“CEO warns on trio of market shocks for 2018”

Nov 20, 2017 | Stockmarket

Tags: Black Bear market, Brown Bear market, Investments
An independent (financial adviser’s) view

Will we have a ‘Brown Bear’ market correction in 2018 (-45% like 1973/2001/2008) or a ‘Black Bear’ (better, apparently, -25% like 1957, great year, 1962 or 1978). Or just a correction. Or a Tommy Steele? (A Little White Bull market, kids ask your parents, and, yes, I just made that one up). Answer: who knows. Certainly not the fund managers.

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“Cash ISA allowance could be cut this month”

“Cash ISA allowance could be cut this month”

Jul 8, 2025 |

Our mantra has long been ’straightforward advice that you can understand’. That can mean trying to simplify the many complex products and options with which the world of finance tries to befuddle its target audience.

“Will the Bank of England Cut UK Interest Rates Again in 2025?”

“Will the Bank of England Cut UK Interest Rates Again in 2025?”

Jun 25, 2025 | , , ,

It’s easy to forget that five years ago the Bank of England Base Rate was at an all-time low of 0.1%, and only rose above 1% with the arrival of Liz Truss later in 2022. Something of which we often have to remind those who, when looking at how their investments have fared over the same period after yet another Trump Tweet has pushed markets in one direction or another, tell us ‘we could have been getting 4% a year if we’d left it all in the bank’.

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