81. Embracing Risk: Developing a Winning Mindset for Financial Success (pension mini series 3)

On this episode of Women & Money Cafe, host Julie Flynn dives into the world of investment risk and how to determine personal risk for investments. Julie shares insights on how higher investment risk often leads to higher returns and how investing in multi asset funds or purpose-built portfolios can help reduce the risk of losing all your money. She also reveals how financial scams and unexpected global events impact investments and offers practical advice on how to create a balanced investment portfolio based on your time horizon. Along with that, she shares a scoring system based on level of experience, competence, and time frame and emphasizes why the biggest determining factor of how much money one makes or loses in investments is their own behavior. So join Julie Flynn on Women & Money Cafe as she demystifies investment risk and offers valuable insights and advice on understanding, measuring, and dealing with risk.

 [00:00:05] "Women of Money Cafe: Decoding Investment Risks"
[00:00:57] "Understanding Risk: Key Factors for Investing"
[00:02:26] "Understanding Investment Risks: Don't Fear Losses"
[00:03:48] "Your Workplace Pension: Safe from Financial Turmoil"
[00:05:23] "The Real Risk in Investment? It's You."
[00:06:52] "Scoring Your Investment Knowledge: A Simple Guide"
[00:08:00] "Scoring Your Investment Experience: 2 to 8"
[00:10:38] "Choosing Investment Labels: A Guide for Timelines"
[00:11:24] "Maximize Your Investment Returns With Portfolio Diversification"
[00:12:08] "Black Swan Events: Don't Panic, Stick With Diversification"

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Julie Flynn is an experienced independent financial adviser and ICF coach. Justice and equality drive Julie. Which is why she’s spent years studying and researching how stress affects our financial decision making.

Julie is best known for her work with women who have lost their partner and coaching financial services business who want to implement fair and transparent charges.
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