Market Update – 25 August 2015

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INVESTMENT DIRECTOR, ERIC WOODWARD'S VIEWS ON CURRENT MARKET CONDITIONS As a result of the Chinese Authorities intervening in the markets and also devaluing the currency markets have become very nervous. As a result growth from China is slowing…

Have we got news for you…

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OFFICE GOSSIP...SHHHH A lot has been happening at Carrington over the last 6 months and we thought we would give you an idea of some of things that we have been up to. A fitting start, which is big news for the company and the best news…

Investment Note – May 2015

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2015 Year to Date Markets overall have shown a strong year to date performance and we have seen this reflected across our portfolios where we are now ahead of our benchmarks. Last year both a Chinese growth slowdown and a fall in oil prices…

Early bird catches the worm…

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2015 ISA Investments As the new tax year has started, I wanted to remind you about the ISA allowances you have available to you now. ISA’s ISA's are one of the most tax efficient and flexible means of saving. Each year we remind…

Investment Note 2015

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A Look Back at 2014 The purpose of this note is to reflect on the past year and to comment on what we see going forward from here. We would normally send this note out in mid-January but we felt it should be delayed until we knew the outcome…

Market Update – October 2014

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We know that the recent sharp moves down in some markets will be making people nervous and we want to share with you some of Eric's thoughts on the background to the recent moves and also how he is thinking it may play out in the slightly longer…

Market Update – August 2014

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In our August note, we want to give you an insight into how we see the current markets and their outlook, especially as sentiment appears weak in the short term and volatility is increasing. There is now a lot of caution in markets, not without…

Increased ISA Limit Now Available!

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From today, you are able to take advantage of the increased ISA allowance of £15,000 per person.  For Junior ISA’s this increases to £4,000. Following on from our Early Bird ISA note, I thought it was worth repeating some of this…

Keeping you in the loop – Investment Changes

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An important part of our ongoing service to clients is our active, in-house investment management. Although you receive a number of our investment communications, until you’re a client you are not privy to the review of portfolios, decisions…

Market Update – May 2014

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We highlighted the volatile start to 2014 in our last market update in February and since then the volatility has continued. The growth stocks that did so well over 2013 suffered a very sharp and swift correction during March and April of this…

2014 Budget Summary

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TIME FOR CHANGE You have no doubt seen the headlines about Wednesday’s budget and many of you will have been inundated with budget reports. I have therefore tried to focus on the issues that affect your financial planning. I think that we…

Market Update – February 2014

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I am writing this market note following the one which was issued in December 2013 as we have seen some very high volatility in markets generally as we passed through the first few weeks of the New Year. We read every day headlines about how…