by Gretchen Betts | Nov 23, 2020 | Financial coaching, Financial Planning, Lifestyle, Women and finance
Why is it important and what difference will it make? There seems to be a lot of talk about financial coaching at the moment as if it is a new thing that everyone should be considering. Well it isn’t! At Magenta we have always worn three hats when helping clients...
by Gretchen Betts | Nov 9, 2020 | Financial Planning, Lifestyle, Magenta Team, Women and finance
2020 has been a strange time for everybody and the team at Magenta are no exception As well as all of the changes going on in the world, we have had a couple of changes of our own. Our team looks slightly different to the one we started with this year – we’ve waved...
by Gretchen Betts | Oct 12, 2020 | Financial Planning, Lifestyle, Money talks
1. Get organised! You can’t hope to make an accurate and robust plan for the future if you don’t know where you are starting from. Get all your paperwork together so you know what all your insurance policies cost, the cover levels and what they are for; what...
by Gretchen Betts | Sep 6, 2020 | Lifestyle, Money, Money talks
Most of us spend a lot of time and effort trying to increase both of these during our lifetimes. We have all heard the old adage that “Money can’t buy Happiness” but is this right? Perhaps what we should say is: “If you think money can’t buy happiness – you’re not...
by Gretchen Betts | Aug 16, 2020 | COVID19, Lifestyle
Thinking about how technology can help us all be more human A few months ago, we used to talk about “when things get back to normal.” Some of us even talked about a “new normal.” We certainly all thought about a time when we could meet face to face again and when we...
by Gretchen Betts | Jul 8, 2020 | Advice, Financial Planning, Lifestyle
The majority of children born in rich countries today can expect to live to more than a 100. This increase in life expectancy has been happening for decades and yet we continue to structure our lives the way our parents or even grandparents did. Source: Human...
