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Weekly Financial Update – 03.09.2020
A slightly negative week for the majority of world stock markets but the US continues to outperform. As discussed during last week’s update, Jerome Powell, the US Federal Reserve Chairman did in fact announce a change to the central bank’s...
Weekly Financial Update – 27.08.2020
It has generally been a good week for world stock markets as tech companies continued to report strong subscriber and earnings growth. There was also renewed optimism that a virus and probably more likely improved treatments for Covid-19 are on the...
Weekly Financial Update – 13.08.2020
So this week we had the news that will come as no surprise to everyone. The UK is officially now in recession (more on that in a moment). But how did the UK and other world stock markets re-act to a week of dire data? Most of them had a very positive week! ...
Weekly Financial Update – 06.08.2020
Most of the world’s major stock markets ended the week in positive territory apart from Japan which had a number of companies reporting losses. The Purchasing Managers Index data for the UK, US and Europe indicated that all were starting to expand and...
Weekly Financial Update – 30.07.2020
All of the major world stock markets had negative returns over the last week as fears of a second wave of coronavirus cases worried investors. Whilst many countries in Europe have got control of the virus, total worldwide cases are still rising and even...
Weekly Financial Update – 23.07.2020
It’s been a mixed bag for the markets over the last week with the US and Europe achieving slightly positive returns and the UK and Japan slightly down. The biggest riser was the emerging markets. The Chinese economy grew 3.2% last quarter which was more than expected....
Weekly Financial Update – 16.07.2020
The main developed world markets such as the UK, US and Europe have had a very good week, all returning 2% plus. Earlier in the week Europe’s largest tech company SAP (which many of you probably use in your businesses) announced increased revenue and profit compared...
Weekly Financial Update – 09.07.2020
There hasn’t been much movement in the main stock markets this week with the UK down the most at just under 1.5%. The biggest gain was in the emerging markets sector driven by China. A state sanctioned story appeared this week on the front page of one of China’s main...
Weekly Financial Update – 02.07.2020
Just as retail shops were starting to open in England we found out that Intu, owner of a number of large shopping centres, went into administration. This means an uncertain future for those shops that operate in these centres. We also feel for those of you in...
Weekly Financial Update – 25.06.2020
At the end of last week we found out that the UK national debt now totals more than 100% of our GDP (our entire economy). This is the first time this has happened in over 60 years. Of course it was to be expected with the huge amount of spending the government is...
Best ISA Option For You
When it comes to ISAs (Individual Savings Accounts) there are now 5 different types, but which is the best ISA for you? Did you know that in some circumstances you can actually save and invest more than the current £20,000 annual ISA limit? There are some key...
Weekly Financial Update – 18.06.2020
Global stock markets had a bit of a wobble at the end of last week. The FTSE 100 saw a drop of nearly 4% leading some to think this was the start of the final phase of the bear market and a prolonged period of losses. This all came about because of update from the US...
Investment Risk Just Before Retirement
Over many years it was considered appropriate to reduce your investment risk just before retirement. After all, if you are soon to be taking money out of your pension fund, it’s logical to want to protect its current value to maximise those withdrawals. But there...
An Insurance Return Could Be Better Than An Investment Return In Retirement
Did you know that there can be circumstances when an insurance return, as in the lump sum payout from an insurance policy, can be better than the return you get from investing. For example, if you have a lump sum available to invest or excess cash that you want to...
Why Now Is The Time To Re-Start Pension Contributions
Have you recently stopped your pension contributions as a result of business or job insecurity? Perhaps you’re employed and have reduced the amount you personally pay into your pension? Or perhaps you’re self-employed or a company owner and have stopped pension...
10 Reasons Why You Should NOT be Opting Out of the NHS Pension
It appears many Consultants and senior NHS staff are opting out of the NHS Pension which means they are leaving the scheme. This in turn means they lose future benefits. The main reason for this is the increase in tax bills many are facing as a result of a change to...
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