Stock Market

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    An easy and cheap way to invest in the stock market

    More and more investors are ditching actively-managed funds in favour of low-cost index trackers. As the name implies, an index tracker fund replicates the performance of an index, such as the FTSE 100. As it doesn't require anyone to

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    Do active funds do better in bear markets? Nope

    Every time I write something about how cheap "passive" funds (which track an index or asset price) are a better bet than the majority of expensive "active" funds (which try to beat the market, but mostly don't),

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    Why cower in cash when the FTSE 100 is paying over 4% a year?

    Nobody likes to see the stock market going down, but for young to middle-aged investors saving for their retirement, lower prices are actually good news — and the dividend yield you're getting from the FTSE 100 is far more

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    The market will crash further so get ready to buy shares

    No matter how many times I tell myself that a stock market crash is the perfect time to buy shares, I still struggle to screw up the necessary courage. It's human nature to want to flee a disaster zone, rather than march boldly towards it.

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    Why RBS is wrong to recommend selling the FTSE 100

    RBS is reported to have advised clients to sell everything but high quality bonds as it adopts a relatively cautious stance regarding the prospects for the FTSE 100. Clearly, the performance of the index has been extremely disappointing since the

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    Stock market falls could spell disaster for those who used pension freedoms

    Pension freedoms always came with risk: there was always the chance that people could take the money and blow the lot, get ripped off by scammers, or invest it in something wholly unsuitable. Now the experts are warning that even those who

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    The typos that cost millions

    10. Tropical fruitIn 1872 a misplaced comma cost the US Government $2 million. To put that in perspective, today that comma would be worth over $50 million. The tiny error was made in the US Tariff Act, instead of making tropical 'fruit

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