Pension funds and other institutional investors, as they’re called have no patriotic duty to...
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“Odey EU funds discuss restrictions on withdrawals as founder sidelined”
I’ve always been wary of so-called ‘Star Fund Managers’. These are (usually) guys who become so...
“FCA to simplify listing rules in bid to revive UK stock market”
Fewer companies are ‘listing’, choosing to have their shares bought and sold once they’re big...
“Time in the Market Beats Timing the Market”
If you’re mad enough to be heading to an airport this height-of-summer-season, you’ll face the...
“Global stock markets fall sharply amid fears over inflation and China slowdown”
Diesel at my local filling station now costs over £7.50 a gallon (kids etc.). Not my problem these...
“Coping with a correction – will stock market falls continue?”
There haven’t been any ‘markets plummet, £billions wiped of the value of your savings’ headlines...
“Asset managers ‘largely failing’ on ESG voting, research suggests”
If you own shares, you’ll know it’s pointless voting at shareholder meetings as it’s only the big...
Will the new Roaring ’20s end in a Crash?
The Great Gatsby was one of my favourite books, and I even had a soft spot for the Robert Redford...
“John Lewis looks to tap into DIY investing boom with Nutmeg partnership”
M&S sold ISAs and pensions for while in the ‘90s. Richard Branson had a go. Halifax and the...
“FCA lays out plan to shake up listing rules”
Great! A shake up of the rules to ensure that the City of London remains one of the world’s...
“Is human ‘hybrid’ advice set to succeed where the ‘robos’ failed?”
Sajid Javid says his top priority is to sort out the NHS’s tech, so that they can ‘make smarter...
“The time many people think is best to invest is period just before a crash”
For a while in both the late ’80s and ’00s, every other person you met at a dinner party (kids...
“GameStop traders, you won’t have beaten the elite if your bubble bursts”
Didn’t want to give this stuff still more of an airing, but I’m being asked about it daily, alas....
New president, new Brexit deal, new vaccine hope – can 2021 be a shot in the arm for investors?
Whatever the current state of the markets, I’m still asked ‘what do you think we should do, given...
“Robos retreat from UK retail business”
Despite the lockdown boom in DIY investing, the DIY investment platforms cannot, it seems, make...