28th August 12
Prompted by the recent news surrounding the financially-challenged Mouchel Group (going into administration), a number of private investors were debating the question of how an investment could be ma...
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Taking a look at the week ahead.. Macro-economic events Monday 20th All eyes will be on Greece, as Euro3.8 billion is scheduled to be repaid today to the European Central Bank (ECB). Servi...
Read More21st August 12
The conclusion of the Olympic Games, which produced a superb ‘feel good’ to the nation and London in particular, may mark a turning point in investor sentiment. The Merrill Lynch Bank ...
Read More10th August 12
High levels of macro-economic noise, confusion surrounding the financial system, and unexpected ‘banana skins’ amongst a plethora of trading announcements, suggest investors need to be in...
Read More3rd August 12
We are in the midst of the reporting season, with most listed companies having now provided an update of trading in the first half of 2012 and an indication of their prospects for the second half of ...
Read More27th July 12
Against a backdrop of a fearful or lethargic market overshadowed by an apparent deepening of economic woes, surrounding the Euro zone in particular, we are pressing on in our promise to provide a vie...
Read More24th July 12
While most that has been written in the past twelve blogs surround sound long term financial strategy, there is undoubtedly scope for more nimble active investors to add value to a long term portfoli...
Read More23rd July 12
While there has been no shortage of individual company specific controversies swirling around the market, and new survey data surrounding the macro-economic landscape has reinforced a consensual view...
Read More18th July 12
In this article, the penultimate one of our series considering the prime types of asset available to long term savers, we turn our attention towards the potential help and advice available from profe...
Read More13th July 12
Following on from earlier company specific articles on smaller or medium sized stock exchange listed businesses.. and our review of the house building sector on 6 July, we are taking a closer look...
Read More10th July 12
As we near the end of this series of blogs, reviewing the long term investment opportunity for retirement provision or other long term savings, the writer thought it would be useful to summarise &nda...
Read More6th July 12
An easing in tension surrounding problems within the Euro zone, allied to mixed economic reports in China, has resulted in a pick-up in appetite for risk assets over the past ten days. This has be...
Read More5th July 12
Having looked at collective investment schemes last week. we now turn to look at two other investment vehicles which may have attractions in the quest to find solutions for long term savings: struc...
Read More1st July 12
Over the course of the past two months... ...these blogs have been assessing the merits and shortcomings of various kinds of asset into which long-term savers may choose to invest, from cash to bo...
Read More22nd June 12
Rather like our supposed summer weather… …the market has blown ‘hot and cold’ over the past week with the only sure ‘call’ being its unpredictability. And, as...
Read More19th June 12
In the previous blog we looked at how the worth of profits can be assessed, as a means of placing a value on listed company shares. This week, we will take a broader view of the universe of equity...
Read More15th June 12
The old stock market adage, advocating “Sell in May, and stay away, until St Ledger day”, appears to strike a chord with current investor sentiment. While we are still three months awa...
Read More12th June 12
Last week’s blog introduced the concept of taking a stake in leading businesses.. by owning a portion of the ordinary share capital – as opposed to receiving a steady income from ‘lending’ money to t...
Read More8th June 12
Following on from our review of Commodities... ...as a potential asset class for long term savings on 29 May, and the stock exchange listed Mining sector on 1 June, we wish to highlight a particula...
Read More6th June 12
We are half way through our review of the prime types of asset that private individuals... as well as non-personal bodies (such as charities and clubs), will consider for their long term savings pl...
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