February 2011

Weekend reading: Whither investing goals and the weather?

February 26, 2011

Spring is almost here, but for now you can sit warm and toasty inside reading about investing and watching your battered garden through the window. (Just me?)

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Inflation linked savings bonds on the rise

February 24, 2011

Inflation linked savings bonds look set to become more common than ex-North African dictators house-hunting in London. But not all are created equally.

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Vanguard dealing fees fall, adds new funds

February 22, 2011

Low cost monthly dealing fees put Vanguard index funds within the reach of UK investors making moderate monthly contributions.

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Weekend reading: Letters from the last war

February 19, 2011

Some People Just Can’t Let The Financial Meltdown Go: Redux. Plus some good reads from around the web.

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Ten ways to stop inflation destroying your wealth

February 17, 2011

You can’t stop inflation, but you can stop it from savaging the value of your portfolio. For long-term investing, inflation-proofing is a must.

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Avoid tax shocks by using reporting funds

February 15, 2011

A shock tax bill is liable to ruin anyone’s year and that’s exactly what you’ll get if you don’t understand the difference between reporting and non-reporting funds.

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Weekend reading: Economics from the heart

February 12, 2011

Love is in the air, and I’m not just talking about the ongoing equity rally. (Although, to be fair, I’ll still love that, tomorrow).

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Reasons to buy a house instead of renting

February 10, 2011

In this guest post, Tejvan Pettinger of The Mortgage Blog explains why he thinks buying usually beats renting a home.

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How the bid-offer spread inflates your ETF costs

February 8, 2011

Are your trading charges outrunning your appetite to invest lean? Here’s some tips to control the cost of the bid-offer spread.

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Weekend reading: Not very cautious

February 5, 2011

Some good reads from around the web. You can’t keep a bad idea down in the financial services industry – like Hindu vetala, the same ruses, obfuscations, and scams keep resurrecting in new forms to haunt us. Well, that’s if the service providers in question have any sense of irony. Clearly that’s lacking at The [...]

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