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A beginner's guide to investing in the stock marketTaking your first steps in investing in the stock market can be daunting. Our guide busts the jargon to give you an introduction to all you need to know to start investing. |
King of Shaves turns to customers offering 6%King of Shaves is offering customers the chance to invest up to £5,000 in the firm with a bond offering six per cent. |
Brown's £6bn cost of Labour uncertaintyUncertainty in the government and Gordon Brown's future as prime minister could cost the UK around £6 billion. |
Treasury bond auction failsThe UK Treasury failed to attract enough bids for a sale of government gilts yesterday for the first time since 1995. |
Bank bailout II: The detailsGordon Brown and Alistair Darling today outlined new plans to get the banks lending once more. |
Gilts offer answer to save/spend dilemmaThe UK faces a crossroads, where government stimulus plans are based on increases in spending, but faced with a recession Brits are wanting to consolidate and save. |
Brown: We'll borrow our way out of the holeGordon Brown is ready to borrow to take Britain out for recession. |
Government borrowing hits record highThe amount of cash the government was forced to borrow hit £8.1 billion in September. |
Govt to issue Islamic bondsThe UK is to become the first western nation to issue Islamic bonds, the government announced today. |
Interest rates impact on global investmentsUS treasuries offer the most positive prospects for foreign investment, a leading finance company reports. |
Markets to 'shrug off' rate riseDespite record inflation and a five-year high in base rates, it is "not a bad environment for the investor" in the equity, bonds and commercial property markets. |
Pension hole grows by £20bnFalls in the stock market mean that last month the gap between pension schemes' funds and their commitments increased by £20 billion, new data shows. |
Investors missing out on convertible gainsConvertible bonds have been overlooked by UK investors, despite heavy returns in the last decade. |
Bonds back in fashion as stock market fallsFalls in the UK stock markets after three years of growth mean that bonds could be coming back in fashion. |
Returns could fall for bond investorsAs stock markets surge and interest rates look set to fall, is it time to leave the bond market alone, experts have asked. |
Bond market to end 2005 on a highAnalysts have predicted that the bond market is set to end the year on a high. |
Gilts to the fore as yields increaseThe yield and performance of government-backed bonds (gilts) is set to climb in the months to come. |
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