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JEFF PRESTRIDGE: Put on a tin hat – and try our four defensive tips for the trenches 

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‘Market falls: is it time to pack up and go home?’ That was the stark question posed by a leading investment expert in response to Thursday’s 10.9 per cent fall in the FTSE 100 Index – the largest daily correction in the index since the Black Monday stock market crash of October 1987. (I remember … Read more

JEFF PRESTRIDGE: A truly brutal week – but patience pays (in the end)

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JEFF PRESTRIDGE: A truly brutal week – but patience pays (in the end) By Jeff Prestridge for The Mail on Sunday Published: 23:46 GMT, 14 March 2020 | Updated: 23:46 GMT, 14 March 2020 What a week. What a brutal working week. As a money commentator for more than 30 years standing, as disheartening as … Read more

JEFF PRESTRIDGE: Worried your wealth’s under fire? Try my bargains for investment Bravehearts 

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These are difficult days. At times, it feels like the world is shuddering to a halt. There are fewer people as I wind my way to and from work every day and night on public transport.  The high street where I work is quieter than it has been for a long time and local restaurants … Read more

JEFF PRESTRIDGE: This Budget must stop us falling in to recession

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JEFF PRESTRIDGE: This Budget must stop us falling in to recession By Jeff Prestridge for The Mail on Sunday Published: 23:45 GMT, 7 March 2020 | Updated: 23:45 GMT, 7 March 2020 I would put money on the Chancellor’s Budget this Wednesday being radically different to the one Rishi Sunak envisaged just over three weeks … Read more

JEFF PRESTRIDGE: Hold your nerve even as markets head south

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JEFF PRESTRIDGE: Hold your nerve even as markets head south By Jeff Prestridge for The Mail on Sunday Published: 22:10 GMT, 29 February 2020 | Updated: 23:04 GMT, 29 February 2020 Let’s not beat around the bush. Stock markets are in freefall, and if the doomsters are to be believed, there could be worse to … Read more

JEFF PRESTRIDGE: New Chancellor Rishi Sunak needs to make his mark…by improving our pensions

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JEFF PRESTRIDGE: New Chancellor Rishi Sunak needs to make his mark…by improving our pensions By Jeff Prestridge for The Mail on Sunday Published: 21:48 GMT, 15 February 2020 | Updated: 14:00 GMT, 16 February 2020 With the smell of a spring Budget in the air comes the rumour of yet more restrictions on the tax … Read more

Terry Smith says he’s worth his £16m pay. I agree, says JEFF PRESTRIDGE

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Fund manager Terry Smith is the Cristiano Ronaldo of the investment world.  He is right at the top of his profession and, like the footballing maestro, he is handsomely rewarded for his particular ‘craft’ – an ability to generate stellar returns for investors that most rival managers do not possess. Yet, while most people accept … Read more

JEFF PRESTRIDGE: How much longer can the Woodford fiasco continue?

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JEFF PRESTRIDGE: How much longer can the Woodford Equity Income fiasco continue? Equity Income has generated paper losses for investors of 14.9 per cent Over one year, the losses are a toe-curling 28.1 per cent Shares in Eddie Stobart – a key Equity Income holding – suspended on Friday By Jeff Prestridge for The Mail … Read more

JEFF PRESTRIDGE: End this attack on the finances of the nation’s middle classes

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JEFF PRESTRIDGE: End this attack on the finances of the nation’s middle classes By Jeff Prestridge for The Mail on Sunday Published: 21:15 GMT, 13 April 2019 | Updated: 11:38 GMT, 14 April 2019 Although I normally have little time for the pontifications of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, its latest report on … Read more