The FTSE 100 index of leading UK company shares finished the week at 5,053.71, up 12.10 points or +0.24% on […]

An often overused quotation from investment guru Warren Buffett is “…try to be fearful when others are greedy and greedy […]

My latest Best Advice column was published this week by Money Marketing magazine, looking at the breakdown of costs when […]

The US Federal Reserve has launched a scheme called Operation Twist in an attempt to reduce long-term interest rates. Operation […]

Investment Week is carrying two stories today that might be considered contradictory if read at the same time. Fidelity star […]

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has issued a stark warning about the need to balance debt reduction through austerity measures […]

News that Standard & Poor’s has decided to cut the sovereign debt rating for Italy will fuel fears about the […]

This week sees the latest quarterly re-shuffle for the FTSE 100 index of leading UK company shares, as companies leave […]

The FTSE 100 index of leading UK company shares finished the week at 5,368.41, up 30.87 points or +0.58% on […]

The FTSE 100 index of leading UK company shares finished the week at 5,214.65, down 125.73 points or -2.35% on the day and down 77.38 points (-1.46%) over the week.

Informed Choice chartered financial planner Martin Bamford explains why, despite historically low interest rates, cash savings still matter.

Informed Choice chartered financial planner Nick Bamford questions whether investors think transparency is a good thing or would they prefer not to know?

The Bank of England has kept interest rates on hold at 0.5% and is not extending its £200bn asset purchase programme, commonly referred to as quantitative easing (QE).

Informed Choice chartered financial planner Martin Bamford reviews the Invesco Perpetual Corporate Bond fund after a recent spell of poor performance.

Our Investment Committee has placed the Newton Growth fund under review, following news this morning that the fund is to be merged by BNY Mellon with the Newton Income fund.

Shortly before I wrote this blog the FTSE 100 Index of leading shares was up nearly 100 points or about 2% on the day.

National Savings & Investments have withdrawn their Index-linked Savings Certificates and Fixed Interest Savings Certificates from sale.

A new paper from the Personal Finance Society is warning about some issues arising from the use of model portfolios, distributor-influenced funds and outsourced discretionary fund management.

The FTSE 100 index of leading UK company shares finished the week at 5,292.03, down 126.62 points or -2.34% on the day and up 162.11 points (+3.16%) over the week.

A fairly simple rule to follow in order to avoid problematic investments is to only invest in what you understand.