Lifetime Isas allow under-40s to save for a home and retirement at once, and the Government is offering free top-ups worth up to £32,000 if you max out your fund during your younger to middle-aged years. That sounds like a big giveaway, but these Isas have sparked a barrage of …
Read More »Six reasons why investment trusts are a good place to save
Earlier this year, I was invited to a soiree at the trendy Malmaison Hotel in London, a sniff away from Smithfield meat market. The occasion was the 150th anniversary of Foreign & Colonial, an investment trust that through thick and thin (the 2008 financial crisis, two world wars, depressions and …
Read More »Investing isn’t only for the rich and isn’t too difficult
Why invest? This is the deceptively simple question that it’s difficult to start any guide to investing without asking. So, when I sat down to write This is Money’s How to be a successful investor guide, I found myself tackling it. Our new free PDF guide is designed to help …
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