There is only one trade in town at the moment — sell the ailing dollar and buy gold — but investors could fare well by going against the grain. The dollar tumbled to a 15-month low against top currencies last Monday. It closed the week at $1.65 to ...
As the FTSE 100 index last week broke through 5,300 for the first time since the Lehman Brothers collapse in September 2008, we invited six of the UK’s top fund managers to our offices to discuss the market outlook. Most were downbeat about the ...
British workers remain overly optimistic about the age at which they will be able to retire, with just a third conceding they will work beyond 65, a survey shows. Just a tenth of people believe they will still be working into their 70s, according to ...
Lenders cut their mortgage rates last week despite Bank rate being kept on hold for the eighth consecutive month, but brokers warned that many good-risk borrowers were struggling to access the top deals, with up to half of applicants being turned ...
The number of accounts paying introductory bonuses has soared, as banks and building societies try to lock savers in for a set period or curb flexibility. The average short-term bonus on the best deals has risen to 0.9 per cent – higher than the ...
Equities have rallied more than 50% this year and yet fund managers are increasingly looking for alternative ways to make rosy returns for investors. Litigation funding has become one of the most fashionable alternative investments. Mayfair-based ...
Savers are being urged to take full advantage of their pensions to boost returns as life expectancy rises. The BBC, for example, allows staff aged 50 or over draw an income from their pension while continuing to work. While few occupational schemes ...
Fund managers are targeting those who live off the income from savings and investments with a raft of fund launches, some of which offer yields of up to 7%. However, advisers urged anyone moving from the safety of a deposit account to remember that ...
Private investors have been left behind in this year’s stock market rally, with fewer than a quarter of UK equity funds beating the market since its low in March. The FTSE All-Share has surged 51% from its trough on March 3 while the FTSE 100 is up 4 ...
The Conservative party heralded an age of austerity last week as it promised to accelerate the rise in the state pension age, freeze public-sector pay and cut benefits enjoyed by middle-class families. George Osborne, the shadow chancellor, said the ...
Help us add to our database, by linking this writer their entry in Wikipedia or Source Watch, or by suggesting that we remove it from our index.