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ISAs: Where to put your £20,000
Thursday 06 Apr 2017You can now tuck £20,000 into a tax-sheltered ISA every year, a 31% increase on the previous tax year. To help you take advantage of this generous allowance, we’ve produced a list of 10 must-have stocks to fill your ISA. The list includes a mix of selections from the Shares team and some picks from...
Britain's health check
Thursday 30 Mar 2017Investors want to know what’s going to happen to the economy and the stock market now Prime Minister Theresa May has started the official process of taking the UK out of the EU. While it is hard to know exactly how the markets will move, it is possible to make a few assumptions. In a nutshell, the...
Inspiration for your ISA
Thursday 23 Mar 2017Do you need some inspiration for stocks or funds to put in your ISA? We’re here to help, whether you are new investing, a bit rusty on what to do, or are even highly experienced at putting your money to work in the markets. With the end of the tax year just around the corner, it’s certainly a good...
Power up: dividend reinvestment special
Thursday 16 Mar 2017If you’re a long-term investor one of the simplest ways to boost your returns is to reinvest dividends. You end up owning more shares or units in a fund without putting your hand in your pocket for more cash beyond the original investment. Let’s say you own £10,000 worth of shares in Company X...
Full throttle: Why AIM stocks are racing ahead
Thursday 09 Mar 2017The AIM market has come out of the blocks in 2017 like Usain Bolt, leaving the mainstream stock market indices trailing in its wake. This article contains some of our best AIM stock ideas and explains why the market has been racing ahead. The FTSE AIM All-Share index has rallied 7.9% year to date...
Top Tricks: Three nifty ways to get more from the Lifetime ISA
Thursday 02 Mar 2017Investors can receive up to £33,050 of free money from the Government by using the new Lifetime ISA. We’ve spotted three neat ways to get a head start with grabbing this bonus cash if you are less than 40 years old on 6 April 2017. Even if you are 40 or older on this date, you shouldn’t make the...
Crunch time for the property sector
Thursday 23 Feb 2017Large parts of the UK population remain fascinated by house prices. Regular data from various sources fill the headlines of websites and newspapers week in, week out. Property remains one of the top talking points at dinner parties, alongside the weather and schools. It is therefore no surprise...
The Rational Investor: Why it pays to weigh up all the information before making an investment decision
Friday 10 Feb 2017One of the key principles of investing is that you can make good money by exploiting market inefficiencies. The stock market, made up by the actions of hundreds if not thousands of investors, is not always right when it comes to pricing in good or bad news. You can often buy a company that is...
FTSE 100: How much can you make on each stock this year?
Thursday 09 Feb 2017The FTSE 100 index has increased by nearly 14% in value since the Brexit vote on 23 June 2016 and hit a record high in early January 2017 as it broke through the 7,200 level. Investors are understandably starting to ask if they should take profit in UK large caps. Our view is ‘no’; now is not the...
Slick picks: Four oil firms with hot prospects
Thursday 02 Feb 2017Oil exploration can create substantial value overnight. Successful exploration can drive share prices higher as the market prices in the upside from a big oil or natural gas discovery. In the past companies such as Tullow Oil ( TLW ) and Cairn Energy ( CNE ) rode exploration success all the way to...