Is it possible to make 1 per cent per week from fund investing?

Posted by Stephen Sutherland on Thu, Oct 25, 2012 @ 01:15 PM

The answer to the question in the headline is yes, it is possible to make this level of returns from fund investing.

Many people are shocked when they discover that some funds can help them return as much as 1 per cent per week. I know it’s possible because over a recent 8 week period my Stocks & Shares ISA account jumped by 11.5 per cent*.

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Tags: Investment funds, Better performance, ISA growth, Better protection

Stock Market Summary Thursday 25th October 2012

Posted by Stephen Sutherland on Thu, Oct 25, 2012 @ 10:49 AM

Yesterday's market action was positive.

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Stock Market Summary Wednesday 24th October 2012

Posted by Stephen Sutherland on Wed, Oct 24, 2012 @ 10:46 AM

Yesterday's market action was neutral.

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Picking a good growth fund (investment tutorial part 4)

Posted by Stephen Sutherland on Tue, Oct 23, 2012 @ 01:30 PM

This is the fourth post of a six part series that looks at picking a good growth fund. When I take our clients through this tutorial and show them what to look for in a potentially winning fund, they find tremendous value – and so I hope you do too.

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Tags: Investment funds, Finding a good growth fund, Investment tutorials

Stock Market Summary Tuesday 23rd October 2012

Posted by Stephen Sutherland on Tue, Oct 23, 2012 @ 10:58 AM

Yesterday's market action was positive.

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Shadow Investing: My personal experience during recent falling markets

Posted by Paul Sutherland on Sat, Oct 20, 2012 @ 01:30 PM

Back in February I outlined my own personal experience of Shadow Investing. In this post I want to tell you more about the performance I've achieved in falling markets too.

Over the last eleven years* the market has been in a sideways trend, which has resulted in the FTSE 100 making a cumulative loss of 15%. To make money over this period has been tough. However, by copying my brother Stephen’s trades over this time I’ve made a cumulative after tax gain of 27.1%.

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Tags: Better performance, ISA growth, Better protection

Stock Market Summary Saturday 20th October 2012

Posted by Stephen Sutherland on Sat, Oct 20, 2012 @ 11:50 AM

Yesterday's market action was negative.

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Stock Market Summary Friday 19th October 2012

Posted by Stephen Sutherland on Fri, Oct 19, 2012 @ 10:15 AM

Yesterday's market action was neutral.

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Top 10 ‘personal development’ books – my top ten picks

Posted by Stephen Sutherland on Thu, Oct 18, 2012 @ 01:30 PM

This is the last in an eight part series that has looked at forty of my all time favourite books.

Over the last few weeks, we've covered books around stock market investing, investment psychology, increasing income and personal development. I hope you've found this series useful and a few of these books have made their way onto your reading list, I can wholeheartedly recommend them all.

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Tags: Essential reading

Stock Market Summary Thursday 18th October 2012

Posted by Stephen Sutherland on Thu, Oct 18, 2012 @ 11:01 AM

Yesterday's market action was positive.

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