The emergence of online financial influencers has been a growing trend in the last few years. The Covid induced lockdowns and advancement of platforms like TikTok & Instagram have amplified their voices bringing them to a larger, and global audience.

At Black Swan Capital, we work with a number of US citizens and American connected people living in Europe. We know that managing your finances can be particularly complicated. As an update for our American clients, and for all Americans living in…

The role of a financial advisor is often misunderstood. We are not the all-seeing oracles, predicting the future of global economics and finding the rare diamonds lurking at the bottom of the murky swamp that is the global investment market.

If you thumbed through a newspaper in December 1999, you would likely find a story about the impending chaos that would be caused by the Y2K phenomenon. Much of the media reported that Y2K would cause significant financial and economic…

We live in the information age. There is no shortage of data, in fact, we have access to more information than we can process. When you spend as much time as we do taking in information on global investment markets and the economy…

If you were to invest €50,000, how quickly do you think you could realistically double your money?

If you have savings goals in mind and you want…

If you are fortunate enough to be receiving a bonus at this time of year, whether that is in cash, company shares or both, it is important to think about how best to use it and apply it to what is most important for you. How you deal with this additional capital can have a…

With much news over the last week about the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and discussion around Credit Suisse, it is important to understand what has happened, and what it means for investors, for your savings and the broader economy.

For all US citizens living in Europe and for the many accidental Americans – more on this term below – it’s US tax reporting season. This is a good time for you to assess your finances and consider what you can be doing to achieve your objectives…

Whenever we write about investment markets and the economy- and this has been true for me for 25 years- there is always something happening that has an influential impact on the markets and short term investment returns.

Everybody is talking about Artificial intelligence right now, so we decided to take a slightly unusual approach with this week’s article. Our guest columnist is an experience-based, web-connected chatbot that we have asked to write about the potential…

Research by pension provider Aviva makes for interesting reading. It reveals that fewer than two-thirds (61%) of British adults aged between 18 and 24 have heard of the term “pension”. Furthermore, just 57% of young adults are familiar with the term “inflation”.

There is a body of research that highlights consistently that women are found to have more concerns about retirement and meeting their income needs than men. Looking at some of the inherent disadvantages, this increased concern is justified.

According to Eurostat, life expectancy at birth in the EU increased by 2 years for women and 2.9 years for men between 2002 and 2021. As people continue to live longer, the way your life will look after the age of 50 is likely to be very different to previous generations.

New year resolutions have been around for a while now – they date back to over 4,000 years ago when the Ancient Babylonians would celebrate the new year during the Akitu festival. This was a 12-day festival that happened at the start of every…

For all Americans- US citizens, and anyone that is US connected, or think they might be, this is for you.

We are very pleased to be part of the 2023…

I was listening to a financial podcast recently on the psychology of investing, and the statement was made that financial success is more about behaviour than intelligence. This is a provocative statement and raises a number of questions.

As 2022 comes to an end, you may be reflecting on what the year meant for you. Like so many other regions around the globe, Europe started the year with the hope of emerging from the Covid pandemic and optimism for a less volatile year ahead…

We are very pleased to announce that Black Swan Capital has been awarded two prestigious International Adviser Excellence awards as a leading firm in Europe. International Adviser is the leading publication for professional financial services firms around the world.

As we rapidly approach the end of 2022, in what has been an extraordinary year on global financial markets, we are looking at what expats in Europe are asking us about and what they want to know. These are the 2 most asked questions and our responses:…