Fewer companies are ‘listing’, choosing to have their shares bought and sold once they’re big...
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“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...
“Stock markets plunge around the world after Putin invades Ukraine”
Stockmarkets hate uncertainty, and wars, or the potential for them, certainly create uncertainty....
“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...
“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...
“FTSE adds to losses as Brits face tough new travel ban”
In my far-off, halcyon, salad days as a travel rep, a good number of those arriving on the Costa...
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...
“DIY investors number grow 42% in Covid trading boom”
Looks like enforced leisure and additional screen time, reduced spending and a see-sawing...
“FTSE hits 10-month high as it smashes through 6,800”
Doesn’t seem that long ago that we were worrying that the FTSE was too high when it was set to go...
“This could be the best time in 40 years to be buying British shares”
I talked last week of the poor performance of the UK stockmarket. Here’s the positive view, that...