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. ...
Investment
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....
02 Apr Strange times
We’re all currently living in very strange times. World stock markets have all suffered big falls and many of us are rightly concerned by this. But ...
05 Mar End of the tax year
The end of the tax year is fast approaching and with it is the last chance to ensure that you have maximised any tax exemptions and allowance opportunities that are available each year. Several of these are ‘use it or lose it’....