Smoke and mirrors
Informed Choice chartered financial planner Nick Bamford explains why the investor always pays, even when using high allocation rate Investment Bond products where the cost of advice appears to be ‘free’.
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Informed Choice chartered financial planner Nick Bamford explains why the investor always pays, even when using high allocation rate Investment Bond products where the cost of advice appears to be ‘free’.
The FTSE 100 index of leading UK company shares finished the week at 5,188.43, down 6.74 points or -0.13% on the day and up 127.89 points (+2.53%) over the week.
At what level will the FTSE 100 finish in 2010? Leave your prediction in the comments box and win a signed copy of Anthony Bolton’s book Investing Against the Tide.
The investment world is full of sayings and little adages, cited as investment ‘rules’ but probably more like old wives’ tales. It is often possible to fit statistics to some of these.
We have known for some time that it was Conservative party policy to scrap Child Trust Fund (CTF) payments for all but the poorest families. It therefore came as a bit of a shock to hear George Osborne announcing that CTF payments are being scrapped entirely.
The FTSE 100 index of leading UK company shares finished the week at 5,060.54, down 12.59 points or -0.25% on the day and down 202.31 points (-3.84%) over the week.
Informed Choice chartered financial planner Martin Bamford was quoted in the Daily Express today, in an article looking at how investors should deal with the recent levels of stock market volatility.
The FSA has launched Operation Dingo, writing to 38,000 investors who appear on a “suckers” list used by boiler room operations, to warn them on the risk of fraud.
The Informed Choice Investment Committee has placed the Schroder Income fund under review this morning, following the news that managers Nick Purves and Ian Lance are leaving to join an investment boutique.
The FTSE 100 index of leading UK company shares finished the week at 5,262.85, down 170.88 points or -3.14% on the day and up 139.83 points (+2.73%) over the week.
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