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Stephen Desmond

Stephen Desmond

Stephen regularly contributes to the Nutmegonomics blog - writing about investment and personal finance.

Risky business: Understanding the volatility of investments and potential for returns

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What I think about when I think about investing

The discipline of investing – and there’s a lot of discipline involved – conjures read more...

Latest on Greece and how we’re managing customer portfolios

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Eight ways to potentially boost your investment returns

When investing, you can never guarantee the returns you might get, but there are things read more...

Pension basics: The different types of UK pensions explained

Getting your head around the world of pensions can be a daunting prospect. So let’s read more...

Are you saving enough for your retirement?

If you’re looking for an income of around £26,500 per year in your retirement years - read more...

ISA transfers: All you need to know about switching ISAs

One of the common misconceptions of ISAs is that you can’t switch your ISAs from read more...

Men more aggressive than women with investments

It may be considered a cliché – the more level-headed, considered approach of women read more...

Who do you trust to manage your investments?

A recent Nutmeg survey, carried out by Opinium, revealed that less than one in five read more...

The bare facts about property prices in the UK

As the government fast-tracks its controversial Help to Buy scheme, we trawl the data to read more...

Guessonomics: Do the media pundits really know what’s going on?

There’s such a glut of economic commentaries and forecasts out there that digesting read more...

What your job will look like in 10 years time

In the last decade we’ve seen industry and jobs change in a big way, becoming more read more...
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The six principles of investing everyone should know

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