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Michael Roberts FPFS
- Jul 9, 2020
- 2 min
Summer Statement Summary
Yesterday, the Chancellor made an unusual Summer Statement announcing a range of measures to help stem the damage from the Coronavirus. H...
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Michael Roberts FPFS
- Apr 23, 2020
- 1 min
Coronavirus Business Support Tool
There have been a baffling wave of announcements for the support available to businesses during the current difficult times. To help busi...
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Michael Roberts FPFS
- Apr 7, 2020
- 3 min
Fraud - It could be you
Over the years, fraudsters have become increasingly sophisticated in their use of scams. Gone are the days when you could spot a suspect ...
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Michael Roberts FPFS
- Apr 3, 2020
- 4 min
Planning for Volatile Markets
I wrote in my recent article that "Successful long-term investors are continuously acting on a Plan, rather than continually reacting to ...
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Michael Roberts FPFS
- Mar 21, 2020
- 1 min
Disorderly markets; should we worry?
One of our favourite investment managers, Tatton, have published their weekly newsletter. This week they look at: Government ordered rece...
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Michael Roberts FPFS
- Mar 20, 2020
- 3 min
Coronavirus - Support for businesses
Here follows a summary of our understanding of the main announcements recently, to help businesses in the current climate. Support for bu...
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Michael Roberts FPFS
- Mar 20, 2020
- 2 min
How to react to volatile markets
In this note I will not seek to commentate on how and why markets have reacted in the way they have to recent events, much less offer unh...
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Michael Roberts FPFS
- Mar 20, 2020
- 3 min
Why aren't you doing something?
One of our favourite Investment Managers, Tatton, have published the following article which explains why in terms of market turbulence, ...
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Michael Roberts FPFS
- Mar 19, 2020
- 1 min
Perspective on markets
We have recently experienced extremely volatile conditions in investment markets. Of course the media love nothing more than a crisis, bu...
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