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Michael Roberts FPFS
- Oct 28, 2020
- 4 min
Leaving your pension on autopilot could be dangerous
Many workplace pensions, and indeed personal pensions, set up over the years have included an option commonly referred to as...
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Michael Roberts FPFS
- Oct 6, 2020
- 3 min
Negative Interest Rates
It has been well over a decade since the Bank of England cut the base rate to historic low levels; reaching 0.5% in March 2009 following...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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Michael Roberts FPFS
- Jan 25, 2020
- 2 min
The amazing power of compound interest
Consider the following two guys. Dean and Dan. Both age 25 they have studied together at uni and are now entering the world of work. Dean...
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Michael Roberts FPFS
- Jul 20, 2019
- 5 min
Should I buy a property to let?
When we speak to people who have money to invest, often their first thought is to buy a property to let. Purchasing property as an...
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Michael Roberts FPFS
- Jul 6, 2019
- 2 min
Tax changes on Buy to Let Properties
The start of the new tax year saw further tax changes for landlords, with the amount of mortgage interest that can be offset against...
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