Archive for the ‘Our Views’ Category

Taking the complexity out of financial matters

Here at Fortitude we pride ourselves on our ability to take the complexity out of financial related matters, explaining concepts in a clear and concise way.

When we re-launched our website, we not only decided to include a child and superhero theme, but a selection of BEHAVIORGAP.COM images. These are actually sketches drawn by Carl Richards who, like us, believes in presenting complex concepts in a way that is easy to understand. Read the rest of this post

Why the children and superhero theme?

We selected the superhero theme for our new website, featuring children in the photography, because children demonstrate the ability to dream without constraints and to imagine without boundaries. Ask a child “what do you want to be when you grow up” and they will give the most amazing answers. Read the rest of this post

Financial Planning is for life, not just for Christmas

Over the last 20 years there has been a huge increase in personal debt, driven by the belief that spending is a good thing.  This level of debt has proven to be unsustainable, which means that spending habits will need to change over the next few years.

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How we use Twitter

Twitter, the online social networking and micro-blogging service that enables users to send and read text-based posts of up to 140 characters (known as ‘Tweets’) describes itself as “a service for friends, family, and co-workers to communicate and stay connected through the exchange of quick, frequent answers to one simple question: What are you doing?”. Read the rest of this post