On Route: May Edition 2022

Risk & Retirement

Teaching your children about finances

Teaching your children about finances and trying to instill good money habits can be a difficult task for any parent, especially if you as the parent have also not received any guidance from your parents about finances when you were young.

Wealth

Have you thought about the risk of inflation?

For many investors, the risk – rather than just the return – of their investments has been top of mind during this uncertain time. While pandemic-induced factors such as currency volatility, recessions and sluggish growth can leave investors nervous, there are bigger risks that investors often fail to consider. These include allowing your emotions to influence your decisions, the failure to save adequately, and perhaps most detrimental, underestimating the impact of inflation over time.

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It's been a year since the Covid-19 sell-off, where are we now?

It’s been over a year since the Covid-19 panic sparked the fastest market sell-off in history. This time last year, investors did not yet know that the quickest sell-off on record was soon to be followed by a new record for the quickest recovery too. A year later, where are we now, and what lies ahead for investors?

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Health

Bad blood pressure bulletin

One of the frustrating realities of high blood pressure is that, despite the stress it puts on the body, it often has no warning signs.

Branded a “silent killer”, high blood pressure (also called hypertension) directly affects more than 1.2 billion adults around the globe; yet, nearly half don’t know they have it, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO). So how do you detect and, if necessary, bring it under control?

Smoking stats to consider

Smoking and the use of tobacco have many negative effects on health. In 2021, the World Health Organisation (WHO) reported 1.3 billion tobacco smokers worldwide – around 8 million of these smokers die annually.

Family really is everything?

We lead increasingly busy lives, which may make keeping in touch with family difficult at times.
But mental health and behavioural experts say staying connected with loved ones can help improve our overall health.