One of the main reasons why people invest is because they want to give their children a leg-up in life – whether it is to pay for their university fees or a deposit on a flat, or to leave them something when they are gone.
As a result, investing for your children is the main theme of this month’s edition of Trustnet Magazine, out today. In the cover story – Child stars – Pádraig Floyd asks whether the structure and long term performance record of investment trusts make them the ideal product for this purpose. Meanwhile, Adam Lewis is already starting to think about using them to help fund his daughter’s wedding – despite the fact she is only three years old.
Assuming you would like to get some diversification into a portfolio with such a long time horizon, Cherry Reynard looks at three regional AIC sectors that perhaps don’t get the attention they deserve – North America, Europe and Japan.
Away from our central theme and as part of his retirement series, head of Trustnet Direct John Blowers asks whether it is better to buy an annuity the moment you retire or move into flexi-drawdown; James Thomson, manager of the Rathbone Global Opportunities fund, reveals three stocks he is buying to play the theme of healthcare; and Momentum’s James Klempster explains why he is using Schroder Recovery to take advantage of what he says is currently “one of the most attractively valued developed markets in the world” – the UK.
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