--- title: Beacon Wealth Management - Insights & News | Investing description: Investing | This pages contains Insights, News from Beacon and guidance to help you in your financial planning journey. --- [🔒 Personal Finance Portal](https://beaconwm.gb.pfp.net/) [![Beacon Wealth Management](https://beaconwm.co.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/brand-logos/bwm-logo_791x500.jpg?width=791&height=500&name=bwm-logo_791x500.jpg "Beacon Wealth Management")](https://143955714.hs-sites-eu1.com/) [![Beacon Wealth Management](https://beaconwm.co.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/brand-logos/bwm-logo_791x500.jpg?width=791&height=500&name=bwm-logo_791x500.jpg "Beacon Wealth Management")](https://143955714.hs-sites-eu1.com/) - What we offer - [Planning](https://beaconwm.co.uk/planning) - [Retirement & Pensions](https://beaconwm.co.uk/planning#pensions) - [Passing on Wealth](https://beaconwm.co.uk/planning#wealth) - [Health & Protection](https://beaconwm.co.uk/planning#protection) - [Long-Term Care](https://beaconwm.co.uk/planning#care) - [Divorce](https://beaconwm.co.uk/planning#divorce) - [Mortgages](https://beaconwm.co.uk/planning#mortgages) - [Investing](https://beaconwm.co.uk/investing) - [Why invest with us](https://beaconwm.co.uk/investing#why-invest) - [Our Portfolios](https://beaconwm.co.uk/investing#our-portfolios) - [Business](https://beaconwm.co.uk/business) - [Employee Benefits](https://beaconwm.co.uk/business#Employee-Benefits) - [Workplace Pension](https://beaconwm.co.uk/business#Workplace-Pension) - [Business Protection](https://beaconwm.co.uk/business#Business-Protection) - [Corporate Planning](https://beaconwm.co.uk/business#Corporate-Planning) - [Who we help](https://beaconwm.co.uk/who-we-help) - [How it works](https://beaconwm.co.uk/how-it-works) - [Who we are](https://beaconwm.co.uk/who-we-are) - [Insights & News](https://beaconwm.co.uk/insights-and-news) - [Contact us](https://beaconwm.co.uk/contact-us) - [01480 869466](callto:+441480869466) This is a search field with an auto-suggest feature attached. - There are no suggestions because the search field is empty. # Insights & News ###### Show All ###### [Planning](https://beaconwm.co.uk/insights-and-news/tag/planning) ###### [Community](https://beaconwm.co.uk/insights-and-news/tag/community) ###### [News](https://beaconwm.co.uk/insights-and-news/tag/news) ###### [Investing](https://beaconwm.co.uk/insights-and-news/tag/investing) ###### [Case Studies](https://beaconwm.co.uk/insights-and-news/tag/case-studies) ###### [Businesses](https://beaconwm.co.uk/insights-and-news/tag/businesses) [Investing](https://beaconwm.co.uk/insights-and-news/tag/investing) ##### Deck Chair Shuffle by [Tony Larkins](https://beaconwm.co.uk/insights-and-news/author/tony-larkins) The headlines can make it feel as though every political change should trigger a financial decision. Politics affects our daily lives. Taxation, inflation and interest rates all matter. But when it comes to pensions and investments, the bigger picture is often global rather than local. [READ MORE](https://beaconwm.co.uk/insights-and-news/deck-chair-shuffle) 1 minute read [Planning](https://beaconwm.co.uk/insights-and-news/tag/planning) [Investing](https://beaconwm.co.uk/insights-and-news/tag/investing) ##### World Cup Finances by [Tony Larkins](https://beaconwm.co.uk/insights-and-news/author/tony-larkins) Every successful football team has a strong core of dependable players, but it also needs specialists who can make a difference when the situation demands it. The balance of the team is often more important than simply having the biggest names on the pitch. Investing can be much the same. [READ MORE](https://beaconwm.co.uk/insights-and-news/world-cup-finances) 2 minute read [Planning](https://beaconwm.co.uk/insights-and-news/tag/planning) [Investing](https://beaconwm.co.uk/insights-and-news/tag/investing) ##### Could your cash be working harder? by [Tony Larkins](https://beaconwm.co.uk/insights-and-news/author/tony-larkins) Cash is