This economic environment won't last: Should you pay down your mortgage?
We’re living through exceptional times: historically low interest rates combined with rising inflation can’t last forever. We could be about to enter a more difficult economic environment. So is it a...
View ArticleShould you put your money in the Alternative Investment Market?
For early stage companies finding their feet, the Alternative Investment Market (Aim) offers a means to access capital to support growth, with the prestige of a public listing on a London exchange....
View ArticleGlobal debt has never been higher. Should investors be worried?
In 2000, the Clinton administration commissioned a secret report called Life After Debt. The federal government had managed to run a budget surplus every year since 1997, having failed to do so at all...
View ArticleThe time has come to unpick the pensions triple-lock
Britain's incoming wave of inflation is expected to be temporary, driven by a weaker pound and higher global energy costs, rather than a pick-up in the fundamental factors that can prompt a rate-hike....
View ArticleToo many black swans: Investors need to put political risk into perspective
There seem to be two quite distinct camps emerging when it comes to thinking about how the uncertain political environment will shape markets. One side believes that the shifting political landscape...
View ArticleTen ways to spring clean your finances before the end of the tax year
Spring is here and it's a golden opportunity to sort out your finances before the end of the tax year on 5 April. And this year savers have an additional reason to get out in front: inflation. Consumer...
View ArticleIn murky global markets, here are three ideas for your Isa
A lot can happen in a tax year. For Brits looking to use their Isa allowance to invest in stocks and shares before the window closes on 5 April, the investing landscape has changed remarkably. The only...
View ArticleInvesting in lawsuits: How to get in on the action
The reasons Silicon Valley financier Peter Thiel may have had for bankrolling a lawsuit brought by former wrestler Terry Bollea against Gawker Media probably did not include a good return on his...
View ArticleCridland: State pension age to rise earlier and triple-lock should end
The state pension age should be increased to 68 in less than 20 years years time, a government commissioned report has concluded. John Cridland today delivers a wide-ranging independent review of the...
View ArticleShared ownership is a win-win for investors and aspiring UK home-owners
Five out of six people want to own their own home. But as we all know, house prices in recent decades have accelerated wildly to end up beyond the reach of many. Even among talented, affluent young...
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Ladies who don't lunch: Property and parenthood with CBRE's Sue...
It seems like a lifetime since I met up for lunch with Sue Clayton, executive director at the commercial property adviser CBRE. It’s actually only been a few months since that sunny afternoon at...
View ArticleMillennials should prepare for a future without any state pension at all
Behind many of the exhortations for younger people to save more is an unspoken assumption: the state pension as we know it will not be there for them when they come to retire, replaced either by a...
View ArticleA lifeboat from inflation: Time to invest in index-linked bonds?
Inflation should be a concern for investors as well as consumers. The Bank of England anticipates that price rises will accelerate this year and peak at 2.8 per cent in early 2018. These predictions...
View ArticleWhat P2P can learn from chefs who don’t eat their own food
P2P lending, marketplace lending, online lending – call it what you like: the opportunity to earn impressive rates of interest by lending to UK consumers and SMEs should be embraced by any investor...
View ArticleSilver lining: How an ageing population could boost your portfolio
Every tenth person in the world today is over 60. By 2050, it’ll be every fifth, and those over 60 will outnumber children under 15, according to the UN’s latest ageing report. We’re living longer, but...
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Anglo American's 290% rise: a perfect example of 'value...
The best performing FTSE 100 stock of 2016 – up some 290% – was miner Anglo American. There is perhaps no better stock to highlight the fool’s errand of looking for catalysts or timing the market. When...
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Inflation on the rise? This chart shows the damage it could do
UK inflation hits its highest level in almost three and a half years. We look at the damage inflation can inflict on your money and investments. UK inflation has hit its highest level in almost three...
View ArticleFirst edition books: A novel investment?
It’s often said that one shouldn’t judge a book by its cover, but when it comes to investing in rare or first edition books, the old adage bears false. Books don’t immediately jump out the page as...
View ArticleWhat does it take to set up a VC fund? Meet the founders of Kindred Capital
Meet a founder who has been backed by Leila Zegna and Tracy Doree, and the response is always the same: that they are two of the brightest people you’ll ever meet, and two of the most switched-on in...
View ArticleWhy Warren Buffett hasn't really turned against active fund management
We are all familiar with the famous investment market phrase “in the short run, the market is a voting machine but in the long run, it is a weighing machine”. Some may know that this is attributed to...
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