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Santander fell over 4% on Friday. Is this creating a buying opportunity? The credit crisis has not been good to banking stocks and the recent crisis on the Euro and growth issues surround China has put enourmous strain on all things – especially european. Bank shares are miles from their market peak before the credit crunch. [...]
China growth concerns have pushed the Dow Jones Industrial average down in the worst two week slide since last November. The concerns over the Euro-zone and China have re-ignited concerns on equities. The Dow Jones closed at just below 12,900 on Friday leading many to flee shares and equities in favour of treasury bonds or [...]
Could now be the time to get into european equities? Could it be a smart move to purchase equities before investors pile into european equities and the market for much oversold shares rises leaving less upside for investors. Some euro shares are paying massive dividends of nearly 12%. Shares belonging to companies such as STD [...]
One of the best ways of getting exposure to the stock market but without huge risk is with a stock market tracker which attempts to mimic some of the main indices such as the FTSE 100 or FTSE 250 or the FTSE All-Share index in the UK which are some of the main baromomters of the UK [...]
Before the current crisis which saw billions wiped off the value of shares, bank shares were at an all time high. Some banks such as Lehman have completely failed whilst others such as RBS were partly taken over by the uk government. The question is whether you should invest in the government owned and backed [...]
With news that facebook has just bought instagram and Aol has just sold one billions worth of patents to microsoft, could we all be in for mega mergers in the tech sector? With renewed interest in the technology sector is more the time to invest in technology as a sector? Many remember the fate of [...]
The credit crisis has not been kind to banking shares and the recent crisis has put enourmous strain on all things european. Bank shares are in general a long way from their market peak before the 2008 crunch. Many of the non governmental supported banks such as hsbc and barclays have rallied strongly not leaving [...]
The US jobs data was less than as expected which meant far fewer jobs were created in the US economy than expected. In the three months prior nearly 200,000 jobs were created each month signifying to many that the US economy has turned the corner, but now just over 100,000 jobs were created which is [...]
So you want to start the new tax year in a smart efficient way? Here are some of the places you can put your money without paying tax and legally too. We all know about the cash ISA’s but these are not the only ways you can invest your money – shares and mutual funds [...]
Time to start planning your investments now its the new tax year starting on the 6th of April 2012. The ISA limit has been adjusted upwards so it makes now to reconsider your savings objectives for the new tax year. Historically interest rates are low which is not good for savers however recent falls in [...]
Make the most of the tax free savings and investment limits. Today is the last day you can subscribe to the ISA or tax free wrapper and beat the tax man legally. So don’t waste these opportunities – max out your ISA or tax free wrapper.
From almost a 6,000 high the markets have dropped several percent in the last few days leaving the FTSE 100 at just below 5,700 today. There was a slight bounce in the market today as shares opened but this has not been sustained.
The entree into 2012 has been a good one for stocks. Or anyone that is going long. We seem to be finally shrugging off the image problem of the equities as confidence regains in the market-place. Now we have had a good start the issue is whether this can continue. The Dow Jones has steadily climbed from around [...]
For those watching the markets of late. Much of the recent stellar performance has been due to fantastic earnings from just a few technology companies such as Apple. The question is, are we in the midst of a tech bubble? For those with a short memory, the tech bubble crash after the millennium was a [...]
ISA’s or individual savings accounts are one of the legal ways you can prevent money falling into the hands of the taxman. So you don’t need a Cayman Islands address or an apartment in Monaco to shield your hard earned cash from the taxman – the government has created the ISA scheme to encourage savings [...]
Time is almost up for savers to use this years ISA allowance. You can earn up to 3.5% to 4.5% if you are prepared to tie up your assets for a number of years. The tax year ends on the 5th of April – so you need to get cracking before the deadline next week. [...]
The Tax end of year for 2011-2012 is fast approaching on the 5th April 2012. Which means there is little time to get fully invested up to your ISA allowable limit for this year. Do remember that there are differing limits depending on whether you have just cash savings or investments too. But be sure [...]
With the impending deadline for the current Tax year imminent, many people will be looking to invest spare money in the government backed tax free wrapper. However despite the claims of some of the high street banks, many of the banks simply do not offer very good value on ISA’s for a number of reasons: [...]
This is no joke and no scam. There are companies out there that are paying almost 20% in dividends per year. Don’t believe me, then look at the top few companies in the mortgage REIT (mREIT) sector such as Annaly Capital Management and AGNC who are offering around 14% and 17% respectively from investing in mortgage backed [...]
REIT’s are tax wrappers for investing in real estate. There is no corporation tax payable form the company provided they distribute 90% of the taxable income back to investors – who might be shareholders such as you and I. The REIT is rather analogous to a mutual fund and something that both institutional and private investors alike can [...]
