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Patrick Harrington on UK Income – Investment Week 29 October 2018
Bull Points: Low relative valuation of UK stockmarket. The UK market provides a high yield with dividends growing strongly. Bear Points: Brexit uncertainty may continue to depress share prices. Potential impact of Labour Party policies if elected. Investors should be looking hard at UK equities – in particular, the high-yielding end of the market. According […]
Irresponsible dividend tax changes favour growth over income
The feasibility of drawing a comfortable income from the dividends paid on mid-sized share portfolios has reduced dramatically in recent years. In April 2016, the Government replaced dividend tax credits with a £5,000 dividend allowance, whereby the first £5,000 of dividend income was tax free. The change, while welcomed by those with the smallest portfolios, […]
The world’s greatest investors: Angela Lascelles
By: Dr Matthew Partridge – as seen in MoneyWeek Magazine. Angela Lascelles’ stockbroker father told her that she could never do what he did, as she was female. She decided to go into investment management anyway. After graduating in philosophy from Kings College London, she began as a graduate trainee at stockbroker Phillips & […]
Ten things a charity trustee should understand about investment performance
In this article I will attempt to provide a brief overview of ten concepts that I believe are helpful for understanding investment performance. The latter is often presented as a binary issue – performance is either positive or negative. However I hope that, in reading what follows, it will quickly become apparent that appraising performance […]