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Where is the oil price going?
This week I went to fill up my car and my heart sank as I realised I was paying more than £10 more to fill up my little car than I did this time last year. Traffic conditions haven’t changed, the...
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What is equity?
If you’re new to investing it’s easy to become confused with the various terms. Equity has multiple different meanings which makes it even more difficult. When it comes to pinning down a clear and...
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How to transfer your ISA for better returns
With interest rates at rock bottom and inflation spiking to 1.6%, your cash ISA could be losing value rather than making money for you. The good news is that you’re not stuck. Switching to a stocks and...
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How to invest your ISA allowance: seven tips to get started
Whether you’re saving for a dream holiday or something longer term, individual savings accounts (ISAs) are a great way to do it. The reason is simple: you pay no tax on any interest or income that your...
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Moneyfarm celebrates a year in the UK
It’s been a year since we launched in the UK, and what a busy year it’s been. Our customer base has grown by 150%, and we’re now averaging 16% customer growth month-on-month. Not only this but we’ve...
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What is robo advice?
In recent years, the financial industry has changed rapidly to keep up with the increasingly tech savvy consumer. From the crowd funding sites, to peer-to-peer lending, so called ‘fintech’ is fast...
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ISAs: time to move away from cash?
If you’re relying on a cash ISA for any part of your savings strategy, now could be time for a re-think. Whilst back in 2012 a cash ISA could have earned you over 3%, today you’ll be lucky to get much...
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Are interest rates about to rise?
Interest rates: they impact what we pay on our mortgage and what we receive from our bank, and they’re currently at historic lows. It’s painful, you want to save but the returns you get barely touch...
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Five ISA myths debunked
Even when interest rates are low as they are now, your ISA allowance is something worth taking advantage of. When the government is allowing you to save £15,240 tax free in the tax year that’s just...
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How will the budget impact you?
When Philip Hammond took to the House of Commons to present his first Spring Budget, he was also presenting his last. The annual Budget will now take place in the Autumn, which means this year, the...
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Should I keep investing through Brexit volatility?
After explaining the importance of International Women’s Day to my 11- and seven-year-old on Wednesday morning, I sat down to watch Chancellor Philip Hammond deliver his first and last Spring Budget to...
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How to secure your family’s future with an ISA
It’s said that two things in life are certain, death and taxes. Inheritance tax (IHT), then, was always inevitable. Yet many parents are putting their family at risk of large, shock tax bills by not...
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Can a weak pound be a good thing?
A delayed reaction to parliament’s Brexit bill approval and the rallying cry for a second Scottish independence referendum extinguished the optimistic spark behind a perkier pound. Sterling tested lows...
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How an interest rate rise would impact you
This week’s big headline grabber was the US Federal Reserve’s (Fed) hotly anticipated interest rate rise of 25 basis points to a range of 0.75-1%. This is the Fed’s third rate rise in just over a year,...
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What is diversification?
Now and again, you’re going to get it wrong. Even one of the most famous investors Warren Buffett has made a mistake or two. It’s why diversification is crucial to any portfolio. No matter how...
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A must-have checklist for the tax year end
How would you feel if you realised you’d been giving the taxman more money than you needed to? With the tax year ending on April 5 2017, this is a reality many savers are now facing. It’s why we’ve...
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The final countdown: Is your portfolio ready for Brexit?
It’s quite unnerving, really. We’re five days from filing our divorce papers to the EU to enter one of the most uncertain periods of a generation, but the markets and economy have been lulling in a...
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Starting to invest with a young family and little time
Behind every investment is a person, a person with goals they’re trying to achieve. This year Moneyfarm takes to the streets to speak to the people behind the investment and share their stories....
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This strategy could help you navigate any Brexit volatility
Handing the signed letter to European Council president Donald Tusk, ambassador to the EU Sir Tim Barrow officially triggered Article 50 on Wednesday, nine months after Britain voted to leave the...
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How Brexit could impact your weekly shop
Taking the crisp white envelope from his battered leather briefcase, Sir Tim Barrow handed the letter formally triggering Article 50 to EU president Donald Tusk this week, starting the two-year...
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