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Markets brave another storm warning

Alan Steel

Well that last piece of mine in mid-February was great timing, eh? Here’s me rabbiting on about Februarys being more famous for weather extremes than stock market traumas, and before you can say “climate change” along comes “The Beast from The East”.

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Time to pour cold water on market doomsayers

Alan Steel

If you’re a stock market investor, especially if you’re getting on a bit like me, February certainly lived up to its reputation for springing surprise extremes on us, although overRead More

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Don’t worry about saving – do something

Alan Steel

I may have mentioned previously that a survey carried out in the US by the Wall Street Journal found that the main reason for sleepless nights of Baby Boomers wasRead More

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A grim unfairy tale of SIPPs and salesmen

Alan Steel

We had a recent visit from a retired couple just turned 70, recommended by their best friends who have been clients for 20 years. Their IFA, they explained, was aRead More

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Stay away ’til St Leger Day? Don’t bet on it

Alan Steel

Where has the year gone ?  Suddenly it’s May.  And with May comes the fresh plant growth that’s such welcome news.  However to balance that along comes our weary economists,Read More

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Low costs mean high hurdles for retirees

Alan Steel

How easy is it to pick winners? Take last Saturday’s Grand National at Aintree for instance. The horse I backed at 20 to 1 came in last at 20 pastRead More

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Why you should avoid the merchants of menace

Alan Steel

Anybody even just glancing at the money pages over the last week can’t have failed to notice it’s that time again.  For some reason or other financial journalists deem thisRead More

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Make sure you’re worth more than a smidgeon

Alan Steel

Last week we had our Spring UK Budget. Immediately afterwards I, and a hundred others, strived manfully to report all the changes. A week later the biggest fund raiser changeRead More

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Money for nothing (and your cheques for free)

Alan Steel

Next week I’m off to “celebrate” (not sure that’s the right word) a special birthday . You can easily work it out given I was born in the middle ofRead More

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Don’t judge a forecast book by its cover

Alan Steel

I see it’s becoming a widely held view among “experts” and other official pessimists that you can’t forecast future investment performance. So is it time to change well known investmentRead More

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