essential – but it can sometimes pose as a silent risk depending on how you choose to hold it at different stages of your life. While it’s perfect for having an emergency stash or a short-term fund to reach for, holding too much could end up costing you in the long run. [READ MORE](https://beaconwm.co.uk/insights-and-news/could-your-cash-be-working-harder) 2 minute read [Investing](https://beaconwm.co.uk/insights-and-news/tag/investing) ##### Uncertainty & Volatile Markets - Beacon Wealth Management QIS by [Tony Larkins](https://beaconwm.co.uk/insights-and-news/author/tony-larkins) ...you can’t time the market, but you can consider investment time horizons and have a plan ready. An expert financial adviser can help you with this... [READ MORE](https://beaconwm.co.uk/insights-and-news/2023/02/01/uncertainty-and-volatile-markets) 2 minute read [Investing](https://beaconwm.co.uk/insights-and-news/tag/investing) ##### Globalisation by [Beacon Wealth Management](https://beaconwm.co.uk/insights-and-news/author/beacon-wealth-management) For the last couple of decades, we have heard about Globalisation and a shrinking world. We have also heard how we are reacting to events... [READ MORE](https://beaconwm.co.uk/insights-and-news/2022/07/01/globalisation) 1 minute read [Investing](https://beaconwm.co.uk/insights-and-news/tag/investing) ##### A Sustainable World? by [Beacon Wealth Management](https://beaconwm.co.uk/insights-and-news/author/beacon-wealth-management) For those of us born during the sixties, the world has changed beyond recognition. The printed word hadn’t changed that much from the 1500’s when Gutenburg designed his printing press, but today with social media and the internet, everything is instant. Asia was regarded as small and the land of the cheap, but now it [READ MORE](https://beaconwm.co.uk/insights-and-news/2022/03/17/a-sustainable-world) 2 minute read [Investing](https://beaconwm.co.uk/insights-and-news/tag/investing) ##### The Investment Crisis by [Beacon Wealth Management](https://beaconwm.co.uk/insights-and-news/author/beacon-wealth-management) Following COP26 back in October, there have been a number of pensions and investment funds that have suffered, together no doubt with a much larger number of investors. Decisions were made at the Glasgow meeting, and although watered down dramatically, there will be a knock on effect that will be seen through investment managers approaches [READ MORE](https://beaconwm.co.uk/insights-and-news/2022/01/04/the-investment-crisis) 1 minute read [Investing](https://beaconwm.co.uk/insights-and-news/tag/investing) ##### Rationing by [Beacon Wealth Management](https://beaconwm.co.uk/insights-and-news/author/beacon-wealth-management) Hopefully by the time you read this we will see the world returning to some sort of normality with regards to simple tasks, such as filling the car with fuel….or will we? COVID threw us all off track and we can all remember the shortages of toilet rolls and flour, caused by panic. Now when [READ MORE](https://beaconwm.co.uk/insights-and-news/2021/11/09/rationing) 1 minute read [Investing](https://beaconwm.co.uk/insights-and-news/tag/investing) ##### Ethical Investments by [Beacon Wealth Management](https://beaconwm.co.uk/insights-and-news/author/beacon-wealth-management) Ethical Investments - featured in The Hunts Post on 17/11/21 If life on another planet looked down on us, what would they see and would they understand it? We are a small planet with people spread over most of it, who rely on water and food to survive. We churn out fumes and destroy rain [READ MORE](https://beaconwm.co.uk/insights-and-news/2021/11/17/ethical-investments-2) 1 minute read Prev [1](https://beaconwm.co.uk/insights-and-news) [2](https://beaconwm.co.uk/insights-and-news/tag/investing/page/2) [Next](https://beaconwm.co.uk/insights-and-news/tag/investing/page/2) ## Book a Meeting with us To find out if we're right for you and if you need a financial planner, book a meeting with us. 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