” that the Governor of the Bank of England said that he (the Governor) couldn’t control the economy.   I … Continue reading →

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Changing markets

Posted on January 25, 2011 by Kim Stephenson

Everybody seems to accept that we’re in a period of change.  Nobody knows what the housing market will do, what the stock market will do, how the economy as a whole will react to “necessary cuts” – but everybody seems … Continue reading →

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BBC and the happiness index

Posted on January 20, 2011 by Kim Stephenson

I said before that I suspected the Government would call in their version of Tony’s cronies to run the happiness index.  The BBC have just had debate on the point on the moral maze.  So far so good.  They included a … Continue reading →

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Taming the pound workshop 26th March 2011

Posted on January 20, 2011 by Kim Stephenson

If you want to learn more about handling your money, come along to the British Psychological Society Psychology For All Event, 26th March, in London. As part of the day, I’m running an 80 minute workshop to show you how you can … Continue reading →

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Going to university

Posted on January 14, 2011 by Kim Stephenson

It’s going to get more expensive to go to university.   Having designed a lot of selection systems and coached quite a few people to “pass” systems other people have designed, I’ll give you the benefit of that experience in a couple of questions … Continue reading →

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Regulation, regulation, regulation

Posted on January 11, 2011 by Kim Stephenson

There’s still lots of huff and puff about bank bonus going on.  I see today that “reluctantly” it has been agreed they can pay themselves what they want.  Mathematically and economically, I don’t think the arguments for paying unlimited bonus are valid, but … Continue reading →

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Chaos

Posted on January 5, 2011 by Kim Stephenson

I recently mentioned (in relation to property) that “experts” sometimes think they can predict the future.  This seems to be very prevalent in economics, which I thought was odd because other sciences have come up to date and recognised the … Continue reading →

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Healthy, wealthy and happy?

Posted on January 5, 2011 by Kim Stephenson

I got referred to a lovely video on the links between health and wealth recently.   This isn’t the same thing as saying wealth buys happiness, or even that health is equal to happiness – even if wealth helps with health  it … Continue reading →

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