Motley Fool: Doing The Splits

I’m pretty sure that most Fools wouldn’t even consider investing in split cap investment trusts. And that’s understandable. Many investors — including a member of my family — were persuaded to buy shares in the trusts on the basis that they were lucrative but low risk vehicles. Sadly, many such investments proved to be disastrous.

Motley Fool: Give Your Budget A Xmas Boost!

The countdown to Christmas has begun: Christmas Day is less than seven weeks away. Being a godless heathen who also dislikes rampant consumerism, I’m no fan of Christmas. Indeed, at this time of year, I transmute into Ebenezer Scrooge from “A Christmas Carol”: “Christmas… a humbug, a waste of time and money. A false and commercial festival, devoutly to be ignored.”