Friday 19 August 2016

London's High Yield Dividend ETFs

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Investors Chronicle recently (June 2016) published an interesting review of high yield dividend ETFs (Exchange Traded Funds) offered on the London Stock Exchange (there are now, apparently over 30!). I say 'interesting' because there were a few I hadn't heard of.

One of the problems for DIY Income Investors interested in income-producing ETFs is that there is no easy source for the ranking of yield of different ETFs - you have to just hunt around.

Thursday 11 August 2016

I'm an Investor - Get Me Out Of Here!

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Choosing the right investment is hard work. You need to read up on the company, look at the accounts and set the activity against what you know (or think you know) about the wider market. However, I find that selling is even harder than buying.

Share prices go down as well as up. What should you do when this happens? Should you sell? If so when? Here's what I do - but be aware that it doesn't work all the time!

Wednesday 10 August 2016

Try, Something New (Portfolio Buy)

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The DIY Income Investor portfolio continues to storm ahead in (Sterling) value at the moment. It feels somehow strange - but reassuring.

Having become a bit bored by just topping up existing holdings, I decided to try something new...

Wednesday 3 August 2016

Tax Strategy (UK)

Paying tax is your legal duty, as your civic contribution for the goods and services the local and national governments provide. The range of taxes we pay is quite wide - almost anything we do incurs some kind of taxation.

However, a large number of tax allowances are available for savers and investors. One way of looking at these allowances is that they are intended as 'incentives' to encourage certain types of financial behaviour. It seems to me that, as good citizens, we should respond to these incentives where they are offered. In other words, tax avoidance is (almost) virtuous - helping the government achieve its objectives.