What do you do about bitcoin? Nothing, has been the default stance of most institutional and private investors – until recently. The growing interest of adventurous individuals – both lucky and unlucky – has been well documented over the last few years. More significant is the increasing interest from institutional investors. The most striking example … Read more
Which is the better investment to hold, one that returned 17 per cent last year or one that returned 110 per cent? That’s a no brainer, isn’t it? Of course, you’d take the one that more than doubled your money. It’s not a theoretical question though; it’s one based on the 2020 tale of two … Read more
As 2020 proved, anything can happen, in the investment world and beyond. With the pandemic still sadly going strong, markets could be just as volatile and full of surprises – good and bad – this year too. Fund ratings agency FundCalibre has identified 12 funds to watch in 2021. They include funds which shot the … Read more
My father used to ‘play the stock market’. He folded the profits from his small business in the 1970s into company shares, some of which came as recommendations from his stockbroker, over the bakelite telephone with a twisted brown cord. He added to this substantially with the big privatisations of the 1980s, and left a … Read more
We’ve been here before: the country goes into lockdown and the stock market shoots up. The start of the first national lockdown in late March marked the bottom of the coronavirus crash, England’s November lockdown played host to the vaccine rally, and yesterday the FTSE 100 added to its week’s gains with a 3.5 per … Read more
MR MONEY MAKER: Being a Boxing Day sloth and leaving investments alone can make for long-term wealth, says Justin Urquhart Stewart By Justin Urquhart Stewart For The Daily Mail Published: 10:18 GMT, 26 December 2020 | Updated: 10:18 GMT, 26 December 2020 Boxing Day used to be the day for long walks, for some, watching … Read more
Over the weekend millions will push a laden trolley along the Covid-compliant one-way system of a supermarket, stocking up for Christmas and against possible Brexit shortages. Determined to celebrate despite the odds, the British are forecast to spend £12billion in supermarkets this month, £1.5billion more than last year, says retail consultancy Kantar. A record amount … Read more
MR MONEY MAKER: Airline shares are prepared for take-off in 2021, let’s hope there’s clear skies ahead, says JUSTIN URQUHART STEWART By Justin Urquhart Stewart For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 GMT, 18 December 2020 | Updated: 22:35 GMT, 18 December 2020 What’s Happening? Locked down, fed up and thoroughly brassed off. Not exactly the … Read more
From ignoring stock tips you hear down the pub, to shutting out political noise, Money Mail has drawn on experts’ experience to pro-vide invaluable pointers… Do your homework Peter Hargreaves, Hargreaves Lansdown and Blue Whale Capital co-founder Watch what your investments are doing and keep up with what is happening in the economy, and what … Read more
The second in a series of articles investigating growth sectors, developing technologies and niche themes that adventurous private investors can back in their Isas – and how they might do so. The first, on open-ended funds in the environmental sector, is here. The UK’s energy mix is in the process of transitioning from coal and gas … Read more