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Everything from Trackers to Mutual Funds to individual equities, we cover it all here. Find out if the stock market really is the best place for your money.
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
The UK travel and transport operator shares dropped to nearly the lowest in three years because of challenging trading conditions. Continuing worldwide trading difficulties are hitting margins and the share price, with the steepest decline since Jan 2009. The shares currently offer a 10% dividend.
The uk stockmarket fell for a third day in a row as Greece comes under renewed fire over the European crisis. The FTSE 100 dropped to its lowest levek since the end of Jan 2012 as Greece looks to increase the ceiling on its borrowing.
Ever wondered what the difference between stocks and shares are? Both terms can be used interchangeably, and mean the same thing. However one often refers to the ‘share’market as the stock market partly through tradition. The basis of the stock or share market is that investors purchase shares of the company and can then be [...]
To Invest £70k, here is what I would encourage you to think about. Going back to the original point, what every investor wants is to be able to add the maximum added value to what ever asset or entity that they purchase. Whoever said balance or diversification is half right, you could do this or [...]
The legendary investor Warren Buffet cannot understand why anyone would invest in gold which is an asset that generates no income and no wealth. Buffet say that if you were to pool all the gold reserves in the world together you could buy several billion dollar companies that generate billions in income whilst gold earns [...]
With falls in stockmarket share prices, some shares now look really cheap compared with their dividend payouts. Two well known listed companies are paying out dividends of over 10%. Compared to paltry rates in the bank, investing in shares could over as much as 5 times or even 100 times the tiny interest rates on [...]
