“New world order” creates new view on risk

Since 2007, the amount of top rated government bonds halved globally - This forces investors to reassess their taste for risk. Also rating agencies have changed their view.

If you want to put your money in government bonds with the finest triple-A stamp, there is now far less to choose from than ever before.

7 investment tips in times of financial crisis

No two crises are the same. Therefore, it is limited what you can learn from individual crises, but you can learn something of how you feel and react in individual economic and financial crises as an investor. Often we make the wrong decisions in crisis situations. Here are seven tips, which should lead you around the bumpiest situations.

The art of building an investment portfolio

Not only is it difficult to choose the best funds for an investment portfolio. It can sometimes be an almost impossible task.

After you based on your risk profile and investment strategy has formed an idea of what kinds of funds your portfolio should contain, you can begin to pick out the best in each category. For many, the first step would be to look at the historical returns.

Cheap investments in stocks with Exchange Traded Funds (ETF)

Savers in private pension schemes are rarely offered the best stock product from their bank, especially if it is just good business for you, but a bad business for your bank.

It is extremely difficult for savers in private pension schemes to get access to share-based products that meet three basic criteria for a reasonable share strategy: