What Investment articles from April 2001

What Investment archives from April 2001

Budget blues.(changes to ISA provision to simplify investing)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2001... Another year, another Budget, and this year we can compliment the Chancellor on a successfully mediocre offering for UK investors. The already announced extension of the 7,000 [pounds sterling] ISA provision for the next five years was good...

NEWS ROUND-UP.(includes multiple records)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... Bond it Capital One Bank has launched four high-interest fixed savings bonds. Fixed for one, two, three and five years, with a minimum investment of 10,000, [pounds sterling] the bonds have rates of 6 per cent, 6.1 per cent, 6.2 per cent...

top ten funds.(ranked by performance over 1 year, 5 years)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2001... Unit Trusts/OEICs One year Performance 1 b2 Stock market Growth 194.62 2 S & F Hiscox Ins Ptfl Inc 157.54 3 S&P Financial Securities 139.54 4...

AXA Sun Life.(launches three equity funds)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... AXA Sun Life has launched three aggressively managed equity funds - UK Opportunities, World Opportunities and European Opportunities. Each of the funds will hold approximately 40 stocks. Minimum investment: 1,000 [pounds sterling] lump sum;...

Norwich Union.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... Norwich Union has launched a Socially Responsible Investment (SRI) OEIC comprising six sub-funds: Corporate Bond; UK Growth; Absolute Growth; Global Growth; Managed and European Growth. From a list of approved companies the team, led by Clare...

Alliance & Leicester.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... Alliance & Leicester has launched the Extra Income Fund to provide regular quarterly income. It will invest in corporate bonds and other securities in the UK and abroad to generate an income or capital growth. The fund aims to produce 7.5 per...

Product of the Month: ABN Amro.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... ABN Amro has launched the UK Select Opportunities Fund. The fund will be managed by Nigel Thomas who also runs the acclaimed ABN Amro UK Growth Fund. This new portfolio will follow a multi-cap approach, but is likely to have a greater focus on...

Foreign & Colonial.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... Foreign & Colonial has added Blue, an OEIC, to its range of funds. Blue aims to provide a steady annual capital return through investment in global equities and bonds, UK and international deposits. Minimum investment: 5,000 [pounds...

Liverpool Victoria.(Liverpool Victoria Friendly Society offers new fund)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... Liverpool Victoria Friendly Society has added a single premium With-Profits Growth Bond to its range. The bond is aimed at investors looking for capital growth over five years or more. There is an allocation rate of 97.5 per cent for...

Safety first or last?(with-profit bonds)
April 1, 2001... A safety net for the cautious investor or a risky has-been? Amanda Jarvis investigates with-profits bonds With-profits bonds have long been considered an essential component of the portfolio of the cautious investor who is looking for...

New Kid on the block.(Exchange Traded Fund)
April 1, 2001... What do you get if you cross a unit trust with an investment trust? Answer: an Exchange Traded Fund (ETF). Sally Wright investigates this new breed of investment For the majority of investors, the cost, time and effort associated with...

Unlocking home equity.(home equity plans on the market)
April 1, 2001... Hilary Osborne highlights how equity release schemes can boost your retirement income You're always telling the younger members of your family what a great idea it is to invest in property. After all, you bought your home back in the early...

Spread your investment bets.(tips for managing investments)(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2001... At a loss as to what to do with a recent inheritance, lottery win or company bonus? Hilary Osborne asks portfolio managers to come up with a few suggestions When Alan Sugar was awarded 100,000 [pounds sterling] in his libel case against...

Dedicated follower of fashion?(Mutual Funds)
April 1, 2001... As the mania for TMT rages on, some impressive - if unfashionable - funds are getting overlooked in the stampede for more trendy options. Investing may be a serious business, but it is just as prone to the vagaries of fashion as hemlines or...

Hatching a profit.(Alternative Investment Market)(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2001... The alternative investment market is the first step into the public market for fledgling companies, and an opportunity for investors to pick up a bargain. Jim Hawkins explains that small can be beautiful The alternative investment market...

Information superhighway.
April 1, 2001... In the first of a two-part series, What Investment looks at information websites available to investors on the net Having too much of a good thing can be annoying, especially if you know exactly what you're looking for. The internet...

United States: More misery.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... Interest rate cuts have the potential to boost investor confidence, but inflation remains a major concern Profits warnings and earnings downgrades contributed to more misery on the US stock market. In the fourth quarter, GDP growth slowed...

United Kingdom: Visibility poor.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... The UK economy is well positioned in world market terms, but investors should expect another two to three months of uncertainty Early in February, the MPC cut interest rates by 0.25 per cent to 5.75 per cent after keeping them on hold for...

Europe: Roll up, roll up.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... Growth prospects remain attractive as Europe prepares itself to be a favoured area for UK investors The European Central Bank dampened expectations of an early cut in interest rates as inflation fell from 2.9 per cent to 2.6 per cent. ...

Far East: Resuscitation attempts.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... Bullish for the longer term, the markets struggle under short-term pressure Export growth declined sharply across the region and in Japan the Yen fell to a seventeen-month low following comments by the finance minister that market forces...

Market insider: Canada.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... Continuing our series providing a fundamental analysis of a region from an economic and political perspective. This month, Michael Wilson considers the prospects for Canada It's spring again in Canada and things are starting to get back to...

Market View.
April 1, 2001... It was another bad month for the new economy. In telecoms, the Orange float flopped. A raft of big name tech and telecom stocks on both sides of the Atlantic issued profits warnings and, not surprisingly, tech and technology sectors were the...

Oil sector view.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... Amongst the general public and in the tabloid press, the oil companies are certainly not top of the pops. Thanks in part to slick government spin there seems to have been a linkage established between the record profits reported in calendar...

Oil share view.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... The 1990s was BP's decade. It started the period grossly overburdened with debt, underperforming assets and a management team that was thoroughly discredited. But under the leadership of David (now Lord) Simon, and subsequently John Browne, the...

The euro file.
April 1, 2001... The year has started well for unit trusts despite the general gloom that has descended on the market. This time last year top retail sectors included funds investing primarily in technology and Japanese companies. The best-selling funds in...

BEST BUYS.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... What Investment asked professionals who invest unit trusts to reveal their favourite funds in the Europe excluding UK sector. Bhavesh Amlani of Simple Savings recommends: "Gartmore European Select Opportunities is a good starter fund...

Performance tables.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... WHAT THE TABLES SHOW The figures show the value of 100 [pounds sterling] invested over six months, one, three, five and 10 years to 1 March 2001, on an offer-to-bid basis with net income reinvested. Funds are listed by sector so that you...

World weary.(global growth funds)(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2001... The cornerstone of anyone's portfolio, global growth funds have been cast back into the shadows recently as more exciting fund launches take the limelight. But now that the technology hype has died down, we can look towards a sector that offers...

INVESTMENT TRUSTS: Performance tables.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... WHAT THE TABLE SHOW The figures show the value of 100 [pounds sterling] invested over six months, one, three, five and ten years to 1 March 2001, on a mid-market basis with net income reinvested. Funds are listed by sector so that you can...

Money clinic.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... A panel of independent experts answer readers' financial planning and investment queries Merger dilemma My wife has an investment in the Capel Cure Sharp Income & Growth Unit Trust. She has been informed that CCS has merged with Greig...

REFERENCE.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... Best ways to save [TABULAR DATA NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII]