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Budget 2012
Despite the fears of further changes to pension tax reliefs and allowances, none were announced in the Chancellor's speech today. He confirmed the plan to change the State Pension to a single tier above the means test, at a minimum of &pou ...
Diversification by including Private Equity Investing
Private equity investments can be included in a portfolio by buying an investment trust such as Candover, Graphite Enterprise or Henderson Private Equity. You can also access the sector with Venture Capital Trusts (VCTs) and Enterprise Inv ...
Update on the markets
The stockmarkets of the world have done well so far in 2012. Equities are cheap relative to bonds in the US and the UK, and company earnings are growing. This is likely to lead to good returns from equities in the medium term, but there ar ...
Comments from Fund Managers
Ted Alexander, Neptune Global Long/ Short Sector Fund Sectors tend to provide long periods of outperformance or underperformance, making it relatively easy to identify a trend. They also have lower volatility than individual stocks. The ...
Investment Comment Jan 2012
We said in our investment commentary in October that earnings yields in most equity markets compare very favourably with bond yields relative to history. That continues to be the case, despite recent rises in the stockmarket as a result of ...
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