What Investment articles from September 2000

What Investment archives from September 2000

Taking a stake?(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... Planning adequately for retirement is undertaken by too few people, and even those who do plan often leave it too late. During our working lives the majority of us expect increases in pay which at least keep pace with inflation and protect the...

NEWS ROUND-UP.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... PRIVATE LIVES Following a recent trend towards making private banking-style services available to a wider investor base, HSBC has launched a Portfolio Management Service. Aimed at investors with 30,000 [pounds sterling] or more to...

top ten funds.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... Unit trusts/OEICs One year Performance 1 Framlington Health 283.01 2 Scot Equitable Euro Smllr Cos 260.02 3 CF Bio-Tech ...

New Offers.
September 1, 2000... We examine what the latest savings and investment plans have to offer investors. Each product has been given a star rating representing its overall value for money based on cost, terms and conditions and investment opportunity Merrill...

Product of the Month: Legal & General Multi-Tracker ISA.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... Legal & General has launched Multi-Tracker ISA. The ISA aims to provide investors with access to the company's five-tracker fund under the tax-advantageous ISA umbrella. The Multi-Tracker incorporates the UK, European, US, Japanese and Pacific...

Sifting through stakeholder.
September 1, 2000... Jim Hawkins delves into the regulations heralding the arrival of stakeholder pensions The basic premise behind the new stakeholder pension provisions is to encourage the lower paid to make provisions for their old age through a low cost,...

If the price is right ...(Are you paying over the odds for company shares? Harvey Jones does the sums )
September 1, 2000... Are you paying over the odds for company shares? Harvey Jones does the sums Valuing company shares is a key skill in stock market investing. The experts like to dress it up in jargon and myth in a bid to scare the rest of us off, but they...

Holding all the strings.(William Essex examines why talent, or lack of it, can both make and break an investment in funds of funds)
September 1, 2000... William Essex examines why talent, or lack of it, can both make and break an investment in funds of funds Unit trusts buy you cheap diversification. For the price of a single investment, you get your money spread across the whole range of...

Netting a deal.(With the whole world at his fingertips, Stephen Pritchard tries his hand at online sharedealing)
September 1, 2000... With the whole world at his fingertips, Stephen Pritchard tries his hand at online sharedealing This year, close to one in four shares traded by private investors will be traded on the internet. The internet has transformed the way we buy...

In the balance.(Ian Wylie weighs up the pros and cons of investment trusts, unit trusts and OEICs)
September 1, 2000... Ian Wylie weighs up the pros and cons of investment trusts, unit trusts and OEICs This is one bout that is going the distance. The unit trust and investment trust have been slugging it out for 70 years to earn the title of undisputed UK...

Going mobile.(Stephen Pritchard checks out the scope for investment in the world of telecommunications)
September 1, 2000... Stephen Pritchard checks out the scope for investment in the world of telecommunications The mobile phone is one of technology's success stories. Ten years ago, only a handful of people used them. Now, there is a mobile phone for every...

United States The ripple effect.
September 1, 2000... Each month, What Investment speaks to the top-performing fund managers in global markets and asks them to reveal the key issues driving their stock selection decisions. The nervous bulls are out grazing as more bad news sends shockwaves...

United Kingdom Steady as she goes.
September 1, 2000... Positive news is lingering on the horizon, but the market is waiting for the interest rate picture to clear Market sentiment towards the UK is holding steady at the moment and analysts believe that in the longer term this is a pretty...

Europe Banking on it.
September 1, 2000... With liquidity and turnover low, Europe faces another month reliant on defensives Despite the fact that inward investment in the UK has soared since the introduction of the euro, the economic outlook for euro-zone countries, reports the...

Far East One guiding star.
September 1, 2000... Rocked by currency weakness and political wrangling once again, Asia turns to Hong Kong to pull it through Over the next couple of months, Far Eastern markets will be prone to further volatility, report market analysts. Tightening liquidity...

Market insider: Australia.
September 1, 2000... Continuing our series providing a fundamental analysis of a region from an economic and political perspective. This month, Michael Wilson considers the prospects for Australia Take a good long look at Australia's economy in this peculiar...

Market View.
September 1, 2000... The best ITV drama ever took centre stage in July. Just days after receiving the green light from Trade Secretary Stephen Byers to team up with United News and Media, Carlton Communications called the deal off. As a condition of the merger,...

Tobacco sector view.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
September 1, 2000... Last month's successful $145 billion legal claim against the US cigarette production industry sounds like bad news for investors in tobacco stocks. The question is, how bad is the news? If the claim is finally implemented - and appeals will...

Tobacco share view.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... If you are nervous about the US legal situation, BAT Industries may be the UK stock to avoid, as its subsidiary Brown & Williamson has a 16 per cent US market share. If the Florida judgement were to be upheld, B&W would go bust tomorrow. ...

World's apart.
September 1, 2000... With the markets of the world wallowing in the disruptive turmoil thrown up by the correction in the Nasdaq and the subsequent slowdown in the U S economy, opportunities and risks are abundant. Over the last year, the MSCI World index has...

UNIT TRUSTS/OEICs: Performance tables.(Illustration)(Statistical Data Included)
September 1, 2000... 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 August 2000, on an offer-to-bid basis with net income reinvested. Funds are listed by sector so that you...

Far Eastern promise.(securities)(Statistical Data Included)
September 1, 2000... Sharing in the stock market volatility and severe sector rotations that originated in the US, the Far East has been experiencing a relatively flat period ever since. The MSCI AC Far East Excluding Japan index rose by a creditable 21.9 per...

INVESTMENT TRUSTS: Performance tables.(Illustration)(Statistical Data Included)
September 1, 2000... WHAT THE TABLES SHOW The figures show the value of 100 [pounds sterling] invested over six months, one, three, five and ten years to 1 August 2000, on a mid-market basis with net income reinvested. Funds are listed by sector so that you...

Money clinic.(questions and answers about personal investments)
September 1, 2000... A panel of independent experts answer readers' financial planning and investment queries * Pension potential I have a pension with Abbey Life. They are not taking any new business now, so should I be worried about the security and...

INSTANT ACCESS ACCOUNTS.(Brief Article)(Illustration)(Statistical Data Included)
September 1, 2000... Company Account Name Balance of 500 [pounds sterling] Nationwide (www.nationwide.co.uk) e-Savings(**) First-e (www.first-e.com) Savings Account(**) Halifax (www.halifax-online.co.uk)...

NOTICE ACCOUNTS.(Brief Article)(Illustration)(Statistical Data Included)
September 1, 2000... Company Account Name Balance of 1,000 [pounds sterling] Scarborough (0845 458 4458) Bonus Bond Issue 5 Bristol & West (0808 181 1111) Easy Life 30 Scottish Wid. Bank (0845 8450829)...

TOP-PERFORMING UNIT-LINKED PENSIONS.(Illustration)(Statistical Data Included)
September 1, 2000... Five years to 1 August 2000. Results of 100 [pounds sterling] invested on an offer-to-bid basis with gross income reinvested. Source: Standard & Poor's Micropal Australasia FP Australian (ex NM)(**) 152.74 ...

Financial Contacts.(United Kingdom)(Illustration)(Statistical Data Included)
September 1, 2000... PEP Transfer Directory NAME & ADDRESS NAME OF MIN AMOUNT TO SCHEME BE TRANSFERED AIB Govett Asset Govett Investment 1000 [pounds Management...