Category: Investment

THE ISA FAMILY The Basic ISA 6 – April 1999 The original ISA has two investment components: stocks and shares or cash. These are now interchangeable, so you can transfer from a stocks and shares ISA to a cash ISA, or vice versa.  Available from age 18 (16 and 17-year-olds may start one but only…

This may be of no interest if, as expected, we leave the EU. But on the off chance we don’t… The European election is a curious double election going on at the same time. Voters get to vote for parties, to decide how many MEPs of each party get in from each member state. The…

Just a word of warning to all my readers. The Financial Conduct Authority has warned about high-risk innovative finance Isas (Ifisas) being advertised alongside cash ISAs.  In a statement published on its website the regulator confirmed it had seen evidence the two products were being promoted together, and it warned  investments held in Ifisas were “high-risk”,…

As readers will undoubtedly know, it’s all set up to be a very important week in parliament this week with Theresa May’s next meaningful vote scheduled for tomorrow – and subsequent votes on Wednesday and Thursday depending on the outcomes. All that uncertainty means that there are still a number of different possible outcomes for…

Ian Cowie, writing his usual Personal Account column in the Sunday Times Money section, has China in his investment sights last weekend. He reminds readers of the value of investing internationally and how China’s growing economy has significant potential despite worries over a trade war. As recent events seem to have increased hopes that such…

I thought you might be interested to read about one of our Investment House’s views on the Fourth Quarter of last year and their views on the Economic Outlook.  We use SEI, as an Investment House, quite often and they have a good track record.  They say: Market overview An enthusiastic start to 2018 for…