Investors Chronicle articles from October 2002

Investors Chronicle archives from October 2002

Funds News Digest.
October 25, 2002... Distribution bonds touted as alternative to with-profits Annual bonuses on with-profits bonds are likely to fall further Investors should consider using distribution bonds rather than with-profits bonds, according to independent...

The case for dividends.
October 25, 2002... This time last week I was regretting the forced sale from the Bearbull Income Portfolio of holdings in building materials group Marshalls and car distributor Reg Vardy. The problem was that this would deprive the fund of income if I didnt act...

Merger? Non, merci.
October 25, 2002... If British banks can't make deals in Europe, what can they do? I have to confess, I've been baffled by the whole Abbey National-Bank of Ireland tussle. Not by the Colonel Blimp-style nonsense from people outraged that an upstart Irish bank...

Profiting from Provence.
October 25, 2002... behind The low prices of tantalising foreign properties lurk hidden costs - so plan carefully A bog-standard 1930s semi, located in an indifferent north London suburb, would set you back some GBP200,000. A two-bedroomed home in the Canary...

Simple stock-picking.
October 25, 2002... Patrick Hosking takes advice from the gurus on the stocks he should hold in his self-invested personal pension have been mulling over the wisdom of Peter Lynch, the investment guru. Earlier this month, Mr Lynch told a City audience that the...