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  1. The growing costs of President Biden

    The growing costs of President Biden

    Date: 05/05/2021

    Joe Biden is fashioning his election phrase of ‘Build Back Better’ into an activist administration, a heavily-unionised workforce – and a large expansion in state spending.

  2. April’s top and bottom performing funds

    April’s top and bottom performing funds

    Date: 04/05/2021

    A round up of the notable market and fund sector trends in April as US ‘earnings season’ got off to an encouraging start.

  3. Six investment pitfalls beginners must avoid

    Six investment pitfalls beginners must avoid

    Date: 27/04/2021

    If you are just getting started in investing there are a few things you should learn about first.

  4. How much more QE? Markets need their sugar high

    How much more QE? Markets need their sugar high

    Date: 26/04/2021

    Markets have got very used to the leading Central Banks creating plenty of new money to buy up bonds. This has boosted both bond and share prices. Recently there are early signs that the Central Banks might like to reduce the amount of support they provide. Investors need to keep an eye on this.

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  1. Last Week in the City: Optimism over UK recovery rises

    Last Week in the City: Optimism over UK recovery rises

    Date: 23/04/2021

    Garry White, Chief Investment Commentator, provides a round-up of the market movements and the global investing outlook for the week ending 23 April 2021.

  2. How Europe can be a dynamic place to invest

    How Europe can be a dynamic place to invest

    Date: 22/04/2021

    This European fund has beaten the S&P 500 over 1, 3 and 5 years despite European markets lagging behind the US.

  3. Cyclical recovery needs success against the virus

    Cyclical recovery needs success against the virus

    Date: 21/04/2021

    Markets wobbled this week after a period looking ahead to a strong economic recovery. Watching vaccination numbers is the best proxy for working out the timings of economic re-openings.

  4. The ‘stealth’ risk stalking investors drawing from their pension pots

    The ‘stealth’ risk stalking investors drawing from their pension...

    Date: 21/04/2021

    Rob Morgan explains how ‘pound cost ravaging’ affects investors who take regular withdrawals from their investments.

  5. What are IPOs and placings, and how can you invest?

    What are IPOs and placings, and how can you invest?

    Date: 20/04/2021

    Buying shares just before they hit the stock market is usually the first opportunity for private investors to buy into a company.

  6. US and China agree on the green revolution

    US and China agree on the green revolution

    Date: 19/04/2021

    This week, the US will hold its two-day virtual summit on climate-change policies, ahead of which China and the US found common ground.

  7. The themes driving the world of tomorrow

    The themes driving the world of tomorrow

    Date: 19/04/2021

    Lynn Hutchinson, Charles Stanley’s exchange-traded fund (ETF) specialist looks at today’s most-important investment themes.

  8. Things usually turn out better than we feared

    Things usually turn out better than we feared

    Date: 17/04/2021

    If there is one thing that many of us wish we could change about the past, it’s quite likely that we wish we had worried less about the future. Why is this?

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