Study after study in many different nations and economies has shown, for example, that the best way to avoid having to scramble for new supply sources of oil is to control the growth of demand, …
Tax policy is energy policy
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Act now on endowments compensation
If you think you were missold an endowment policy, you must complain quickly or risk losing the right to claim compensation, says Naomi Caine. It’s bad enough to be missold an endowment, but it’s even …
Gold Will Benefit From China’s Growth Spurt
Those who think the China story and its demand for commodities and energy is not important should, in order to gain a grasp of the scale of what is happening in China, ponder on recent …
What most people don’t know about gold
Historically, gold has never been viewed as a speculation. It was simply money: cash in the most basic form. It was a medium of exchange and a store of value. People did not accumulate gold …
Where is the gold price heading in 2006?
Gold prices and indeed volatility fell for a generation (between 1980 and 2000) and they have subsequently bounced and recovered roughly half that ground over the last five years. It is perhaps tempting, after such …
How A-Day will affect your pension plans
Every month we invite the best investors we know for dinner and ask them what they think about the markets. This time, we asked five financial advisers to give us their views on how ‘A-Day’ …
How to save on soaring car costs
Did you know that your car probably costs nearly as much as your mortgage each month? At £511 a month, the average cost of insurance, petrol, parking, servicing, breakdown cover, depreciation and finance payments is …
Why going green could hurt your bank balance
Most of us like to think we are doing our bit for the environment. We recycle our wine bottles, tut about the excess packaging the supermarkets use and think about ditching our gas-guzzling Range Rovers …
Tax dodge of the week: Buy unquoted shares for your Sipp
A surprise U-turn by Gordon Brown means you will not be able to stuff your self-invested personal pension (Sipp) with residential property or fine wine. But the chancellor has not been a total party-pooper. You …
Are diamonds still worth investing in?
Diamonds might be a girl’s best friend, but are they set to be investors’ friends too? Yes, according to the diamond industry. A recent survey at the Hong Kong International Jewellery Show says that the …