Image by Alexsander-777 on pixabay.com One of the outcomes on investors (apart from the precipitous and, so far, largely temporary) plunge in capital values in March) of the current global pandemic is that a decent proportion of companies have suspended their dividend payments. This is usually...
Image from Breakingpic on pexels.com Despite all the generally (and understandably) negative newsflow about Coronavirus, one of the outcomes of the government-mandated two-metre lateral separation is that many people who routinely carried out their jobs in a particular way have had to adapt to operating differently. While...
Image from pixeltweaks on pixabay With depressing regularity, investors in assets which they were told were secure turn out to be anything but that. I draw the distinction here between those whose falls are simply a function of broad market movements which affect all publicly quoted...
Those who were duped by fraudsters in financial scandals were persuaded to buy something which, had they stopped to think more closely, might have seemed too good to be true. Good advisers ensure that their clients understand what they are buying and take the trouble...
Image from qimono on Pixabay It is often claimed that while it is all well and good being in an index fund when the market is rising, it is when things turn round that active managers can show their skill and avoid the falls while the...
Image from VisualHunt.com After commenting last time on the propensity of humans (and thus stockmarkets, whose movements are ultimately driven by human behaviours) to be more influenced by bad news than good, it is worth considering why markets can still fall even if there is no...
Identifying the best times to get in and out of the market is really difficult but we don’t need to rely on genius or even luck; just a few simple rules and keeping to the strategy that you originally set when determining how to achieve...
When it comes to producing reasons for doing or not doing things related to our own money, humans can be astonishingly creative. Here are just a few that we have encountered over the years....
If you are looking for a financial planner to work with, you are likely to be in for a long term relationship, so it makes sense to look at more than one to increase the chances of finding a good match. So with that in...
You can’t control any of the ‘stuff’ that happens in the economy or the market. Sometimes those events will be better than you expect; other times worse. The best approach is to focus on what you can control and ignore the rest. ...