Great Financial Ideas

Portfolio Turnover Rates: the one thing you won’t know about your funds?

An article exploring where Portfolio Turnover rates are excessive, hidden costs can be charged on funds. Do you know what the PTR figure is on your funds? No? You are not alone….A recent survey shows that only 8% of specialist investment advisers know ... Read >

The nonsense that is house price reporting!

An article which challenges the current way in which house prices are reported As someone who wrote a report in late 2007 explaining why house prices would fall over 30% in the next five years (from that start point), I may not be best placed to have ... Read >

Does anyone ever properly compare investment returns?

An article exploring the need for an 'investment comparison' website where customers can review their investment options and possibilities. I have just had an exciting couple of days searching for something that now appears not to exist. I cannot f... Read >

One Side Effect of Inflation

There appears to be a belief that the battle between inflation and deflation is now won, the UK is now in an inflationary cycle. The current rate of inflation is near 5% as measured by the old, but still universally accepted, measure: RPI. Whether this... Read >

Government Lending Scheme For Your Retirement!

An article exploring a radical new approach to retirement planning by way of a government-lending scheme. The projections for the UK population in relation to retirement funds are not good. Survey after survey and research piece after research piece co... Read >