MARKET REPORT: Eye-watering fall in Tesla shares drags on the funds British savers have used to ride the US tech wave By Francesca Washtell For The Daily Mail Published: 21:51 GMT, 5 March 2021 | Updated: 21:51 GMT, 5 March 2021 An eye-watering fall in Tesla shares dragged on the funds British savers have used … Read more
A simple mix of shares, bonds and cash doubled investors’ money in five years: Baillie Gifford Managed Fund manager on the INVESTING SHOW By This Is Money Published: 14:31 GMT, 5 March 2021 | Updated: 14:31 GMT, 5 March 2021 Is a simple portfolio made up largely of shares and balanced out by some bonds … Read more
Investment trusts have beaten funds on returns in most major sectors over ten and 20 years – but can you still find a bargain as discounts narrow? New research from Interactive Investor has found investment trust sectors have outperformed most of their open-ended counterparts over ten and 20 years UK Equity Income trusts have outperformed … Read more
Money to pay back the vast costs of Covid-19 has to come from somewhere. Unfortunately for Middle Britain, much of the burden will fall on its shoulders. Indeed, Rishi Sunak’s coronavirus face mask could double up as a highwayman’s disguise, so adept has he been at forcing the middle classes to stand and deliver. He … Read more
Money to pay back the vast costs of Covid-19 has to come from somewhere. Unfortunately for Middle Britain, much of the burden will fall on its shoulders. Indeed, Rishi Sunak’s coronavirus face mask could double up as a highwayman’s disguise, so adept has he been at forcing the middle classes to stand and deliver. He … Read more
VICTORIA BISCHOFF: Lost child trust funds that could make the world of difference to so many young people By Victoria Bischoff for the Daily Mail Published: 22:01 GMT, 23 February 2021 | Updated: 22:33 GMT, 23 February 2021 If young adults ever needed a windfall, it’s now. Many have lost a year of education and … Read more
Teenagers are sitting on £400 million in childhood savings they may not know exist. Around 200,000 Child Trust Funds (CTF) are still waiting to be claimed – with an average of £2,000 in each, figures reveal. The investment and cash savings accounts were opened for every child born between September 1, 2002, and January 2, … Read more
CLIMATE ASSETS: Attenborough effect boosts climate fund investing in electric cars, renewable energy and clean water By Jeff Prestridge for The Mail on Sunday Published: 22:16 GMT, 20 February 2021 | Updated: 22:16 GMT, 20 February 2021 Having run the Climate Assets fund for the past 11 years, investment house Quilter Cheviot is not new … Read more
It is time to be positive. After almost 12 months of hunkering down as Covid-19 raged, economic recovery is on the way. Not just in the UK, but globally as economies across the world emerge from lockdown and life hopefully returns close to normality. Although China is leading the global economic reboot, the UK is … Read more
As an ordinary punter, it can be tough to stay one step ahead and make prudent and profitable decisions about where to invest your hard-earned cash. But twice a year a report surfaces that names and shames underperforming investment funds, and managers ‘live in fear of being included in the kennel of shame’, according to … Read more