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MARKETS LOOK TOWARDS RATE CUTS AS CENTRAL BANKS TRY TO TAMP DOWN EXPECTATIONS

By Worldwide Financial Planning

Categories Financial Planning, Investment, Mortgage, Pension

Central bankers have naturally spent this week trying to calm expectations that the next move is a step down and most have been sticking to the higher-for-longer scenario. The tension between these two positions means markets remain uncertain and continue to be driven by each day’s news flow.

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Common investment mistakes and useful tips

By Worldwide Financial Planning

Categories Financial Planning, Investment

Don’t get discouraged when the values are not going up. If the markets aren’t rising, you shouldn’t really expect to make returns during that period. There are doldrums, and you must sit them out. You can’t pop into a money market fund in cash and hop back into the market when: ‘it’s ready’.

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CENTRAL BANKS CHOOSE TO WAIT AND SEE AS HIGH INTEREST RATES TAKE HOLD

By Worldwide Financial Planning

Categories Financial Planning, Investment, Mortgage, Pension

In the UK inflation is coming down slower than hoped for and in the US economic growth is stronger than expected. Both banks are waiting for the impact of previous rate hikes to take effect and are happy to sit on their hands for now.

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Investment queue jumping

By Worldwide Financial Planning

Categories Investment

With inflation eroding investments, it’s easy to become uneasy and to look for a quick snap fix to what a perceived problem is, and headlines are a lure.

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MORE VOLATILITY FOR BONDS AS CONSUMER DEMAND DRIVES SURPRISINGLY STRONG US GROWTH

By Worldwide Financial Planning

Categories Financial Planning, Investment, Mortgage, Pension

US consumer spending helped to deliver surprisingly strong economic growth and the now familiar good news is bad news response followed. The logic goes that if consumer demand is this strong and wages are rising above inflation then the Federal Reserve will act more aggressively to tame inflation.

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More help for first time buyers?

By Worldwide Financial Planning

Categories Financial Planning, Mortgage

When push comes to shove, the fickle corporate bonuses of the big corporations, or the movement of a house price will mean nothing in comparison to that security of calling that place, your home.

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