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6 simple but powerful investment tips, which will help you to reduce the probability of making a bad investment.

There is alot to be confused about for anyone trying to understand the global economy these days, and we do live in a gl

Actively managed Funds

I’ve mentioned ‘currency wars’ in a previous post which I will talk about in today’s blog. I think it important to outli

The Eurozone economic recovery was buoyed up by Quantitative Easing (QE) and not based on real wealth re-generation.

Protect your estate from divorce, intestacy rules, creditors and over taxation

This article from the FT talks about one of the few relatively unblemished countries from the credit crisis, Australia,

Recent Developments to the Russia-Ukraine conflict. Is your money safe?

This article from the ft.com yesterday provides an interesting follow on from my last post. As the Chinese look to lesse

This blog post looks at the Russia-Ukraine conflict and how this might affect the global markets and global economy.

A summary of the pros and cons to a drawdown pension arrangement are as follows:

UK Post-election thoughts: EU Referendum, David Cameron, and the new UK Conservative Party Parliament. Ros Altmann and p

7000 points on the FTSE, once the programme has run its course markets stabilise and begin to decline but with considera

Why home buyers need to keep control to succeed. Beware of being forced to do things that aren't in your interest by rea

A grim global outlook but make hay while the sun shines

I think it important to outline what contrived currency depreciation means for countries and why a country would want to

This in my view is a prime example of the negative face of globalisation and might be that the Australians could end up

As the Chinese look to lessen their reliance on the United States Dollar as their main trading currency & so the Renminb

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By investing into a VCT you can save 30% in income tax on earned income on the amount you invest in that tax year.

Personal versus limited company buy to let – which is the most tax efficient?

Equity release is a way to release wealth tied up in your property, without selling it and moving to another home. It is

There are many challenges that come with starting and running your own company, and if successful, it will grow and evol

When it comes to getting any mortgage, opting to do it yourself you can involve a lot of time trawling websites, compari

Blog Home Thinking of setting up a Limited Company to invest in Buy-to-Let (BTL) property? In recent months, there has b

Back in the 80s, my Mother who is a retired Doctor, naively agreed, without properly understanding and under duress, to

Chartered Financial Planner in Maidenhead, Berkshire making sense of your experience, by showing you how to have a bette

Weirbank Business Centre, Monkey Island Lane, Bray-on-Thames, Maidenhead, Berkshire, SL6 2ED. When looking at your Estat

None of us want to believe that we might lose our mental capacity, or how we would cope with our financial affairs if we