Why buy a French chateau? The largest, most spectacular, historic and magnificent building par excellence, the biggest property that any human can possess on earth… We do not lack the words to identify this type of house: a French castle or chateau. Not that common in other countries, chateaux are relatively easy to find in France. If you have a good sized budget and some sort of project in mind, a castle could be just the sort...more
French property: where to buy? Through the last decades, Brittany and Normandy have remained English people's favourite places to buy a French Property. Both regions are close to the sea and Great Britain, and offer a superb country and seaside landscape. However, if you'd rather not be surrounded by your fellow countrymen, you could move further inside the French territory.Here is an overview of each part of France to help you to...more
Rebuild Your Retirement Income and Portfolio Perhaps you are one of the many investors that had planned carefully and were on track to make a smooth transition into retirement. Over the years, you along with other investors just like you built up your retirement assets by sticking primarily with equities and other investments that offered good future growth potential. As retirement neared, these investors moved assets away from equities into lower yielding but more conservative investments designed to provide a secure income stream.Then came 2008 and 2009. Markets tumbled across the board with stocks, bonds, and real estate sagging. As portfolios lost significant value, many of these investors took flight from equities and other investments they perceived as volatile and risky. In some cases, these actions were warranted because they prevented deeper losses. However, this sell off also left many people that were approaching retirement with portfolios too heavily invested in conservative cash-like positions. These investors have found themselves in a position where they did not have enough time to recover their losses.While markets started a slow but steady recovery,...more
Is your retirement income and portfolio built to last? You may be already retired but you still have work to do making sure your assets are working as hard as they can for you producing the income that you need to cover your retirement living. Making sure your assets are performing means balancing your need to create an income stream...more
Put Phillip Island Australia on the top of your list of places to visit Located only 90 minutes drive from Melbourne, is the very well liked Phillip Island. Found between Bass Strait and Westernport Bay, the island is a popular tourist vacation spot, where there is always a lot to keep the holidaymaker busy. With an excellent range...more
How To Start Planning For Your Retirement They say that 65 is the new 40, however, unless you fancy retiring at 90 (which I suppose must be the new 65) you probably should start planning ahead a little bit.Your retirement is something that you have to wait a long time for, so once it arrives you will probably be very keen to start making the most of it. So… Do you want to retire in style? What are your plans and dreams?The first step is to think about what you want to do with your retirement. Golf is always popular, and world travel is great too. Perhaps you just want to chill out and relax, or try some new hobbies.Basically, unless your retirement plan involves struggling to make ends meet, you had better start working towards it.Here's how to start:Think ahead, once you know what you want to do with your retirement, figure out how much money you will need to fund it, how long you expect it to last and how much time you actually have to save up. Then you can see what you need to save each month.It's never too early to start saving and come to think of it, it's never too late either. Remember, you will (hopefully) be retired for a long time, so you're going to need...more
Economy Impacts GAWDA Members' Retirement With the downturn in the economy of the last few years, many people have been forced to delay their retirement, and the gases and welding industry is no exception to this trend. In a...more
Wearing The Funny T-Shirts Could Be Fun Or In Any Way Just Relaxing The concept behind the wearing of t-shirts has long been about having a relaxed fit and comfort attire. And very truly this concept has not changed as the t-shirts...more
Some Good News for Spread Bettors in Ireland All over the world, there is certainly one occupation that may be fast gaining a horde of followers and that may be spread betting. Recently, this spread betting has as well made its way...more
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How to Relax with Scented Soy Candles and Stress-Free Activities We all know that stress isn't good for us, but sometimes life just gets in the way. It's hard not to take our anxiety from work and school home with us. Then of course...more
Displaying American Flags The Stars and Stripes is the apex of American patriotism and aligns all 50 states, no matter how different, into one entity. To express your patriotism, you may decide to display an American flag on your...more