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Unemployment insurers see City jobs as too risky
Thousands of City workers are now being denied unemployment cover or facing premium increases of up to 200 per cent on new policies, as insurers limit their exposure to the troubled finance sector
Rents recede in buy-to-let
Buy-to-let property owners are becoming increasingly concerned about falling rents
Sipps open doors early to protected rights funds
Rule change allows switch into Sipps
A happier dividend story in Europe
European equity income funds appear attractive
Portfolio planning can put up defences against inflation
Investors finding it hard to weather uncertainty
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Advertisers should switch on to TV
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checked the cheapest rates for offset mortgages (I am absolutely not planning to buy a house – just looking)
Navigate the cross-currents
Looking at a chart of the FTSE 100 doesn’t always tell you the real story of what has been happening in the stock market. Behind the 20 per cent plunge of the past year has been a very strong cross-current. This sector rotation has been out of banks, construction, retail and property and into a relatively small number of natural resources stocks. Such currents cannot continue indefinitely
Serious money
Put portfolios on the podium
It’s not enough to be “fit in a world where conditions are normal”. It’s about being “fit for purpose”, to “get the job done”. It just shows what’s possible if you “do a better job of planning the journey” and “get people to fund it sensibly”.
Wealth Questions
Is Spanish tax a problem with A&L?
I am an Alliance & Leicester shareholder due to receive Santander stock as part of the Spanish bank’s £1.25bn proposed takeover of A&L. I received 250 A&L shares at demutualisation in 1997 and have since bought 250 more. How will my dividends be taxed once I hold Santander stock?
Adventurous investor
Pet strategy needs some training
My erratic profit record is a periodic source of frustration. Trading strategies that worked well for several weeks or months suddenly stop working.
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