Asset allocation importance on financial future
By: BILL BLEVINS Financial Correspondent, Blevins Franks financial@portugalresident.com A proven method of successful investing is through asset allocation, the selection of which investment assets to include in your portfolio, and
Expect more from life
By: STEVE RODGERS financial@portugalresident.com Pensioners today have greater wealth, better health and increased life expectancy than any previous generation. There is a new world of opportunity for today’s pensioners but
Currency success is a matter of timing
By: DAVID JOHNSON financial@portugalresident.com THE STERLING-US Dollar exchange rate hit its highest level in 26 years this month, as did the Euro-US Dollar rate and many banks now see Sterling
Property investment through REIT
By: BILL BLEVINS Financial Correspondent, Blevins Franks financial@portugalresident.com PROPERTY OWNERSHIP has always been considered to be a lucrative investment. Today more and more people are investing in ‘buy to let’
Short term lets to holiday makers – Part Four
By: DENNIS SWING-GREENE International Fiscal Consultant for euroFINESCO financial@portugalresident.com Rental Agent vs. Villa Manager This is the third in a four part series examining issues concerning short-term lets to holiday
Financial Services Authority targets hedge funds
By: BILL BLEVINS Financial Correspondent, Blevins Franks financial@portugalresident.com The Financial Services Authority (FSA), the industry’s independent regulator in the UK, has labelled the hedge fund industry as “complacent” towards risk
Short term lets to holiday makers – Part Three
By: DENNIS SWING-GREENE International Fiscal Consultant for euroFINESCO financial@portugalresident.com Short term lets to holiday makers: Commercial vs. residential lets – Part Three This is the third in a four part
Oh Darling!
By: JOHN WETWOOD financial@portugalresident.com Alistair Darling’s first Pre-Budget Report contained several major surprises and, as ever, it was the supporting material issued by the Treasury and HM Revenue & Customs
Short term lets to holiday makers – Part Two
By: DENNIS SWING-GREENE International Fiscal Consultant for euroFINESCO financial@portugalresident.com Short term lets to holiday makers: Misinterpreted legislation – Part Two: When renting becomes a business This is the first in
Ups and downs
By: BILL BLEVINS Financial Correspondent, Blevins Franks financial@portugalresident.com What do you get when you cross a bank account with stock market returns? Interest rates. One minute they’re going up, the