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When someone makes an investment two things will happen. Firstly they are supplying money for capitalism to take place. This may be in the form of a loan from a bank in which they have deposited their capital in return for some interest. It may be in

In October we welcomed news from Vanguard that they had reduced their annual fees. You can read the post here. It’s worth reminding ourselves that Vanguard oversees more than 2.9trillion in assets and they pretty much invented index tracking investments. Today, another fund manager we

It’s difficult to make predictions, especially about the future. Yet people love to make predictions, especially in January, when everyone is looking forward to the year ahead. We believe that accurate forecasting is practically impossible, and, even when a prediction turns out to be accurate, it is hard to

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

In his recent Budget announcement the Chancellor of the Exchequer has remapped the ISA landscape. He’s created a New ISA (NISA) by merging cash ISAs and stocks and shares ISAs. From 1st July 2014 it will be possible to switch from stocks and shares holdings in an ISA to cash holdings in

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

One of the UK’s most popular active fund managers, Richard Buxton, announced last month he is leaving Schroders for Old Mutual. His £3.5bn UK Alpha Plus Fund has performed well by conventionally accepted standards and is ahead of its FTSE All Share benchmark over most time periods. People who

Britains are worrying more than ever about money, yet many see no benefit from seeking financial advice. These are just some of the results from the YouGov survey commissioned by the IFP to coincide with Financial Planning Week Of those surveyed 66% of women and over half (54%) of men worry about money either always

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.

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 2,654.38, a decrease of 36.06 points on the day and 27.40 point higher than its 2,626.98 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 2,26.98, an increase of 7.94 points on the day and 156.67 points lower than its 2,783.65 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 2,783.65, an increase of 17.19 points on the day and 77.11 points higher than its 2,706.54 opening value at the start of the week.