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GOVERNMENT FOCUS FALLS INTO PLACE

By Worldwide Financial Planning

Categories Financial Planning, Investment, Mortgage, Pension

A consequence of the government's new position is that much of the planned legislation has had to be abandoned and the focus will mostly be Brexit.

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Watch the rain ... not the jelly

By Worldwide Financial Planning

Categories Financial Planning, Mortgage

Looking at the different borrowers, homeowner borrowing was down 12% on last year (March to March), first time buyers up 12% on the year, and home movers down 33% year on year (by lending volume i.e. the amount of money loaned).

Interestingly remortgaging was up 24% year on year by volume.

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HIGH-FLYING TECH STOCKS PRICED FOR PERFECTION

By Worldwide Financial Planning

Categories Financial Planning, Investment, Mortgage, Pension

Uber has raised $12bn in funding and is valued at $69bn despite having made substantial losses throughout its existence.

It is one of a number of tech-based companies which have been hugely popular with private capital searching for the next big thing in a period of sluggish GDP growth.

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Passive investors in bubbles?

By Worldwide Financial Planning

Categories Financial Planning, Investment, Mortgage, Pension

A passive fund operates where your pensions/ISAs etc are simply placed into a fund that effectively tracks an index such as the FTSE All-Share, NASDAQ etc.

As it rises, your money rises with it, and vice versa. Tracker funds and Exchange Traded Funds (ETF) are the two most popular passive funds.

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RETAIL SALES ON THE ROPES

By Worldwide Financial Planning

Categories Financial Planning, Investment, Pension

A few months ago, we noted that there were signs the British economy was starting to weaken, and this week brought the most worrying data yet: retail spending, the engine of recent growth, is looking decidedly ropey.

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Antonym for Strong and Stable?

By Worldwide Financial Planning

Categories Investment, Mortgage, Pension

Faced now with a coalition, minority government or a new election, markets will not be happy.

Naturally sterling will plummet immediately because of the uncertainty of the government and the FTSE100 will respond by increasing its value due to the weakened sterling as over 70% of its earnings come from abroad, so when its repatriated the earnings look greater.

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