I had a lot of fun today covering the UK Budget over on the Monevator Twitter channel. It was fun racing other finance bloggers and the bloke who does the BBC captions to announce the news. There were two occasions though when I was late with my updates. Both times it was because I was [...]
The Investor
Amid the horror story that was the UK budget today, one bright spot stood out for those of us trying to save and invest our way to wealth. The government is raising the annual limit on ISA contributions from £7,200 to £10,200. Half of this ISA limit can be ‘wrapped’ around cash savings, just like [...]
I looked last week at the steep rises in US and UK bank share prices as the fear factor has fallen back. U.S. banks are up 50% over the month, for instance. But in the case of certain UK banks, the reversal has been even more extreme. Consider Barclays shares here in the UK. When [...]
Every week I read a large number of personal finance and investing articles. Here’s my latest weekly shortcut to the best. The new UK tax year is nearly two weeks old, and even if this recent bank-led rally is due to run out of steam, it’s time for UK investors to start thinking about their [...]