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It’s interesting what you can learn at Annual General Meetings, or from ShareSoc reports on them, even if you don’t attend in person. One of the recent news…
Read moreWhile the world seems to be collapsing around us – with sharp falls in the price of most commodities including the critical ones of oil and gold –…
Read moreThe Summer Budget announced changes to the qualifying investments for Venture Capital Trusts (VCTs) and EIS investments. Some of changes and their impact were not immediately apparent but…
Read moreGeorge Osborne announced the Government’s Budget yesterday (8/7/2015). These were the main changes that might affect individual investors: – Personal income tax allowance will rise from £10,600 to…
Read moreWhat better day to go to the Annual General Meeting of a Greek company (Globo Plc – GBO) than the day that Greece closed its banks and stock…
Read moreThere was a good article in the Daily Telegraph on Sunday (17/5/2015) explaining how Thatcher’s dream of a share owning population has become a nightmare. She tried to…
Read moreWho are the General Election winners and losers? Well most investors have benefited because the market as a whole has risen today after the election results gave the…
Read moreThe national press have covered the story of Deryn and Derek Hemment who face a demand for £25,000 from Capita to replace lost share certificates. They held shares…
Read moreFor private investors the Chancellor’s Budget is mostly good, and we can all drink his health in spirits on which the tax is cut. The other good news…
Read moreShareSoc was recently invited to promote a new web service named MeetInvest to our members. The email said that it provides a “tool for selecting stocks using the…
Read moreI don’t think any investor will be unaware that the price of oil has fallen off a cliff in the last few weeks. It was good to hear…
Read moreSince publishing a previous article on closet index trackers back in December 2014, the topic has received a lot more coverage in the financial press. Closet index trackers…
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