Personal finance
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Personal finance
What is an investment trust? The basics
A quick guide to investment trusts
Should I invest in gold - and how?
What weighting to gold makes sense?
Cash ISA versus a Stocks and Shares ISA: the basics
What’s the difference between these two ISAs?
Cash ISA versus cash funds: the basics
A quick guide to some cash saving options
Investing versus saving: the basics
What’s the difference and why it matters
What Warren Buffett says – and does – when markets fall
How the world’s most feted investor handles bear markets
Tariff tantrum! Investor questions answered
Your questions answered
What is volatility? The basics
Market wobbles are part and parcel of investing
Investing in cash in a Stocks and Shares ISA: the basics
You don’t need a cash ISA to invest in cash
How to make money in the new reality
Diversification will be even more important
What can we expect from the Spring Statement?
All you need to know
Retirement plan checklist: 2 years from retirement
Make the most of your tax-efficient pensions and ISA savings
Triple Lock: what will the State Pension be in the future?
Are future increases to pensioner payments under threat?
Retirement plan checklist: 5 years from retirement
Make the most of your tax-efficient pensions and ISA savings
Save in cash or invest? The best home for your ISA money
Staying smart with tax-efficient savings
6 money habits that could be a sign of emotional problems
We spoke to a financial psychotherapist
We’re here for you - extra support if you need it
Life happens to everyone
Don’t miss these critical 2025 financial deadlines
Key dates for your diary
Financial traps people fall into over the years
Avoid these common money mistakes
How to trace old pensions
Is there a forgotten pot out there with your name on it?
Who should really be the target of Inheritance Tax?
The Personal Investor Podcast
3 lessons from the past 25 years and cash returns in 2025
This week, how do you assess the first quarter of the 21st century in investment terms?
Savings rates in 2025: what’s the best home for your cash?
Will cash interest deliver for savers?
What is financial wellness?
The four pillars to financial health
5 money mistakes people make in their 20s
Financial traps to avoid
Is it still worth putting money in Premium Bonds?
The prizes offered by Premium Bonds have been cut again
5 money mistakes people make in their 30s
Financial traps to avoid
Financial scams are on the rise. Don’t be a victim
Know how to spot an impersonation scam and what to do
How investors could shield against a decline in US returns
Assessing whether the market is under or over-valued is easier with hindsight
Autumn Budget 2024 - what it means for you and your money
No surprises from Rachel Reeves’s tax-spend-and-borrow Budget
Autumn Budget: how Labour might change IHT
A look at the potential changes and how to protect yourself
540 pay cheques: my number one money lesson
Get richer every time you get paid
Autumn Budget: how Labour might change pensions
The most talked about reforms - will any of them happen?
Autumn Budget: how Labour might change ISAs and the dividend tax
No commitment in manifesto to leave tax breaks untouched
Menopause: the ‘hidden tax’ on your pension
How the menopause can affect your earnings and your pension
The ADHD tax: paying the price of neurodiversity
ADHD Awareness Month
My Caribbean roots, money and me
Investing doesn’t discriminate - harness its power
I changed my plans after trying this pension calculator
Revisiting my long-term saving targets was a shock
Getting on top of your pension, with Iona Bain
Getting in top of your pension, with Iona Bain
5 money mistakes people make in their 50s
Financial traps to avoid
History’s biggest tax blunders - and what might Rachel Reeves do?
Lessons from the past
This week in the markets: recession fears
What’s driving your investments this week?
Labour’s plan and a coming tech correction?
What you're asking us
Why a SIPP can make sense at older ages
A pension can give you extra flexibility even in retirement
What awaits the new Government after the Election?
What does it mean that inflation is now back on target?
IHT election stalemate: 8 exemptions to cut an inheritance tax bill
Which gifts to family will avoid the IHT trap?
General Election: party manifesto tax plans compared
What the tax proposals could mean for you
Election manifestos compared: your at-a-glance guide
Tom Stevenson compares the politicians’ pitches
How will multiple elections this year hit markets?
What the upcoming elections will mean for investors
What election promises on the State Pension will mean
Learn more about Andrew Oxlade's retire early movement
Want to retire early? Why you need less FIRE and more CHILL
Learn more about Andrew Oxlade's retire early movement
5 money mistakes people make in their 70s
Embracing new financial strategies as we get older
5 popular investment rules put to the test
Do these common rules really work?
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