Chancellor Gordon Brown leaked the announcement that he was downgrading his forecasts for UK economic growth to coincide with Hurricane Rita and on a Saturday, when the financial markets were closed, in the hope that …
UK Taxes Are Set To Rise
Sometimes Buying Property Is Dead Money
Everywhere you find a property boom you will also find a nation that hates to rent. A nation that thinks renting is a waste of money – that money spent on rent is ‘dead money.’ …
Flat Tax Fever Gathers Pace
The new ‘new idea’ in politics is, increasingly, linked to taxation policy. Taxation is typically a subject which turns people off or instils negative feelings, such as the monthly grumbles which accompany each payslip and …
Get back to basics with VCTs
Susan McDonald, chairperson of McDonald Glencross, which recently launched the Neptune-Calculus Income and Growth VCT, tells MoneyWeek where she’d put her money now. Investors have reason to be confused. First you had the astounding bull market …
Will A-Day mean a fresh start for pensions?
As we saw last week, biotechnology firms fall into the category of high risk – and in more serious ways than simply as investments. But as we point out in sector of the week, biotechnology …
History Bodes Well for Commodities
If history is a reliable guide, ten years from now the price of commodities will be much higher and the price of stock markets will be much lower. For the past 50 years, commodities and …