Asia and emerging market equities stage a come back
While all eyes have been on the US stock market and the performance of the big tech companies, Asia...
Posts by Sam Slator
Is it still worth investing in property funds?
As open-ended property funds are given the green light to reopen, we take a look at what caused the...
A Life on our Planet: investing for a better world
David Attenborough’s new film, A Life on our Planet, came to Netflix last weekend after showing...
Staying safe online: Do Your Part. #BeCyberSmart.
October is Cyber Security Awareness month and, let’s face it, most of us could do with tightening up...
International podcast day: the most popular investment interviews
30 September is International Podcast Day. With roots back to the 1980s and described as...
How soon will UK companies reinstate their dividends?
In the six months since the global pandemic forced the UK government to shut down the economy,...
Investing in space
In the 1960s, some 4% of US Federal budget was spent on space exploration, and when Apollo 11 landed...
800,000 teenagers get a child trust fund windfall
Over the next 12 months, around 800,000 lucky teenagers who are turning 18, will get an extra...
Are the tech giants over-valued or is this just the beginning of the story?
Just two years after becoming the world’s first publicly listed company to have a $1 trillion stock...
Investing in trains and railways
Great Britain’s railways consist of 2,566 stations, 15,847km of route and employ around 240,000...
Business and investments: keeping them in the family
Japan boasts one of the highest concentrations of large family-run businesses on the planet. At the...
The world’s five cheapest stock markets and the funds investing in them
Four of the five cheapest stock markets in the world today are in emerging markets, according to...
Investing in airlines and airports
It’s August. Airports around the world would typically be bustling with passengers heading off on...
Investing in cars and carmakers
After my old banger finally bit the dust last week, we spent Saturday car shopping, and I have to...
Lockdown money lessons: diary of a 45 year old mum
I won’t lie. Working from home whilst simultaneously trying to home school two children hasn’t been...