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Controlling rising house prices
Should the government intervene to control rising house prices? According to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the […]
Julia Docker
May 6, 20142 min read
Market numbers: Friday 2nd May 2014
FTSE 100: 6,822.42 ↑13.55 ↑0.20% FTSE 250: 15,930.92 ↑ 80.58 ↑ 0.51% The index of leading UK company shares reached a two month high on Friday, […]
Julia Docker
May 2, 20141 min read
Investing fundamentals #1 – Invest with a goal in mind
In the first of a series of blogs about the ten fundamentals of investing, I describe the importance of investing […]
Julia Docker
May 1, 20142 min read
FTSE profit warnings & record dividends
“May you live in interesting times”, often referred to as the Chinese curse, is the purported translation of an ancient Chinese […]
Julia Docker
Apr 30, 20142 min read
Grow my pretties, grow
I’m probably the only one who has visions of George Osborne as the Wicked Witch of the West, cackling “grow […]
Julia Docker
Apr 29, 20142 min read
Murders & executions
One of the more memorable quotes from the movie American Psycho is when serial killer and M&A specialist Patrick Bateman […]
Julia Docker
Apr 28, 20142 min read
Market numbers: Friday 25th April 2014
FTSE 100: 6,685.69 ↓17.31 ↓0.26% FTSE 250: 15,888.21 ↓ 103.56 ↓ 0.65% Despite finishing the week marginally lower, on fears of escalating tensions in Ukraine, […]
Julia Docker
Apr 25, 20141 min read
Treat investment trusts with caution
I was quoted in the Sunday Times at the weekend, explaining why I think some investment trusts should be treated […]
Julia Docker
Apr 22, 20142 min read
Undeclared taxable income from overseas
Things are set to become very uncomfortable for investors with undeclared taxable income from overseas. The BBC reported at the […]
Julia Docker
Apr 14, 20142 min read
Market numbers: Friday 11th April 2014
The FTSE 100 index of leading UK company shares finished the week at 6,561.70, closing down 80.27 (-1.21%) on the […]
Julia Docker
Apr 11, 20141 min read
Out of favour biotech stocks
Market watchers might have spotted a big fall in the value of the Nasdaq index. It fell by over 3% […]
Julia Docker
Apr 11, 20142 min read
Market numbers: Friday 4th April 2014
The FTSE 100 index of leading UK company shares finished the week at 6,695.55, closing up 46.41 (+0.70%) on the […]
Julia Docker
Apr 4, 20141 min read
Does imagination have a place in investments?
This is an exclusive guest post by Alastair Mundy, Portfolio Manager of the Investec Cautious Managed Fund. A colleague of […]
Julia Docker
Apr 2, 20144 min read
Market numbers: Friday 28th March 2014
The FTSE 100 index of leading UK company shares finished the week at 6,615.58, closing up 27.26 (+0.41%) on the […]
Julia Docker
Mar 28, 20141 min read
Market numbers: Friday 21st March 2014
The FTSE 100 index of leading UK company shares finished the week at 6,557.17, closing up 14.73 (+0.23%) on the […]
Julia Docker
Mar 21, 20141 min read
New ISA rules
The Budget has revamped rules for Individual Savings Accounts, but what are the new ISA rules? From 6th April 2014, […]
Julia Docker
Mar 20, 20142 min read
Inflation erodes cash
Cash might be king, but because of the way inflation erodes cash, it makes a really bad choice of home […]
Julia Docker
Mar 18, 20142 min read
Financial advice adds 3% a year
Did you know that financial advice adds 3% a year to your investment returns? According to a new study in […]
Julia Docker
Mar 17, 20142 min read
Market numbers: Friday 14th March 2014
The FTSE 100 index of leading UK company shares finished the week at 6,527.89, closing down 25.89 (-0.40%) on the […]
Julia Docker
Mar 15, 20141 min read
Market numbers: Friday 7th March 2014
The FTSE 100 index of leading UK company shares finished the week at 6,712.67, closing down 75.82 (-1.12%) on the […]
Julia Docker
Mar 7, 20141 min read
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