For the first (oops, second) time in our history, we have a hung parliament. Under a parliamentary system of government, a hung parliament occurs when no political party has an absolute majority of seats. Resolving a hung parliament will usually result in a minority government forming a coalition, with independents or other smaller parties to…
Carrying on from last week’s journal post “Who’s to blame?”, I will now discuss shifting our thought process to make change. To improve your responses you can do one of two things: Change your perception of the outcome to see it as positive or at least as not causing pain. Change the process to make…
As human’s we’ve been programmed by society to not accept the following situations on an event by event basis: • being proven wrong or not being right, • losing, • not belonging or missing out. This starts at a very early age as our subconscious is bombarded by experiences and words all indicating that these…
Having discussed the need to ensure your cash is secure, and that you are satisfied with the way your cash is held by your stock broker, this week I will take a look at how your shares are ‘held’ by your broker. I will also briefly cover what happens in the CFD and FX markets.…
