11 Dec Short term hindsight investing
If we could invest by simply looking at what has done well in the recent past, then life would be so much simpler. ...
Investment
27 Nov Negative interest rates
Negative interest rates represent a transfer from savers to borrowers but how could this affect your longer term investments and what if anything should you do about it?...
13 Nov Markets are noisy
Markets are 'noisy' which can lead to an over emphasis on short term performance and the potential to make bad decisions based on our emotions. ...
04 Sep Dividends
Receiving a cash dividend has historically been seen as an important part of the investment return received from owning a share in a company. ...
21 Aug Investment and currency movements
Over recent years we have witnessed the volatility of sterling against other currencies but when investing is this something we should be worried about?...
24 Jul Stock picking
How often do we hear or read that a certain company, sector or particular type of firm will do well in the future?...
10 Jul Commercial property
A common question that we’re currently asked by clients is what the prospects are for commercial property in the future in a post-Covid world? ...
26 Jun I need income!
You might be faced with the problem that your investment portfolio doesn’t provide the income you need to fund your lifestyle. ...
12 Jun Gold
Gold is one of those assets that is sometimes popular with investors and at other times not so much and some of this seems to be due to a sense of security that owning a ‘valuable’ physical asset brings....
30 Apr Wisdom of crowds
It’s important to be reminded of how markets work and this is perfectly illustrated by events at a livestock fair in Plymouth in 1906....