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Timing, it’s all in the timing – Monday Musings 18/10/2021
Clearly getting investment timing perfect is almost impossible as many an investor has discovered, so I am not talking about investment timing.
There are so many aspects of financial planning that have what you might call soft deadlines, when do I start IHT planning, what about school fees and then there is making sure I have upped my pension contribution etc etc. Then there are the deadlines that are imposed by outside agencies. An example is that the Office of the Public Guardian who, among other things, are in charge of the registration of Lasting Powers of Attorney (LPA’s) are saying do not even contact us for an update on the registration of an LPA for 22 weeks after it has been sent to us. As you can imagine if you have left it late to register an LPA and you really do need to act for a relative or friend for whom you have agreed to be an attorney and you are stuck in the queue for possibly months the situation could become dire. So, if you have the forms competed, please do get them registered. Of course, if you have not put in place your own LPAs you really should do so as it could make all the difference to your life.
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FTSE 100 | 6571.80 | 7234.03 | Up 10.08 | Up 1.95 |
Dow Jones | 30105.26 | 35294.76 | Up 17.23 | Up 1.58 |
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S&P | 3695.49 | 4471.37 | Up 21.00 | Up 1.82 |
NIKKEI | 27228.07 | 29068.63 | Up 6.75 | Up 3.64 |
Hang Seng | 27431.07 | 25330.96 | Down 7.65 | Up 1.99 |
Shanghai | 3502.13 | 3572.37 | Up 1.99 | Down 0.55 |
CAC 40 | 5584.96 | 6727.52 | Up 20.46 | Up 2.55 |
DAX | 13733.08 | 15587.36 | Up 13.50 | Up 2.51 |
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