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Bitcoin boom: the pros and cons of putting money into the cryptocurrency
Thursday 11 Mar 2021Bitcoin’s recent surge beyond $50,000 for the first time has reignited intense discussion about the best-known cryptocurrency. Its meteoric rise in recent months has lured in thousands of Millennial investors with dreams of fast profits thanks to the swathe of mobile apps, such as Coinbase, that...
Baillie Gifford yet to show magic touch with Keystone
Thursday 11 Mar 2021It may be early days but so far investment trust Keystone Positive Change ( KPC ) doesn’t seem to have benefited from the magic touch of new manager Baillie Gifford. The asset management firm behind Scottish Mortgage ( SMT ) hasn’t had the instant impact on the trust in the same way it has with...
Evenlode Income goes from hero to zero: time to worry?
Thursday 11 Mar 2021Prior to the pandemic, £3.6 billion Evenlode Income Fund (BD0B7D5) was lauded by various fund experts as a good place to put your money. On a five-year basis, it has been in the top 25% best performing funds for its category, achieving the much sought-after top quartile status. Unfortunately,...
The SPAC trend could hit the UK but is it a good thing?
Thursday 11 Mar 2021There has been much discussion of SPACs, or Special Purpose Acquisition Companies, in recent months, but they aren’t a new concept by any means. Back in the 1980s SPACs were known as cash shells, a time and money-saving way for firms to list quickly. They typically came with boards full of highly...
Realising dreams of owning that holiday home in the sun
Thursday 04 Mar 2021This is the second part in a regular series in which we will provide an investment clinic based on hypothetical scenarios. By doing so we aim to provide some insights which can help different types of investor from beginners all the way up to experienced market participants. After saving hard for...
Five value stocks we said to buy last year: how have they performed?
Thursday 04 Mar 2021While we regularly look at how our Great Ideas are getting on we have had reader feedback about providing more clarity on the performance of our investment ideas elsewhere in the magazine. This feature will therefore be the first of several in the coming months where we look retrospectively at...
How Lifetime ISAs could help you buy a property sooner than you think
Thursday 04 Mar 2021A Lifetime ISA is a flexible, affordable way for young people to save for their first home, or for an income in later life. You can open one if you’re between 18 and 39 years old. In this article we will look at the main features of a Lifetime ISA and illustrate using a hypothetical scenario how...
Emerging markets: Views from the experts
Thursday 25 Feb 20211. Emerging markets (EMs) outpaced developed markets in 2020, with the gap widening further in January, reversing a period of underperformance and fund outflows. This is reflective of the fact that many companies, particularly those in East Asia, successfully managed their business operations...
The final frontier of investing
Thursday 25 Feb 2021Most people will be familiar with the term emerging markets but what about frontier markets? These are the countries like Sri Lanka and Croatia which sit in the category just below ‘emerging’. Markets are placed in one of three categories – developed, emerging, or frontier – based on criteria such...
Why do fund managers lend stock to short sellers?
Thursday 25 Feb 2021Why do institutional investors such as fund managers lend shares to people who are betting that a share price will fall? I understand they receive a fee but won’t the shares on loan be worth less when they are returned? How does that support their main objective which is (presumably) to provide...