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Both Spain and Germany reported prices rising slower than expected, which led to a cooler overall inflation picture for the Eurozone as a whole. There was further good news from the US, as
the annual rate for Core PCE inflation, the Federal Reserve’s preferred measure of inflation, came in more or less in line with expectations as it continued its steady decline.
What has to be understood, is that the ‘Kick Out option’ is there to protect the market maker, i.e. the product designer, not you. By creating exotic options, you will never comprehend inside the product’s design, the product designer is protected from large market rises and caps your return. Also, these ‘Kick Out options’ are cheaper for the product designer than standard call options, so more background profit for them.
Markets expect to see only minimal tightening from here as banks wait for the impact of rate hikes already announced. This week’s meetings still had an effect on markets. The dollar continued to rise strongly against pretty much every other currency and US Treasuries have declined again
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Structured protected investment twaddle
By Worldwide Financial Planning
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Investment
I try to write like we are sat having a beer, wine or coffee together, but this ‘simple’ product is highly complicated. Please stay with me. My biggest concern is that they are generally made appealing to risk averse investors with nice round numbers offering ‘capital protection’. Central to all of this is the line in the product brochure that states whether or not you should take out such a plan: “You understand how the Deposit Plan works”, or “You have read the brochure and understand how this investment works”.
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DISAPPOINTING ECONOMIC GROWTH POINTS TOWARDS THE END OF CENTRAL BANKS’ RATE HIKES
The European Central Bank hiked rates for what most analysts believe is the last time, while poor growth data and rising unemployment suggest the Bank of England’s drive to slow the economy and address the tightness in the labour market – bank speak for put people out of a job – is having the desired effect. In the USA the picture was more mixed. Headline inflation picked up due to rising petrol prices, but underlying measures of inflation used by policy makers looked promising.
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How does the help to buy interest rate work?
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Mortgage
Borrowers have been worried about the new interest rate they will pay on the amount they have borrowed from the government. Around 380,000 people have used the scheme which was introduced in 2013 to help people get on the ‘ladder’. You can borrow up to 20 per cent from the government to get onto the scheme (40 per cent in London).
