Anyone who has paid attention to the news over recent years will doubtless have noticed that regulators of all kinds are pushing hard for businesses to demonstrate maximum transparency towards [...]
The new tax year begins on the 6th of April each year, a time of year when many people are in the mood for a general clean up of their lives from spring cleaning their homes to decluttering their [...]
January through April is probably peak season for taxes with the self-assessment deadline being January 31st and the tax year ending on April 5th, thereby putting a metaphorical alarm clock on [...]
Stock market graphs can be a classic example of graphs which look impressive but can be very misleading. This is because, at the end of the day (or at the close of trade), stock market [...]
The movie Trading Places was released on 9th December 1983. The story of the film is that two wealthy investors (the Duke brother) have a bet on whether successful investors are born or [...]
Successful investing means keeping a level head in all market conditions, including the peaks and troughs, both of which can be unnerving, albeit for different reasons. When stock markets [...]
In spite of all the media headlines surrounding the Bank of England’s decision to raise interest rates, the fact was that the raise was only 0.25% and that it brought the base rate up to just [...]
The state of the housing market possibly comes second only to the weather as the most regularly-discussed topic in the UK. Topics are many and varied and can get very emotional, especially when [...]
Even though the internet has made the world more global, there are still a lot of local variations and we suspect that many people in the UK will have experienced the frustration of undertaking [...]
There are some golden rules of investing which have long stood the test of time and which look set to continue holding true long into the future. Here are three of them. Fees and charges matter [...]
