We dodged a double-dip recession, so what next?
The double dip recession is off. The GDP figures are in for the final three months of 2020 and the UK economy grew by 1%, according to the ONS, despite widespread expectations that it would shrink aga...
12 Feb 202152min
Will you own up to your investing mistakes?
Mistakes. We all make them, but whether we will admit them freely often depends on what they are and how we made them.Investing mistakes can be among those that are tough to swallow and own up to. Oft...
5 Feb 20211h
Should the GameStop frenzy be halted to protect investors - or allowed to run its course?
‘It’ll end in tears.’ How many times did you hear your parents sound that warning - and how often did you actually pay attention?The army of traders playing with fire in the GameStop stock market fren...
29 Jan 202143min
Should you cash in bitcoin profits or wait for the moon?
In case you hadn’t noticed, bitcoin went on bit of a tear recently. And as the price of the leading cryptocurrency soared again, so did the number of stories written about it.Bitcoin is an interesting...
22 Jan 202144min
Is this the answer to pension freedom without the pain?
More than five years since pension freedom arrived a solution to take the pain out of investing in retirement is being lined up.Before pension freedom many savers were locked into buying an annuity wi...
17 Jan 202147min
Are investors right to buy British for better times after lockdown and Brexit?
Happy new year, happy new lockdown.2021 has seen off 2020, but schools and large chunks of the economy have shut down again and people have been ordered to stay at home, as across the UK the nations a...
8 Jan 202155min
The look back at 2020 and Zoom Christmas taste test episode
Making predictions can be a mug’s game and never has that proved more true than for any made at the start of 2020.It’s been an astonishing year, when the lives and freedoms we took for granted were dr...
24 Dec 202059min
Is buy now, pay later bad news or savvy spending?
Is buy now, pay later the demon it’s made out to be? Klarna, Laybuy and the rest of the delayed spending crew are coming in for lots of scrutiny at the moment. Shoppers love them and shops pay them, b...
18 Dec 202051min
