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Rising rates, what we look for and dubious practices

So, credit agencies have downgraded the US for its financial stability and the market there has taken a turn downwards. What does it mean? Of course we shall be assessing that as we do our utmost to manage clients’ investments wisely and their financial affairs. However, it’s a blow for Mr Biden’s hopes for...

Inflation and cautious optimism

So Sterling has hit its highest level against the Dollar since April last year and the Euro since August. Whilst it reduces the value of investors’ overseas’ assets, strength is positive and I can say ‘expected’ though whether it is on confidence in the UK and our economic prowess (or others’ regression) is hard...

Investment returns and falls

North Devon Business Awards We were delighted to be the main sponsor again for Business Action’s North Devon Business Awards. Well done to Rob Zarywacz and team for a great event and all that volunteer help in assimilating all the applicants and judging them too. Every applicant was a worthy contender but well done to those...

UK stock market is one of the best for dividends

Despite the cost of living crisis, high interest rates and ongoing uncertainty, 2023 looks set to be the 'year of the dividends' for investors and in that regard the UK remains one of the best-valued markets around. A recent study of markets by Evelyn Partners said the firm was expecting investors to seek securities yielding...

Latest on the banks crash and why forecasts are unreliable

So, a mini bank collapse (compared to the larger ones) which has passed without significant contagion, saw bank shares across the globe fall in value by $0.5trillion in a week, the most since the pandemic panic. This will affect investors’ portfolios everywhere as banks represent a large portion of market indices too. Goldman Sachs loses...

UK tax boost and healthy investments

So we’re told the Chancellor had £31billion more in tax receipts in January than he expected. So much for forecasts… who’d like to forecast how many forecasters predicted that? It may be very controversial to say so, but Liz Truss and Kwazi Kwarteng were the closest but that’s another story (and their problem was...

Careful investment and risk

How awful the recent earthquake in Turkey and Syria is. Our prayers and hopefully support go out to those devastated communities not only facing what they have lost but also at a bitterly cold part of the year and for Syria, already reeling from the Civil War there and not recovered. So...

New Year rally

Well, welcome to the highest ever levels for the FTSE100, what a pleasant ‘Father Christmas’ (well New Year) rally. The thing is, our market isn’t dear so the levels are nothing about which to be worried either. The same week also saw not the Bank of England Governor’s wish (he said wrongly in public...

Will there be a New Year bounce?

This really is a Happy Christmas and a very prosperous New Year! I promise this is my last epistle till 2023.Are we going to enjoy the traditional Christmas and New Year bounce? It’s not encouraging and the portents aren’t favourable but some year-end rebalancing may just give us some good news. Otherwise,...

Ups, downs and in the dog house

I was pleased to hear Australia’s second wealthiest man, Andrew Forrest, is starting a criminal prosecution against Facebook for taking money from scammers and then publishing their adverts.It will be wonderful if the case succeeds and then compensation could be the next course for all those who have lost billions.It is not right that...

Rising rates, what we look for and dubious practices

Inflation and cautious optimism

Investment returns and falls

UK stock market is one of the best for dividends

Latest on the banks crash and why forecasts are unreliable

UK tax boost and healthy investments

Careful investment and risk

New Year rally

Will there be a New Year bounce?

Ups, downs and in the dog house

Risk Warning

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