Should I leave my New Star funds or just sit and wait?
Managing Director, Worldwide Financial Planning, Writes:
How the mighty have fallen! During the year, this share has traded from 167.50p to a halfpenny! The years fall is recorded at a horrible 98.96% which is pretty much as bad as it gets.1
Structured Wet Cotton
Managing Director, Worldwide Financial Planning, Writes:
With all the negative euphoria in the world today it is easy to see why there are a range of structured or guaranteed products being released.
Worldwide hit third place nationwide
An award-winning Cornish firm is celebrating after breaking into the top three independent financial advisers in the country for its investment portfolio. Worldwide Financial Planning now have the third largest amount of funds invested in Financial giant Standard Life’s Wrap platform. Managing director, Peter McGahan, puts the company’s success down to tough investment conditions which […]
How do Absolute Return Funds work?
What is a focus fund or target return fund. I understand most fund managers simply manage money to outperform each other?
Fidelity reveals new Special Situations Fund manager. Should you keep investing?
Reader Writes:
Have you any views on whether or not to keep investing in the Fidelity Special Situations Fund now that we know who the new manager will be after 2008.
Should you invest more of your money now?
Reader Writes:
I notice the stock market has performed very well and I am wondering whether or not it is time to consider investing more or whether or not to wait.
Protected Investment
Reader Writes:
I read your article about protected products and wondered if you had a view on the new protected investments that are being offered. They were explained to me as a plan that guarantees your investment at the end of the term plus a minimum of the best return the investment has achieved over the term – seems like a cake and eat it.