£20 is all you need to start saving into this bargain of a stakeholder pension. There’s more to pensions than SIPPs!
Investing
As our demonstration HYP approaches its first birthday, it’s time to think about how to track how well it’s doing (or not, as the case may disappointingly be!)
Use financial tools to work out the tracking error of your index trackers and decide if they are worth the expense once you know their true cost.
Tracking error shows you the true cost of an index tracker not deceptive old TER. See for yourself with this practical comparison of FTSE index funds.
Iceland’s bonds are back from the brink, as today’s headlines are tomorrow’s fish and chips wrapping. (Though don’t try wrapping your scampi in this roundup!)
Spreading your money overseas as liberally as any colonial power ever did means you reduce all sorts of risks when investing in shares, provided you’ve a long-term horizon.
Tax is not payable on capital gains with spread bets. While it’s certainly a risky form of pseudo-investing, it might be useful in some circumstances.
Facebook is set to be the largest internet IPO in history. How will the entry of this behemoth affect your index trackers?
Here’s a way for UK investors to get exposure to value-based smaller companies. The Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust currently looks good value, to boot.
BlackRock index funds offer keen TERs, and some rare emerging market and property asset allocation options, so why are they so little known?
Monevator’s passive investing model portfolio is one-year old. See how our picks have fared in a tumultuous year.
Are UK house prices going to stay elevated compared to their old incomes or rent measures, and why does it matter?
I think all these companies have some attractive qualities and good potential, but obviously also risks.
Commercial property is an attractive asset class to own, and I think now looks a good time to buy – not as cheap as in 2009, but unless you expect a European blow-up not as risky, either.
Vanguard funds have popped up on Hargreaves Lansdown. But are you better off switching to a cheaper platform?