Would you lose sleep over the amount you plan to invest if it got wiped out in a market crash?  If your answer’s ‘yes, it would devastate me emotionally and financially’, think again about whether you’re ready to invest. That’s not a bad rule for novices to bear in mind, …

Banks and building societies should be rushing to beat each other’s cash Isa rates – instead the only race appears to be to the bottom. Welcome to Isa season 2017, where NatWest genuinely has a countdown clock warning there’s only 21 days, six hours and 26 minutes to get a …

Many people fancy dabbling in the stock market, but feel they are not wealthy enough or are too nervous to take the DIY approach. Others are anxious about the cost of professional advice. High street bank Santander has just launched Digital Investment Adviser, a robo-advice service aimed at removing these …