Will interest rates ever rise again?
My first ever mortgage was variable, but ‘capped’ at 5.75%. Yes, 5.75%. When I took it out in 1999,...
M&G Emerging Markets Bond
A guide to fixed interest investments
I can think of a whole list of things that are boring and mundane… but that are also good for us....
Investment Tour de Europe
If I told you that I was writing this week’s article whilst cycling on an exercise bike, you...
Women in finance
To celebrate Women’s History Month, I challenged myself to focus my spare time on women’s...
Six specialist options for this year’s ISA
When it comes to our investments, most of us start off with a ‘core’ – the assets or funds at...
Seven ISA ideas for income investors
2020 was not a great year for income investors. Not only did it become clear that interest rates...
What a ‘baby bust’ means for your finances
When the pandemic began last year, many experts believed the increased time spent at home would lead...
Six managers investing in emerging market bonds
In 2020, emerging market bond funds posted modest returns of around 3% on average*. Not a bad return...
2021: time to be ‘risk-on’ with equities and bonds
After a year like 2020, it seems almost foolish trying to predict what 2021 could hold in store. But...
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...
Income investing: funds yielding more than 4%
Before the early 1990s, experts generally considered 5% to be a safe amount for retirees to withdraw...
From Rwanda to Games Workshop: six favourite investments
While diversity is a subject fund managers now regularly engage about with businesses, fund...
Bonds beat equities in emerging markets
Believe it or not, emerging market bonds have outperformed emerging market equities over the past...
Catch up and a cuppa with…. Charles De Quinsonas
With government bond yields in the developed world remaining historically low for the foreseeable...
Instagram obsessed millennials and the top 10 Instagrammable places to holiday (and invest)
Last week we talked about the how to invest in the apps that millennials use everyday. One of these,...