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Sterling lower on BoE Inflation Report

yesterday at 9:09  by Matt Williams
Good morning. Auctions in the last few days have brought some big valuations. A painting by Mark Rothko called 'Orange, Red, Yellow' went for $87 million. A diamond known as Le Beau Sancy sold for ...

Why we won’t sell student pods

yesterday at 8:57  by Robert Bence
The advent of ABS’s and the current development in the Family Justice System provide a ripe environment for change in the world of family law. From my experience, the consumer almost always 3 key ...

How is investment income taxed?

yesterday at 8:32  by Jaskarn Pawar
There has been a lot of focus on investing for income over the past couple of years. This is mainly because income levels (yields) are generally down on where they were a few years ago. Dividends are ...

Can a management shake-up cure AstraZeneca?

yesterday at 7:57  by Stockopedia Blogs
Shareholder revolts have claimed the jobs of a handful of Britain’s most high profile bosses in the last couple of months, among them David Brennan, the chief executive of drugs giant AstraZeneca ...

Four weeks to sweat it out

16-05-2012 at 8:13  by Matt Williams
Isn’t it funny how easily investors are seduced by the latest headline? North Korea launches rocket … the dollar goes up. Man drops bag of sugar … commodity prices spike. We saw it again on ...

Why hold a low cost investment portfolio

16-05-2012 at 7:58  by Jaskarn Pawar
There has been so much written and debated about whether you should invest in lower cost passive funds or higher cost active funds. If you have a financial adviser then it will be the cornerstone of ...

Another bit of European fudge?

15-05-2012 at 9:08  by John Redwood
Yesterday it seemed unlikely that Greece can form a government. New elections are likely to produce a government even more strongly against the current EU/IMF loan package and austerity requirements. ...

Oy! You! Tsipras!

15-05-2012 at 8:34  by Matt Williams
Good morning. Westminster's opposition Labour party has come up with its own contribution to the crisis in Euroland; a referendum on Britain's membership of the EU. Oh my, what a brilliant idea that ...

Why you should be using an investing checklist…

15-05-2012 at 8:18  by Stockopedia Blogs
The better decision maker has at his/her disposal repertoires of possible actions; checklists of things to think about before he acts; and he has mechanisms in his mind to... bring these to his ...

Greek election announcement likely today

14-05-2012 at 8:30  by Matt Williams
Good morning. There were some extraordinary victories at the weekend. Manchester City stole the premier league title with a last-second goal. German Chancellor Angela Merkel suffered a drubbing at ...