‘Robo-Advice’, better known as DIY investing on the internet without any advice, led many who...
Stockmarket
“Global stock markets fall with FTSE 100 worst-hit”
Look, I’m not a fund manager, haven’t studied economics since the 1970s but have been doing this a...
“FCA urged to probe buylists after Woodford debacle”
I’m relieved to say that I’ve never recommended Woodford funds. We avoid start-ups, and as a great...
“World’s Most Hated Stocks Won’t Be Saved by Brexit Delay”
So what’s going to happen, Philip, I’m asked most days? Well, limiting it to investments, at the...
“Investors fear that the unwinding of QE is causing market turbulence”
‘The end of QE and its likely effects’ is much discussed at many of the fun investment manager...
“Investors turn bearish as 73% predict recession”
It’s interesting that virtually none who were supposed to know have predicted any previous...
“Stock markets stabilise after earlier sell-off”
Markets are down. Just one of those things or the onset of armageddon? In the year 2000 (cue...
“Hong Kong stocks fall as Trump hits China with $200bn tariffs”
If anything’s going to cause stock markets to tumble/crash/plummet (which of course they will at...
“Robo-adviser sees 281% client growth as losses double”
‘Robo-Advice’ is the government and regulator’s vision of the future. The idea is that the great...
“Aberdeen Standard launch SICAV fund managed by artificial intelligence”
If you’re a fan of the brilliant, page-turner author Robert Harris, you may have read ‘The Fear...
“Trade war may escalate and kill bull market, banks warn”
‘We live in very troubled times’, I’m often told, ’there’s so much uncertainty about everything....
“Could the FTSE 100 hit an all-time high this week?”
Stock markets have also crept north, most now back to where they were before Feb’s ‘correction’....
Don’t panic!
Between April 2011 to August shares fell by 13%, in May and June 2013 by over 10% and from April...
“Stock Market Crash 2018: $361 billion sell-off”
Those headlines are always accompanied by pictures of men in front of computers, ties askew, heads...
“Odey blames bank ‘fairy dust’ for ‘painful’ market for bears”
A bit rich? Well, yes, king of hedge fund managers Christian Odey is more than a bit rich, and so...