Something for the Weekend - Winning Awards

2011: The Artist - Hazanavicius

As you will be aware, it is award season and the BAFTAs are held on Sunday. As a financial planner based here in south London it will be interesting to see who picks up the awards which are perhaps a pointer towards the Oscars at the end of the month. Hopefully it won't be too cold for those seeking to have a chat with a movie star along the red carpet.

Investing in film is not for those unwilling to take investment risk. Rather like actors at award ceremonies, it doesn't always go as planned. However, unlike the awards, investing is not necessarily about winning - it is about getting the results you need from your portfolio to achieve other rather more interesting things - which is really what money is for. So whilst the prizes are handed out on Sunday night, remember that to become a winner at investing you don't have to beat everyone else, in fact you don't even compete. A good financial plan is designed to achieve the right results for you - the only ones that are actually important.