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It is a commonplace of financial advice that regularly investing small amounts can help to protect the small investor against stock market volatility. While this might generally be true, it will be more so in some cases than others – for instance, if you start to invest when shares are hitting a peak. But some … Read more
The day Britain’s lockdown was announced, a message pinged on my phone with a rhetorical question: ‘Is 5,000 some form of chart point?’ That text, on 23 March, referred to the FTSE 100 having closed below that waterline at 4,993.9 – down 35 per cent on its peak of 7,675. Things were looking about as … Read more
The coronavirus market panic sparked a colossal sell-off of corporate bonds last month. As well as selling shares en-masse, investors dumped company debt in terror of mass bankruptcies in the now inevitable recession – or what some worry might even be a second Great Depression. But the fear seizing corporate bond markets has started to … Read more
Many investors will no doubt be feeling nervous about choosing a home for this year’s £20,000 Isa allowance. But with savings rates decimated, experts insist the stock market still offers the greatest prospect of growing your wealth long term. For those who are keen to invest some or all of this year’s Isa allowance but … Read more
It is a canard of investing wisdom that short term stock market gyrations should not really matter. If you have invested for the long term in a way that suits your objectives and attitude to risk, just sit tight. But what is short term and long term? Five years has always been the standard stipulation … Read more
Absolute return funds – designed to turn a profit come what may – fell 4.9 per cent during the market carnage last month, new analysis reveals. That loss looks benign relative to the massive declines seen elsewhere, particularly among small company and equity income funds, as the coronavirus crisis demolished global markets. The standout performer … Read more
Deal: Wizz Air boss Jozsef Varadi bought £643,000 of the airline’s shares No-one knows where share prices are going to go from here, though some smart hedge fund managers may think they do. Markets in Britain and the US rallied a little last week, but there were sharp corrections along the way. Volatility, it seems, … Read more
Updated March 26 to correct link in table Interactive Investor’s determination to take the DIY investing fight to the UK’s leading platform Hargreaves Lansdown was signalled again today. An announcement confirmed Interactive Investor is buying rival The Share Centre for £62million. The attraction for Interactive Investor is adding yet more customers to its burgeoning investment … Read more
Hargreaves Lansdown scales back its help centre hours to deal with surge in enquiries By Money Mail Reporter For The Daily Mail Published: 22:01 GMT, 24 March 2020 | Updated: 22:01 GMT, 24 March 2020 Hargreaves Lansdown says it is concentrating staff between 8am and 5pm on weekdays to keep delays to a minimum Investment … Read more
In need of a stock market champion? SIMON LAMBERT on the Dividend Hero trusts that have boosted payouts since The Doors sang Light My Fire By Simon Lambert for Thisismoney.co.uk Published: 06:00 GMT, 19 March 2020 | Updated: 06:00 GMT, 19 March 2020 If ever there was a time when investors needed a hero, it’s … Read more