Investments

Venture Capital Trusts for people with income tax problems

I haven’t written a blog for some time now, so I thought it was high time I did! I hope it is helpful and look out for more regular blogs on the site. As we approach Q4 of the year (I can’t believe it’s already Q4 …), I wanted to post some information on Venture

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Aggregator sites – why it is important to do your research.

If you are looking for financial advice and you are using the internet to find your adviser, you are of course, not alone.. Consumer perception currently seems to be that most people will be able to find, not only the most qualified and experienced financial advisors, but, ALL financial advisers on aggregator websites. This is not

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MatthewAggregator sites – why it is important to do your research.

Global Outlook and Financial Investment Advice in 2016

The value of investments and the income they produce can fall as well as rise. Many of us are thinking about financial investment advice as we approach the end of 2015 so I thought that now would be a good time to reflect on this year and to begin to think about the year ahead.read more
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UK Post-election thoughts

The value of investments and the income they produce can fall as well as rise. UK Post-election thoughts A lot has been happened since I last blogged, in the political arena, in the economy, and in the global financial markets. The good news is that if the Conservative Party hadn't gotten a majority seat, theread more
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Is the Eurozone recovery sustainable?

The value of investments and the income they produce can fall as well as rise. Recently the ECB, Mario Draghi, cut the benchmark interest rate to 0.05%. This is good news for the markets in the short term. Why though has Mr Draghi cut the ECB rate when we are supposed to be in the processread more
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6 key investment tips

The value of investments and the income they produce can fall as well as rise. Investing consistently well is a tricky business and we all aspire to do this but with varying degrees of success. Knowing when to invest can have material consequences on how your investment will perform, even for longer term Investments. Theread more
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How the Russia-Ukraine conflict might affect your investments

The value of investments and the income they produce can fall as well as rise. This blog looks at the Russia-Ukraine conflict and how this might affect the global markets and global economy. Background Ukraine has a long history. Interestingly one of its most famous exports was and is the classical musician, Trikovsky. Ukraine firstread more
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Volatility cycle post Lehman

The value of investments and the income they produce can fall as well as rise. I have talked about Quantitative Easing in previous posts and I strongly believe it will remain relevant specifically when we consider investments. The pattern we see has been in evidence since late 2008 can be summarised as below: A QEread more
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Actively managed funds vs. tracker funds: Chalk and cheese?

The value of investments and the income they produce can fall as well as rise. Tax planning is not regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. I remember one of the professors at my post grad school saying that, ‘if you take a sample of say 10 people from the street and asked them to pick say 30read more
A CActively managed funds vs. tracker funds: Chalk and cheese?

Contrived currency devaluation

The value of investments and the income they produce can fall as well as rise. I've mentioned 'currency wars' in a previous post which I will talk about in today's blog. I think it important to outline what contrived currency depreciation means and why a country would want to do it and how it affects allread more
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A grim global outlook but make hay while the sun shines…

The value of investments and the income they produce can fall as well as rise. There is a lot to be confused about for anyone trying to understand the global economy these days, and we do live in a global economy. We live in times where things like Quantitative Easing (QE) happen on a regularread more
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