{"id":718,"date":"2021-04-26T10:48:41","date_gmt":"2021-04-26T09:48:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/tomd\/?p=718"},"modified":"2021-06-25T10:56:02","modified_gmt":"2021-06-25T09:56:02","slug":"at-sea-with-your-finances","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/tomd\/2021\/04\/26\/at-sea-with-your-finances\/","title":{"rendered":"At sea with your finances?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"hd-block hd-block-paragraph\">\n<p>If you feel a little at sea with the financial basics, you\u2019re certainly not alone \u2013 and yet many people are needlessly ashamed of their lack of financial understanding.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"hd-block hd-block-paragraph\">\n<p>A recent study<sup>1<\/sup> revealed that 55% of adults struggle to open up about money, with nearly one in five (18%) citing shame or embarrassment as the primary reason, followed by not wanting to burden others (18%) and 15% feel it causes stress or anxiety. We\u2019re here to tell you that nobody is expected to know everything about their finances.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"hd-block hd-block-paragraph\">\n<p>If you\u2019re concerned about your finances or need help with basic financial topics, we aren\u2019t here to judge. We\u2019re on hand with simple, jargon-free advice that will provide you with the confidence and understanding you need to take control of your finances once and for all.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"hd-block hd-block-paragraph\">\n<p><sup>1<\/sup>Money and Pensions Service, 2020<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"hd-block hd-block-paragraph\">\n<p><strong><em>The value of investments and income from them may go down. You may not get back the original amount invested. A pension is a long-term investment. The fund value may fluctuate and can go down. Your eventual income may depend on the size of the fund at retirement, future interest rates and tax legislation.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you feel a little at sea with the financial basics, you\u2019re certainly not alone \u2013 and yet many people are needlessly ashamed of their lack of financial understanding. A recent study1 revealed that 55% of adults struggle to open up about money, with nearly one in five (18%) citing shame or embarrassment as the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":719,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[32,89],"tags":[],"hd_content_source":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/tomd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/718"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/tomd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/tomd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/tomd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/tomd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=718"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/tomd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/718\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":720,"href":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/tomd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/718\/revisions\/720"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/tomd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/719"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/tomd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/tomd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=718"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/tomd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=718"},{"taxonomy":"hd_content_source","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/tomd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hd_content_source?post=718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}