Exploring Your Pension Options When Close to Retirement

Contributed article in our business series. Enjoy! – Kimberly

Everyone is going to get to the point of having to stop work and retire. However, many aren’t equipped for what that means in terms of the pensions pot they’ve been building over the years. Portafina has put together advice for individuals that are fifty-five and thinking about taking out pensions soon.

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Finance Strategies For Beginners

Contributed article in our business series. Enjoy! – Kimberly

The key word in life when talking about our financial state is investment. Simply put everyone should and could do it. A lot of people can make a lot of money from this very broad activity. The most common problem we encounter is the false presupposition that investing is impossible for the inexperienced beginner. Those kinds of concerns, especially in today’s abundance of information and investment opportunities, are unfounded. Anyone can understand the basics and move on from there. The trick is to get started as soon as possible. With whatever we currently can. In this article, we will go over the basic principles that go into all financial endeavors.

1.    Knowing the Terminology

We do not need much to get started on our own investment journey, but we do need to know all the necessary terms. So, let’s go over the most basic ones to make our life easier down the line.Continue reading

4 Weird and Wonderful Ways Tech Will Transform Work

Contributed article in our business series. Enjoy! – Kimberly

If you’ve noticed the ratio of automated cashpoints to human workers increasing each time you shop for groceries, you’ll already be aware of the impact of workplace automation. Improved customer experience is often offset by replacement of human roles. But there are others ways that technological advances might actually make work more pleasant. Here are four weird and wonderful ways tech will transform work.Continue reading