Income vs Accumulation Funds
Investment funds pools the capital of many individual investors to invest in one or more types of underlying financial securities. In the UK, investment funds …
What are share options and how do they work?
What are share options? Share options are a type of financial security. When investing in share options, you are purchasing a contract which gives you …
What is Pound Cost Averaging?
Pound cost averaging is the concept of drip feeding your cash into an underlying investment rather than investing in one larger lump sum. The concept …
What is an investment fund?
An investment fund is an investment vehicle which pools the funds of many individual investors. These funds are actively managed by a professional fund manager, …
What is execution only share dealing?
Execution only share dealing is where a broker purely executes an investors buy or sell instructions, rather than providing any investment advice to that investor …
Investing in Tracker Funds and ETFs
This ‘investing in tracker funds and ETFs’ guide starts with the basics of what index trackers are and expands to explain how index trackers vary …
Investing in Shares Online
This ‘investing in shares online’ guide starts with the basics and expands to explain the various supply and demand drivers which impact share prices and …
Trackers vs Managed Funds
My opinion is that the vast majority of private investors have little hope of outperforming the market by picking their own share portfolio or by …