For many people, the question of when retirement will come is a difficult one to answer. The state pension age is set to increase to 68 by 2039. Therefore, it may feel as though retirement is moving further away. And with the cost of housing likely to rise in a loose monetary policy environment where…
Infrastructure investment trusts have the potential to deliver steady, inflation beating returns, but most are heavily biased towards UK-based assets that are dependent on the local economy and political zeitgeist. When Global Diversified Infrastructure (LON: GDIV) floats on the London Stock Exchange later this month it will provide exposure to a number of different countries…
The Budapest Stock Exchange (BSE) is the main trading venue for Hungarian stocks and provides investment opportunities to the fastest growing part of the EU, the Central and Eastern European region (CEE). Therefore, though it is one of the smaller European bourses, it is now – more than ever before – worth a closer look.…
One of the most remarkable trends in the financial markets over the last few years has been the rise in popularity of alternative asset classes. This diverse sector includes everything from property and infrastructure, to specialist bond and hedge funds, with the lack of liquidity in these areas making investment trusts the obvious way to…
SatoshiPay, a blockchain micropayment company founded 2014 in Berlin, is exhibiting at the Master Investor Show for the third year in a row. In December 2017, SatoshiPay launched their updated product and six new strategic partnerships. Instead of Bitcoin, the company’s backend is now based on the open and free Stellar distributed ledger network as…
The outlook for UK government finances has improved (mildly) – that is good news. But the debate about “austerity” will remain with us for many more years. Moderately encouraging numbers Until Mr Hammond’s arrival at 11 Downing Street, March was the month of the budget when tax rates and bands were announced for the forthcoming…
The prospects for the UK economy are highly dependent upon how Brexit progresses. While it is impossible to say exactly what deal (if any) will be signed between the UK and the EU, the government seems to have leant towards a ‘harder’ Brexit thus far. There have been compromises on both sides, but ultimately the…
Very few stocks ever have a dividend yield of 15% or more, and if they do then the dividend has probably already been cut or suspended. For example, if I sort my watch list of dividend-paying stocks by yield, I get Provident Financial and Capita at the top, with yields of 20% and 17% respectively.…
Master Investor Show – the annual conference for private investors – is anticipating record numbers for this year’s event with more than 5,000 delegates registered, an increase of 10% on 2017. Now in its 16th year, Master Investor Show is the ‘Glastonbury Festival’ of retail investment forums and puts visitors together with public and private…
Talk of a stock market correction had been swirling for months ahead of the wobble sparked in the US at the beginning of the year. After enjoying years of relatively low volatility and steady growth across equity markets, we can expect a sustained period of uncertainty at any point. While the blip in February 2018…
