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Month: July 2016

Keep the fat, cut the sugar

Keep the fat, cut the sugar

  Introduction  Ask the average person on the street, and I’m sure the majority would say that sugar is bad, getting that information into the sub-conscious has worked. What hasn’t worked it’s way into the average persons sub-conscious are either of the following: (1) carbohydrates are converted to glucose (sugar) in the body and eating refined carbohydrates (white bread, white rice etc) is basically eating sugar (2) fat is good for you, we need to consume more fat. These points…

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The Importance of Failure

The Importance of Failure

Introduction Failure has become a dirty word in modern culture in at least the last decade, associated with many negative connotations. Parents seem to never want their children to fail at anything, companies shy aware from calling out when employees fail at something and individuals are actively discouraged from reviewing their failures and instead told to only focus on successes or strengths. I believe this is fundamentally wrong, therefore I want to explain why I see failing as a fundamental…

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Introduction to FinTech, PSD2 & Blockchain

Introduction to FinTech, PSD2 & Blockchain

Introduction    FinTech is a huge buzz word out in the world at the moment, and whilst a large number of people can tell you what it is, Financial Technology, far fewer really understand how FinTech is disrupting the Financial Services market and just how much the market could be transformed within such a short period of time. The aim of this piece is three-fold; (1) provide you with a brief but detailed overview of what FinTech really is and…

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Investing Advice for Millennials Post Brexit

Investing Advice for Millennials Post Brexit

  Introduction Wow, what an incredible past week. Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the last week you would have heard that the United Kingdom has voted to leave the European Union, commonly referred to as ‘Brexit’. Whilst I was a strong ‘Remain’ supporter, devastated by the vote of the British public on 23rd June, that is not the focus on this piece. In this post I want to focus on sharing the 5 best pieces of investing…

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