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Inflation Higher Than In 1991
The UK of the early 90’s was one of high unemployment, record interest rates, house price collapse, recession and coincidentally, a Tory...
Jun 14, 2022
economic #aGENda 12.06
Our regular roundup of financial news from the last two weeks that's driving the economy State pension could rise by £1,000 next year...
Jun 12, 2022
market #intelliGENce June'22
A detailed analysis of what's been moving markets over the last month In a nutshell Fed hiked base rates by 0.5% for the first time since...
Jun 6, 2022
Spending Patterns Of Retirees
The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) has published a report examining the spending patterns of current retirees. The report entitled...
May 26, 2022
How To Minimise Limetime Allowance Taxes
I have seen a resigned acceptance to the Lifetime Allowance charge and a rush to pay it as soon as possible in an attempt to minimise the...
May 18, 2022
Navigating Crypto Risks
I started this article on 11 May as a quick follow up to my last post on cryptocurrencies and NFTs, since they have been taking a bit of...
May 11, 2022
Investing in Bear Markets
2022 has delivered a blunt reality check to investors. After a massive rally in 2020 and 2021, global stocks and bonds suffered...
May 11, 2022
market #intelliGENce May'22
A detailed analysis of what's been moving markets over the last month In a nutshell Central banks keep increasing rates in response to...
May 5, 2022
economic #aGENda 05.05
Our regular roundup of financial news from the last two weeks that's driving the economy Britain’s outlook The Bank of England has...
May 4, 2022
Mandatory Face To Face Advice For Equity Release
Face To Face Advice Returns For Equity Release A temporary amendment to equity release rules, which had been in place since April 2020,...
Apr 18, 2022
Power of Attorney - Do You Need One?
Powers of Attorney have been serving the public for centuries. They are powerful legal documents which allow an individual (the Donor) to...
Apr 15, 2022
economic #aGENda 22.04
Our regular roundup of financial news from the last two weeks that's driving the economy UK Tax Receipts Rise Government statistics just...
Apr 12, 2022
Treasury Set to Launch NFT
Rishi Sunak is certainly a man for the times. A hoodie wearing Chancellor, who drinks his coffee from a £180 smart mug is attempting to...
Apr 8, 2022
market #intelliGENce Apr'22
A detailed analysis of what's been moving markets over the last month In a nutshell: Commodity prices increase as Russian sanctions...
Apr 3, 2022
Spring Statement 2022
The Chancellor Rishi Sunak presented his Spring Statement (a.k.a. the mini-Budget) today and the main focus was apparently on measures to...
Mar 23, 2022
Inflation Threat To Cash ISAs
UK CPI inflation in February rose sharply once again, reaching 6.2%. Last month it was 5.5% and a year ago it was 0.4% Inflation...
Mar 22, 2022
The Spectre of Stagflation
A quick search in the News section of Google over the last month or so brings back pages upon pages of results predicting a period of...
Mar 15, 2022
Introductory Guide to IHT
Our recent article on gifting (see here) cleared up a specific misconception surrounding how much you can gift to your loved ones free of...
Mar 14, 2022
economic #aGENda 09.03
Our regular roundup of financial news from the last two weeks that's driving the economy Households feel the inflation squeeze UK...
Mar 9, 2022
market #intelliGENce Mar'22
A detailed analysis of what's been moving markets over the last month ___________________________________________________________________...
Mar 4, 2022
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