One of my mini-bonds was redeemed in full, putting to an end a nice investment that was paying me 11% a year.
Shares
What is a share? It’s a simple question and not a particular hard one to answer, but there’s lots more you need to know before you invest…
Certain players in the UK commercial property sector looks like they might be on sale. Are they cheap for a reason?
ISAs and SIPPs enable you to avoid tedious paperwork, as well sheltering your cash from tax.
The stock market isn’t convinced all is rosy in the UK housing market. Is this an opportunity to profit?
If you must pick stocks for a pastime and profit, then the steady way offered by John Lee is likely a surer path to success.
It might feel good to have a big slug of cash waiting to invest in a market correction, but in practice you may not profit as much as you think.
UK investors have few options if they want to invest in big and stable consumer companies. Now they’ve even fewer.
Important: What follows is not a recommendation to buy or sell T.Clarke. I’m a private investor, storing and sharing notes. Read my disclaimer. Name: T.Clarke Ticker: CTO Listed: London (FTSE Small Cap) Business: Construction and materials More info: Digital Look / Google Finance Company: T.Clarke website Key numbers for T. Clarke (10/02/09) (From Digital Look) [...]
With the price of bank shares being driven by fear, should we avoid them completely? Or if we do want to get specific exposure to banks, which banks look the best? As a private investor, I can only tell you what I’m doing (and remind you an index tracking fund should underpin your portfolio, not [...]
So about two years ago I got talking to a friend’s mother who had inherited Barclays shares, because I am the sort of nerdy person who talks about shares at dinner parties. She had no thoughts on the bank’s future. She simply owned a bit of it. I suggested to my friend that she might [...]