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How do U.S. elections affect stock market performance?
In the final weeks of the 2024 election campaign, the contest between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris is not only dominating political headlines but also influencing financial markets. Historically, U.S. presidential elections have been closely tied to stock market performance, as investor sentiment and market behaviour shift in response to…
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Investing – What is the value of Financial Advice?
It has never been easier to manage your own money. Online platforms, and a wealth of information at the touch of a button, mean that investments are accessible for everyone. Often, investments alone do not make a financial plan. A clear strategy is needed to navigate the options and help…
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Behavioural biases and how they can affect your investment decisions
Whether we are aware of them or not, we all carry biases which shape our thoughts and behaviour. Most investors know that making decisions based on emotion is likely to be counterproductive, but what about those subconscious beliefs that can fool us into thinking we are making an entirely rational…
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Sustainable – Investment funds for the modern world
Typically, in the past, sustainable or ethical investing has been categorised as being for the minority however, research is showing that more and more people are investing in sustainable funds and not only that, in some instances they are out-performing traditional funds. As time goes on this sustainable or ethical…
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Premium Bonds – are they any good?
Premium bonds issued by the NS&I (National Savings and Investments) are one of the UK’s most popular savings products, with around 21 million people saving approximately 88 billion in them but are they any good? Recently we heard in the news that the NS&I are slashing their interest rates or…
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Investing in a down market: what should you do?
The market has been almost unrelentingly positive over the past decade. There have been some small bumps, including uncertainty over Brexit and Trump’s trade disputes, but ultimately, the economy moved on. So for many people, particularly those who have only started investing in the last ten years, the recent volatility…