I remember a TV series or two years ago which followed the fortunes of families who’d sold up at...
Investments
“Advisers could be ‘locking in losses’ for their clients during pandemic, platform data suggests”
There are many charts which show how ‘missing the 5/10/15 best days’ over the course of a number...
“Why the crash could make 2020 best ISA year ever”
World stock markets fell in ‘Q1’ by 21%, ours by 30%. Investors in balanced, medium risk funds,...
“What history tells us about bear markets”
If you’re still worried that your investments are doomed and will never go back up again, here are...
Where Are Stock Markets Headed Now?
In January Bloomberg asked 45 top fund managers their predictions for 2020. 66% thought there’d be...
“How long does it take the FTSE to bounce back from crashes?”
Most who’ve called me this week ask ‘will it keep going down?’, ‘should I cash in now?’ and ‘will...
“Global shares plunge in worst day since financial crisis”
Someone today called the oil price crash the ‘Black Swan’ of the current financial crisis; what we...
“Global stock markets plunge on coronavirus fears”
If you think that stock markets had to fall sometime, it may be a relief that the cause is the...
“Oil & gas stocks could be worthless within 5 years, says Scottish Mortgage’s Anderson”
This is what could really make a difference to the climate change emergency. Will fund managers...
“FCA hints at restrictions on high risk assets”
Unregulated investments, which turn out to be not worth the paper they’re not usually written on,...
“UK investors move £62bn into Luxembourg and Dublin funds on Brexit fears”
Yes, I know we’re getting hardened to, or maybe just wearied by these stories, but, sorry, they’re...
“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...
‘Brexit freight ferry firm appears all geared up – to deliver pizzas’
So it looks as though the government, or more specifically Chris Grayling, has given a £14m...
‘Mary Poppins Returns’
Is it a condemnation of the current generation of bankers? A commentary on the computer...
‘Investors pile £50bn offshore’
Whatever they might tell you, a lot of money has moved out of the UK in the past year or so, at...