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The FTSE All Share index, representing the performance of all 623 eligible companies listed on the London Stock Exchange has finished the week at 3,099.97, a slight decrease of 3.02 points on the day and 9.45 points higher than its’ 3,102.99 opening value at the start of the week.

Well Friday 13th May could have been worse I suppose. The FTSE All Share index, representing the performance of all the eligible companies listed on the London Stock Exchange has finished the week at 3,090.52, a slight decrease of 7.10 points during Friday’s trading and 19.11 points lower than

Welcome to the fourth instalment of my series of blogs analysing the various forms of savings and investments I am using for a child’s future.  This week I am reviewing a holding of shares in a UK Life Company held on behalf of my goddaughter.  These shares were acquired

Its been a busy week in the aftermath of the Royal Wedding. The Bank of England’s MPC decided to maintain interest rates at the historic low of 0.5%.  Lloyds Banking Group has announced they are setting aside £3.2bn to cover compensation claims as a result of PPI mis-selling. One

This week many of us have been trying to cram five days work into three. During the short period of truncated trading the FTSE All Share index, representing the performance of all 623 eligible companies listed on the London Stock Exchange has finished the week at 3,155.03.  That’s an

This week was a busy week.  At home we had two birthdays (my daughter was 4 and I was 40). In the office we were flat out dealing with tax year end stuff. In the markets there was the latest MPC decision to do nothing with the Bank of

The FTSE All Share index, representing the performance of all 626 eligible companies listed on the London Stock Exchange has finished the week at 3,116.83, an increase of 49.55 points on the day and 50.99 points higher than its opening value of 3,065.84 at the start of the week.

In the week when the Government’s target figure for inflation increased 0.4% to 4.4% the FTSE All Share index has rebounded significantly. The volatility seen on the markets following the uncertainty of Japan’s nuclear problems and trouble in North Africa has subsided. The FTSE All Share index, representing the

After an extremely volatile week on the markets the FTSE All Share index has finished the week at 2,973.64, an increase of 13.73 points on the day but 52.6 points lower than its 3,026.24 opening value at the start of the week. The FTSE All Share index represents the

The FTSE All Share index, representing the performance of all 625 eligible companies listed on the London Stock Exchange has finished the week on Friday at 3,109.26, a slight drop of 3.46 points on the day and 0.01 points lower than its 3,109.27 opening value at the start of

This week the banks have taken another beating.  A Which?Money investigation found widespread ignorance of the ISA rules amongst the banks. It would appear that they don’t know their onions when it comes to Cash ISAs. Read more…  As if that wasn’t enough, there’s the loss of the State

This week saw that latest inflation figures published.  The marked jump in the consumer prices index (CPI) from 3.7% in December to 4.0% in January was attributed to the VAT rate rise and increases to the price of crude oil.  The retail prices index now stands at a hefty

The FTSE All Share index, representing the performance of all 627 eligible companies listed on the London Stock Exchange has finished the week at 3143.89, an increase of 21.58 on points the day and 33.51 points higher than its 3,110.38 opening value at the start of the week. So far

The FTSE All Share index, representing the performance of all 627 eligible companies listed on the London Stock Exchange has finished the week at 3,107.99, an increase of 6.96 points during trading on Friday and 52.83 points higher than its 3,055.16 opening value at the start of last week.

The FTSE All Share index, representing the performance of all 627 eligible companies listed on the London Stock Exchange has finished the week at 3,055.16, a decrease of 39.54 points on the day and 6.31 points lower than its 3,061.47 opening value at the start of the week. So far