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• Counter deflation 
  18 Nov, 2008 22:26, Telegraph

  Inflation has started to fall, raising the possibility of deflation Photo: REUTERS Deflation when prices fall rather than rise is a very rare...

  ...many years, then investors should favour government bonds,' said Mark Dampier of Hargreaves Lansdown, the financial adviser. 'During deflation...

  
  
• Company share schemes twist the knife in the wounds of investors 
  16 Nov, 2008 08:52, The Independent

  As if the stock market turmoil hadn't done enough damage to people's wealth, some employees who have taken up the offer of cheap stakes in their firms could find they are liable for tax even if their holdings have plunged in value. Kate Hughes...

  ...get a discount doesn't make them a good deal." But Ben Yearsley of Hargreaves Lansdown believes that SAYE schemes, in particular, have their...

  
  
• How low can interest rates go? 
  15 Nov, 2008 22:14, The Times

  Economists are predicting that interest rates will tumble to a record low in the next year. The Bank of England cut the base rate by one and a half percentage points to 3 per cent on Thursday, but the expectation is that it will fall even further as the UK economy plunges into...

  ...annuity rates is expected to be substantial by this time next year. Tom McPhail, of Hargreaves Lansdown, the independent financial adviser...

  
  
• Mark Dampier: Equity income funds worth the risk 
  15 Nov, 2008 09:19, The Independent

  The...

  ... Mark Dampier : Equity income funds worth the risk The Analyst Markets are again falling. Having seen a big snap back of over 20 per cent, the...

  
  
• Emerging market funds see a boost in past fortnight after massive losses in past year 
  15 Nov, 2008 03:31, Mail Online UK

  During the last fortnight, investment funds specialising in some of the riskiest areas of the market have shot up by up to 40 per cent. But the remarkable bounce back in funds focusing on emerging markets and commodities is nothing compared with the losses they have incurred in the last...

  ...more hedge funds unwinding their positions which drives down prices.' Mark Dampier of IFA Hargreaves Lansdown points to the fact that all the...

  
  
• Annuities still the best choice at 75 
  15 Nov, 2008 02:09, The Scotsman

  MOST retirees yet to buy an annuity must still do so when they turn 75, after the government rejected calls to end compulsory annuitisation. With volatile markets decimating pension fund values, the government came under pressure to raise the age of compulsory annuitisation to 80 or abandon it...

  ...run out of money and be forced to rely solely on state benefits. Tom McPhail, head of pensions research at Hargreaves Lansdown, said this is a...

  
  

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