Investing

Factors independent financial advisers should consider when comparing providers of stocks and shares ISAs Independent financial advisers have a wide range of providers to choose from when deciding which stocks and shares ISA to recommend to clients. Selecting the right one will not only ensure you meet your client’s needs, but will also make your […]

Six Reasons Why Passive Beats Active Investing The spectacular demise of Britain’s most famous active fund manager, Neil Woodford, has reopened the debate as to whether you’re better off using active funds or passive funds. Of course, it’s a question that can only be answered with the benefit of hindsight. Only when you come to

Another month, another Seedrs crowdfund for a free stock broking app. Freetrade and Dabbl have been around a while, whilst BUX, fresh from purchasing Ayondo, their regulatory home, are launching their STOCKS app soon. Revolut keep threatening to bring free stock trading to their large installed user base.  Trading 212 have been running their commission-free

Cycle positioning is one of the keys to investment success. You identify critical points in a market cycle and adjust your portfolio accordingly. If you get this right, chances of making significant profits are much greater. Great investors understood this, so should you. Market Cycles in a Nutshell Why do market move in cycles? “People,”

Here’s our quick summary guide on how to research funds for your long term investments… Sitting alongside stocks and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) is a bewildering number of investment funds. So large in numbers – 8,000+ approved and recognised CIS according to the FCA website – that any new DIY investor would collapse in agony about

If you want to own investments that outperform the market then you need to pay attention to relative strength index analysis. Relative strength indexing is about finding financial instruments that are generally outperforming – or underperforming – specific benchmarks, or a group of similar instruments. What is interesting about relative strength is that it persists.

Every February the venerable Warren Buffett publishes his widely-read shareholder letter. Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft and a close friend of Warren, ranked these letters as “among the best of business literature.” Not only can you see what The Oracle of Omaha is buying, you can read his valuable thoughts on markets. This year, Buffett’s letter