Tag: investing
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BRIC Basis: Time For a Bet?
What a difference a year makes. This time last year the FTSE 100 had got the year of to a roaring start, soaring from just under the 6,000 mark to 6,529 on the 14th March. That was a whopping 11% gain in two and a half months. This year started in a promising fashion too…
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Longtermism: The Secret to Investing Success
The thing I hate about investing is the waiting. I realised a few years ago that getting rich slowly was a much better bet than trying to make it happen quickly. With a well thought out strategy and a long term view it’s possible to stack the odds heavily in your favour. The hardest part…
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Volatility: An Investors Guide
If one thing is certain in this investing game, it is that markets will rise and fall (no matter what Gordon told us). Combine the herd mentality of human beings with a free market economy and you’re guaranteed to end up with a roller coaster ride of prices, yields, growth, boom and bust i.e. volatility.…
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The Dividend Investing Rules
Dividend investing forms an integral part of my plan to grow my money tree. According to the investment bank Morgan Stanley 42% of stock market returns since 1930 have come from dividends. For the long term investor then, it is crucial to consider how dividends affect the value of your portfolio over time and to utilise…
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Ageing Investments Look Tempting
After cycling over 180km at the weekend maybe i shouldn’t be surprised that I felt like an old man when I got out of bed this morning. At 35 I’m certainly not over the hill and I pride myself on being pretty fit for my age. That said judging by the way i grabbed my…
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Investing in Mobile Money
I’ve been struggling recently to come up with new investment ideas. While I’ve made my fair share of bad investments over the years I’ve also made some good ones. I’m a big fan of focusing my search initially on a theme, trend or idea. While my favorite shares tend to be reliable dividend paying, income…