So the US stock market as measured by the S&P 500 index has officially entered ‘bear market’ territory. A bear market is when the relevant stock market has fallen 20% from its last peak. It doesn’t really mean anything apart from the symbolic 20% fall. It...
A passive investor doesn’t try to outwit the crowd. It uses the wisdom of the crowd to generate investment returns via passive funds, also known as index tracking funds. An active investor will try to beat the crowd. Spending more money on research (and subsequently...
How should we be investing in Covid times? Has Covid changed how investments work and do you need a new strategy? In this article we will look at what happened during the ‘Covid Stock Market Crash’ and whether the traditional equity/bond investment mix worked. ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buds0zLxqNk&t=2s Last week I spoke about the huge bill the UK government is facing by trying to support jobs through the pandemic. Every week we find out a little bit more. The UK’s net debt at the end of April stood at 98% of GDP....
Let’s face it, the current government is getting into a bit of a pickle over Brexit and it’s probably going to cost them dear at the next General Election. So I thought I would take this opportunity to look at how different governments affect your investments. Who’s...
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