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.
Informed Choice managing director Martin Bamford was featured in the Independent on Sunday today, talking about trust and confidence in financial advisers.
The coalition programme for government contains several proposals for pensions and retirement. Here is a brief summary of what to expect.
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 Angela Murfitt explains the financial planning changes we are likely to see in the not too distant future as a result of the new coalition Government.
Informed Choice chartered financial planner Martin Bamford looks at the new report from the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) and what it means for financial ‘advice’ from the banks.
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 latest price inflation figures show CPI at 3.7% and RPI at 5.3% for the year to April 2010. This will prompt Bank of England governor Mervyn King to write a letter of explanation to the new Chancellor, George Osborne.
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