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Early in September, the FTSE 100 reached its highest level since December 1999. People might read into this story that it’s taken 14 years for the market to recover from the tech crash and the credit crisis and that stock-market investment has been pointless over that period.

Too often, money gets a bad press. Just in the past few weeks, headlines have reported that ‘Yes, the stock market is rigged'[1] and ‘City watchdog to probe 30m financial products'[2]. At the same time, investigators are still looking into the alleged manipulation of foreign exchange rates and the

During the depths of the euro crisis, the countries at the periphery of the Eurozone, with the greatest debts and weakest economies, became known collectively as the Piigs. They were Portugal, Italy, Ireland, Greece and Spain. It all seems such a long time ago now, but back in 2008 and

The saying goes that you must ‘speculate to accumulate’. This proverb says little to help people in search of a sensible long-term investment strategy, but it does suggest something important about one of the basic principles of investing; the relationship between risk and reward. For

The FTSE All Share index, representing the performance of all of the eligible companies listed on the London Stock Exchange has finished the week at 2,764.96, a slight decrease of 7.29 points (0.26%) on the day and 74.87 points (2.64%) lower than its 2,839.83 opening value at the start

The FTSE All Share index, representing the performance of all of the eligible companies listed on the London Stock Exchange has finished the week at 2,839.83, an increase of 21.38 points (0.76%) on the day but 16.62 points (0.58%) lower than its 2,856.45 opening value at the start of

The FTSE All Share index, representing the performance of all of the eligible companies listed on the London Stock Exchange has finished the week at 2,856.45, an increase of 31.72 points (1.12%) on the day and 195.27 points (7.34%) higher than its 2,661.18 opening value at the start of

The FTSE All Share index, representing the performance of all of the eligible companies listed on the London Stock Exchange has finished the week at 2,661.18, an increase of 17.63 points (0.67%) on the day but 103.01 points (3.73%) lower than its 2,764.19 opening value at the start of

The FTSE All Share index, representing the performance of all of the eligible companies listed on the London Stock Exchange has finished the week at 2,764.19, a drop of 30.46 points on the day and 92.83 points (3.25%) lower than its 2,857.02 opening value at the start of the

The FTSE All Share index, representing the performance of all of the eligible companies listed on the London Stock Exchange has finished the week at 2,857.02, an increase of 51.43 points (1.83%) on the day and 7.13 points higher (0.25%) than its 2,849.89 opening value at the start of

The FTSE All Share index, representing the performance of all of the eligible companies listed on the London Stock Exchange has finished the week at 2,849.89, a decrease of 8.53 points (0.30%) on the day and 91.46 points lower than its 2,941.35 opening value at the start of the

The FTSE All Share index, representing the performance of all of the eligible companies listed on the London Stock Exchange has finished the week at 2,941.35, a slight decrease of 3.40 points on the day and 113.52 points higher (4.01%) than its 2,827.83 opening value at the start of

The FTSE All Share index, representing the performance of all of the eligible companies listed on the London Stock Exchange has finished the week at 2,827.83, an increase of 51.6 points on the day and 6.79 points higher than its 2,821.04 opening value at the start of the week.

The FTSE All Share index, representing the performance of all of the eligible companies listed on the London Stock Exchange has finished the week at 2,821.04, an increase of 31.90 points on the day and 86.06 points higher than its 2,734.98 opening value at the start of the week.

The FTSE All Share index, representing the performance of all of the eligible companies listed on the London Stock Exchange has finished the week at 2,734.98, an increase of 7.62 points on the day and 80.59 points higher than its 2,654.39 opening value at the start of the week.