How to change the narrative about money In the latest episode of Fantastic Female Fridays, I invited Jen Hemphill as a guest to the show. Personally, I think that Jen has a lot of great wisdom to share (as evidenced in her podcast) and like me, she likes action-focused practicality and has a genuine interest [...]
Five ESG & Tech Trends that Shaped 2021 In the final episode of the, I focused on the five key trends that have defined 2021. Here is a snapshot of what we discussed: Climate fintech I think 2020 was the year that truly wanted to “shop local”. There was a sense of community, wanting to [...]
The Fastest Growing ESG ETFs in the World Younger investors think Exchange Traded Funds have always been here. However, we know that’s not the case. In fact, the first American ETF was born in 1993 and it’s one of the most traded equity instruments today; namely SPY (the S&P 500 ETF). The first European ETFs [...]
The impact of COVID 19 has taken up a disproportionate amount of conversation over the past 18 months. Lots of us have been talking about how our lifestyles have changed, how the world of work needs to embrace its new normal, and the reflections we’ve had on challenging the very assumption of being in the [...]
DO COMPANIES WITH GENDER BALANCE REALLY MAKES MORE MONEY? It’s a pretty bold claim that boards with more gender-diverse compositions make better decisions and that leads to better business outcomes across the triple bottom line i.e. profit, planet, and people. However, what data can truly back this up? During this episode of Fantastic [...]
What can women of the past teach us about investing in the stock market? During this episode of Fantastic Female Fridays, we took a visit to the 19th Century when we gained an understanding of what life was like for savvy women investors. What freedoms and constraints did they have and what did they do [...]
How to teach your teenager to take their first trade Building on the success of one of our most popular episodes ever called “How to talk to your kids about money”, we want to advance the conversation to something that I keep hearing about. Lots of teenagers want to take the plunge into the markets [...]
Are you succeeding with your New Years Resolutions or do you need a boost? In this episode of Fantastic Female Fridays, Susan talks us through: - the four key reasons that resolutions fail - three suggested stock market resolutions you can implement right now - the one key humble tech tool that can autopilot your [...]
As you are probably aware, COVID-19 has forced businesses around the world to re-evaluate and adapt to the new reality of social distancing. I’m happy to report that VectorVest is one of the success stories and we are thriving as the world gets accustomed to online learning...
How and when to teach your children about money is an interesting topic to dive into. We took to Twitter again and “Twinterviewed” Susan Hayes-Culleton, CFA, for her thoughts and insight on teaching kids about money. We have included the entire Twitter interview here and provided easy access to useful resources if you are interested [...]
