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20
Feb

Emotions and your Investments – A dangerous mix

In today’s fast moving world of 24 hour news and internet reports of economic upheaval and falls in the stock markets, how are you supposed to protect your investments from yourself and control your irrational tendencies?

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20
Feb

The good news just keeps coming as the FTSE approaches 6000 again and house prices jumped 4.1% to an average of £233.252 in February – the biggest monthly increase in a decade.

Britain’s FTSE 100 climbed to a seven-month high on Monday, as Greece was expected to seal a bailout package and after China eased its monetary policy.

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13
Feb

Legendary investor Warren Buffett launched a scathing attack on gold investors in an article for Fortune magazine yesterday.

The chairman of Berkshire Hathaway said gold has no inherent value and investors in it are simply hoping that demand will be greater in the future.

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13
Feb

Japan’s economy shrank an annualized 2.3 percent in the fourth quarter, as slumping exports undermine a recovery from last year’s record earthquake, however many still believe Japan is still a candidate for “best investment opportunity for 2012”

The contraction compared with the median forecast for a 1.3 percent decline in a Bloomberg News survey of 26 economists. Growth was a revised 7 percent in the previous quarter, the Cabinet Office said today in Tokyo.

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06
Feb

Groundhog Day again as Greek Leaders Agree on a Rescue Framework (until they disagree again)

According to Bloomberg Greek Prime Minister Lucas Papademos struck a tentative deal with political parties on austerity measures demanded by international creditors as European leaders maintained pressure to complete terms for a 130 billion-euro ($171 billion) rescue package.

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06
Feb

Credit managers have slashed their exposure to gilts amid fears that a bubble is developing in British government bonds (GILTS).

Chris Bowie has taken a zero weighting to gilts in his £247.5m Ignis Corporate Bond fund, while Peter Geikie-Cobb and Paul Thursby have taken a short position on the bonds in their £104.2m Thames River Global Credit fund.

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31
Jan

ISA Countdown Begins

As we begin the New Year, the tax year end is fast approaching. There is now just over 2 months before the 5th April 2012 to utilise your ISA allowance. Once this deadline has passed your allowance for this year will be lost.

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30
Jan

Confidence within the US continues to improve against a backdrop of economists saying this should not be happening – Economists getting it wrong, surely not!

The US economy accelerated sharply in the fourth quarter of 2011, expanding at an annual rate of 2.8%, just as growth in Europe grinds to a halt.

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30
Jan

Is Rod Stewart a good market indicator for an improved 2012?

As reported in Citywire Rock legend Rod Stewart was playing an exclusive gig for French investment house, Carmignac Gestion. Investors were offered an exclusive audience with Rod following its latest investor conference and the crowd’s excitement was palpable.

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23
Jan

All change as Italy and Banks show positive signs

Financial stocks lifted Britain’s FTSE 100 on Monday to its highest level since the beginning of August, as Italy’s borrowing costs hit a seven-week low amid continued efforts by Mario Monti, Italian prime minister, to overhaul the Italian economy.

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