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The third of the live shows for Financial Planning Week is done. In it, I talked about the three things you need to get straight in your mind before embarking on building your financial plan. By the way, the link for the free risk profiler is here, so do take advantage of that while it is available. Print out the result and give it to your financial planner who will take it and add it to what they know about [...]
1st November 2011 marks the launch of Junior ISAs, a new flexible means of saving tax-efficiently for children. Here I explain the basics of this new scheme. Weirdly, the video goes a bit misty towards the end, thanks, I think, to condensation on the lens, which will teach me not to leave the camera in the car overnight, sigh.
Pound cost averaging is the benefit (or sometimes detriment) gained from funding an investment over a period of time, rather than all on day one. here I explain how it works, with a couple of examples, and discuss the pros and cons.
You can invest in the sunshine in two ways: put panels on your roof or buy into a larger-scale scheme. Both will benefit from the Feed-in Tariff, but the larger-scale investments can also benefit from the tax advantages of VCTs and EISs. This episode is sponsored by Octopus Investments; I’m very grateful.
The week ending 5th August 2011 saw the worst volatility in stock markets since the darkest days of the credit crunch. The FTSE 100 was down nearly 10% over the week. But what caused these shocks and what should you do about them? Here I offer four points to remember and take comfort from when everything around you seems to be going crazy.
Time for another exclusive interview with the UK’s best known financial commentator, Justin Urquhart Stewart of Seven Investment Management, who also sponsor this show. I ask Justin for his thoughts about what is going on in Europe and in the US, and what it all means for those of us investors based here in Blighty.
