Q. In light of the recent falls in Stock markets around the world, should I consider selling my equity (share) holdings and buying safer assets? A. This is a great question and we totally understand why you are asking it at this volatile time for world stock markets. As you’ll know, there’s a great deal of [...]
Guaranteed Stock Market Bonds – Are They A Good Option?
At the moment, one of the frustrations for savers is the low rates of return they are experiencing on cash deposits. This has resulted in some investors being persuaded by salespeople to put their money into a Bond that is linked to the performance of the stock market in some way or form. There are [...]
Buy and Hold Investing – An Effective Method? – Hot Topics Q & A
Q. As someone with money invested in various stock market funds, I get besieged by all sorts of mailings and articles as to the best way to invest. I am particularly intrigued by the two distinct approaches that seem to be battling it out between the buy and hold long term believers, and the busy buy [...]
Attitude To Risk – Make Sure You Get It Right! – Hot Topics Q&A
Absolute Return Fund – Should You Invest in One?
You may have heard about Absolute Return Funds being launched and appearing in the press recently. We have seen quite a few of them launched in the last year or so, and they sound good dont they?Absolute returns – hmmm, let’s investigate. There are 3 main reasons why these funds have appeared on the radar [...]
1970s Crisis – Is It The Same This Time?
Well, what a year it’s been… High street banks in crisis, investment banks closing their doors, ‘experts’ pointing fingers, and serious questions asked of the financial regulators. Yes, what were the regulators doing on both sides of the Atlantic? And to cap it all, a $50bn (expected) fraud uncovered in the US. Is there more [...]



