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
The worst investment performer in the latest notorious list of ‘dog funds’ is, unsurprisingly, Neil Woodford’s doomed equity income fund. The fallen star manager’s two former Invesco Perpetual funds are also named and shamed among the ‘biggest beasts’ – the poor performers holding the largest sums of customer money – in Bestinvest’s Spot the Dog … 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
This is the time when we are all out shopping for the perfect present for our friends, families or even ourselves. But the gift that keeps on giving is to turn yourself into a more successful investor in 2020. Here are five ways to add shine to your savings: New year resolutions: While it’s important … 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
DIY investment platform Interactive Investor has revealed its average Isa millionaire account is powered by a much larger weighting towards investment trusts than funds. These bigger accounts have 46 per cent in closed-ended funds on average, with only 7 per cent of their portfolios in their open-ended counterparts. The most widely held trusts are the … 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: 23:40 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
The FTSE 100 is down 15% over two decades, so why are investors told to think long-term? SIMON LAMBERT on the dividend case for the defence By Simon Lambert for Thisismoney.co.uk Published: 06:00 GMT, 12 March 2020 | Updated: 06:00 GMT, 12 March 2020 Can you defend the UK stock market’s dire performance since the … Read more