Joshua Pond is a technical investment writer at Rowan Dartington. The past year has seen the re-emergence of thematic investment to the agenda. As returns from other strategies have dwindled, many investors have looked to take advantage of strengthening trends during the global pandemic and the technologies, or sectors they felt would be on an … Read more
Chris Barrett: If you tend to panic during market declines, you should consider a more conservative asset allocation Chris Barrett is the investment director at wealth management firm JM Finn. Asset classes such as stocks, bonds, cash, property, and alternatives like gold, are interconnected yet differ in terms of their exposure to global risks. They tend … Read more
Gervais Williams: Investors should take advantage of compounding good and growing dividends Veteran fund manager Gervais Williams is co-manager of the Diverse Income Trust, and also jointly manages Premier Miton’s UK multicap income and UK smaller companies funds. Over the last 10 years, quantitative easing has come to dominate global stock market trends. Creating new … Read more
A well-run company is likely to perform better and avoid errors and scandal, but judging management competence can be a tough task for individual investors. You can sift the evidence in financial statements and announcements, and glean what you can from whatever is in the public domain, and this will be useful research. But although … Read more
‘Simplify, then add lightness’: My Isa could learn from Colin Chapman’s Lotus but I’m baulking at the cost of an investing spring clean, says SIMON LAMBERT By Simon Lambert for Thisismoney.co.uk Published: 09:55 BST, 6 May 2021 | Updated: 09:58 BST, 6 May 2021 ‘Simplify, then add lightness.’ That was the famous philosophy of Lotus … Read more
David Miller, executive director at wealth manager Quilter Cheviot, explains how to allocate investments in your Isa portfolio. Investing is built around a simple premise. You put your money in an investable asset in the hope that it provides inflation-beating growth, or attractive income payments. But that’s where the simplicity ends. Everyday investors face a … Read more
Bestseller funds and shares revealed: Have a peek at what other investors are putting in their Isas as the new season kicks off UK investors have shopped for shares in Coinbase, Argo Blockchain and Tesla A UK microcap fund and a FTSE 250 tracker are among the top selling funds Investors are more confident in … Read more
Blue sky thinking about the ideas destined to become big money spinners is among the most creative – and exciting – aspects of investing. Predicting what the world will look like in coming decades is notoriously hard though, and even financial professionals often get unstuck when forecasting trends and finding the companies most likely to … Read more
I opened a new investing Isa with Freetrade for the 2021/22 tax year. It costs only £3 a month but having started to search for things I want to buy – ETFs, investment trusts and small cap shares – I’ve found they are not available unless you sign up for their Plus account, which is … Read more
Can I invest in a new stocks and shares Isa, and continue paying into the one I opened in the last tax year? By Jayna Rana For Thisismoney.co.uk Published: 07:18 BST, 19 April 2021 | Updated: 07:18 BST, 19 April 2021 I have a stocks and shares Isa with a DIY investing platform where I … Read more