The theory is that you should sell your stocks and shares in May and then repurchase again at the end of the period as brokers aren’t trading and as such stock markets underperform during this time.
This, could of course make sense, as less trading volume would impact the value of your share portfolio/pensions and investments, and of course, if the crowds sold in May, there are more sellers than buyers which would drive prices down, and the reverse becomes true in September.
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BRAZIL RECOVERY STORY IN JEOPARDY
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Investment, Pension
Brazilian President Michel Temer is being threatened with impeachment after recordings surfaced allegedly showing his involvement in corrupt payments to an already jailed former speaker of the parliament.
The MSCI Brazil was up 15% for the year on Tuesday, it is now down 4.5%.
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Frexit gone, Italexit a real threat to your investments?
Avoiding a Le Penn victory avoids a referendum on leaving the EU in France and of course the potential for a collapse in both the Euro and EU, given France’s colossal part in the alliance. This could have created a massive stock market alarm and inevitable crash. And so the potential contagion for a knock on domino effect has backfired with both France and the Netherlands remaining upright.
This week the UK general election picked up steam, with leaked manifesto's, a hit and run, and a detailed discussion of who puts the bins out being obvious highlights.
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£6,200,000,000 per year on Inheritance Tax
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Investment, Mortgage, Pension
Currently you are allowed to pass a nil rate band of £325,000 free of IHT to beneficiaries, with the rest being taxed at 40%. If you leave 10% of your estate to charity, this tax is reduced to 36%.
A new additional rate band on top of this was introduced in April called the residence nil rate band (RNRB). In 2017 to 2018 this nil rate band is £100,000 per person, which rises by £25,000 for each year up to a maximum of £175,000 for deaths in 2020/21. After that, it will increase with the consumer price index.
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The 2.27 million investors hit by new tax on Investment income?
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Business Finance, Financial Planning, Investment, Pension
So with the slashing of the tax free allowance from £5,000 to £2,000 due to be put in place from April 2018, the government would have been clobbering those with portfolios in dividend-paying shares and investment funds held outside of ISAs and pensions. They estimated they would hit 2.27 million people grabbing £2.6bn from the taxpayer.