Controlling rising house prices
Should the government intervene to control rising house prices? According to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the...
Market numbers: Friday 2nd May 2014
May 2, 2014
FTSE 100: 6,822.42 ↑13.55 ↑0.20% FTSE 250: 15,930.92 ↑ 80.58 ↑ 0.51% The index of leading UK company shares reached a two month high on Friday,...
Investing fundamentals #1 – Invest with a goal in mind
May 1, 2014
In the first of a series of blogs about the ten fundamentals of investing, I describe the importance of investing...
FTSE profit warnings & record dividends
Apr 30, 2014
“May you live in interesting times”, often referred to as the Chinese curse, is the purported translation of an ancient Chinese...
Grow my pretties, grow
Apr 29, 2014
I’m probably the only one who has visions of George Osborne as the Wicked Witch of the West, cackling “grow...
Murders & executions
Apr 28, 2014
One of the more memorable quotes from the movie American Psycho is when serial killer and M&A specialist Patrick Bateman...
Market numbers: Friday 25th April 2014
Apr 25, 2014
FTSE 100: 6,685.69 ↓17.31 ↓0.26% FTSE 250: 15,888.21 ↓ 103.56 ↓ 0.65% Despite finishing the week marginally lower, on fears of escalating tensions in Ukraine,...
Treat investment trusts with caution
Apr 22, 2014
I was quoted in the Sunday Times at the weekend, explaining why I think some investment trusts should be treated...
Undeclared taxable income from overseas
Apr 14, 2014
Things are set to become very uncomfortable for investors with undeclared taxable income from overseas. The BBC reported at the...
Market numbers: Friday 11th April 2014
Apr 11, 2014
The FTSE 100 index of leading UK company shares finished the week at 6,561.70, closing down 80.27 (-1.21%) on the...
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