Crisis, what crisis? All good here!
Before anything else, have a really lovely Bank Holiday weekend. I shall be helping at Braunton Fair on Monday and catching-up tomorrow…
Crisis? What crisis? Could be the question our investors pose about the recent Trumpian-created volatility as we seemed to sail-through unscathed and emerging from the other side seemingly in better shape than when...
Market news and investment
Meta and Microsoft both topped analysts’ expectations for latest quarter’s results at the same time the US economy suffered a regression of 0.3% in the first quarter’s ‘growth’ – apparently nothing whatsoever to do with President Trump of course and his actions of late.
Gold has come-off its top – an over-extended spike it might...
ISA reform looks likely – but no details as yet!
A shake-up of Cash ISAs seems on the cards as the Government has given its clearest indication yet that it is looking to reform the system. That’s a good thing as it will encourage people to see ‘investing’ as different from ‘saving’!
As reported by online financial news platform Citywire, City Minister Emma Reynolds has...
Tariffs leave shaken shares and markets
Well, the world is still coming to terms with what has been unleashed upon it and the volatility in the financial markets as a result. Not only have shares been shaken-up but other things are not necessarily reacting as they ‘should’ and perhaps for ‘other’ reasons. I am also taking this opportunity to wish...
Trump tariffs – don’t panic
This is not long after my last missive but clearly President Trump’s tariffs are creating temporary havoc. However, it is very disconcerting and especially when a whole year’s ‘normal’ returns for investors can be wiped out in just a day’s movement on a market. No-one alive has faced tariff announcements of this nature.
The last...
‘Low key’ Spring Statement contained few surprises
The Chancellor’s Spring Statement did not contain a great deal we hadn’t already heard and no immediate prospects for economic growth.
In a relatively low key affair, Rachel Reeves set out her latest update on the economy and restated plans to cut the welfare budget as well as making cuts to Government departments, as we...
Days left to make ISA and Pension contributions before Financial Year ends
So the dearly departed are coming to the rescue of the Chancellor, as Inheritance Tax receipts for the period from April 2024 to February 2025 topped £7.6billion and that is before the swingeing increases in the Autumn Statement where these death duties will affect pensions and businesses too.
The figure is projected to grow another...
State Pension booster deadline is looming
Time is running out for anyone who wants to boost their State Pension by paying for any missing National Insurance years, Martin Lewis has warned.
People aged between 40 and 73 have until just April 5 this year to plug any gaps in their NI payments by buying missing years going back to 2006.
After the...
