Andrew Pitts

A surge is as likely as muddle or mayhem

In an unsure economic climate, Andrew Pitts advises investors back actively-managed multi-asset funds and trusts.

Time to discover the true cost of investing

Do you know what the true cost of investing is? Not many people do and I don’t pretend to be one of them. The closest we can get to find out what people get paid to manage other people’s money is the so-called total expense ratio, or TER.

Eurobites: what the experts say about the crisis

Andrew Pitts rounds up some comments from economists and strategists on policies that need to be adopted to prevent a meltdown.

Strategies for challenging times

As the eurozone policy sclerosis grips markets, Money Observer editor Andrew Pitts outlines investment strategies to consider.

Eurozone shocker presages a double dip

Editor Andrew Pitts asks, in the midst of ongoing market volatility, where do we go from here?

The shocking truth behind fund charges

If ever there was a time to clarify the true cost of investing, it is now. When markets are rising strongly, private investors don’t care much about whether a fund manager is overcharging for services rendered or that a performance fee is being levied for outperforming a benchmark index.

Markets have further to fall

When stock markets lose 10 per cent of their value in less than a week most private investors will be asking two questions: is this a buying opportunity or should I take my losses now?

Down the yellow brick road

Money Observer’s forthcoming August edition is chock-full of strategies and tips to tap the profit potential of property.

Eurozone crisis: what's next for private investors?

I’ve been banging on about the unquantifiable outcomes of the 2008 financial crisis for some years now.

Measuring the commodity shock's magnitude

Sell in May and go away; come back on St Leger day. This old stock market saw will still be haunting bulls of commodities following the unruly rout in the sector in the first week of May.

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