Author: Mike Rawson

Pension contributions

Contribution patterns

Now that we have calculated how much each of our example investors must contribute over their lifetimes, we need to decide when those contributions should be made – what are…

Weekly roundup for UK DIY investor

Weekly Roundup,
18th November 2014

This week, there was a lot of attention in the papers and online about the consequences of the falling oil price. I will return to this in a later post….

SIPP vs ISA

SIPPs vs ISAs

SIPPs vs ISAs: why you need both, and which one is most useful to the long-term DIY investor in the UK.

Planning ahead

Planning ahead

Humans seem to focus on their immediate surroundings and the very near future. We also have a tendency to believe that things will always be the same and to be…

Newspapers

UK Private Investor Weekly, 3rd Nov 2014

Weekly roundup for the long-term UK Private investor: active fund fees, paid advice, banks, traded life policies, German property, alternative assets.

Stockopedia 3

Stockopedia at the London Investor Show 2014

The first presentation in the main auditorium at the London Investor Show was by Edward Page-Croft from Stockopedia, a company which sells subscriptions to a stock-screening and ranking service. Most…

London Investor Show

A nice day out – London Investor Show 2014

In the age of gigabit internet and the ubiquitous webinar, you could be forgiven for wondering who still turns up for the traditional exhibition-hall conference. Well, last week I did…