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You’ve reached an exciting point. Your debts are sorted, your budget is organised, and you’ve picked a tax wrapper. You’re now faced with one of life’s best dilemmas: what should you do with your cash?

Save, invest or trade: the art of deciding what to do with your hard-earned cash

What are IPOs

Initial public offerings (IPOs) drive the financial world giddy: with “beauty contests” and rumours galore, they’re the closest we’ve got to a showbiz event. 

What are IPOs?

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Using your ISA and SIPP together can offer tax-efficiency benefits when withdrawing cash in retirement.

WATCH: Using ISAs and SIPPs together for greater tax efficiency explained in 90 seconds

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When it's time to withdraw money from your personal pension, you may not have to take a tax-free lump sum all in one go.

WATCH: Withdrawing tax-free cash from your personal pension explained in 100 seconds

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If you’ve ever found yourself wondering what terms like “crystallisation” or “carry forward” mean, then read on. We’ve compiled some of the most frequent terms you’re likely to come across where pensions are concerned.  

CMC Invest’s jargon busting guide for pensions  

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You can start taking money from your SIPP at age 55 (rising to 57 from 2028), though you don’t have to begin withdrawing cash until you are ready to. Once you decide you’re ready to, there are a few options at your disposal. 

How can I withdraw money from my SIPP? 

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In this article, we’ve explored what your annual allowance is when it comes to pensions, including SIPPs.

Understanding your SIPP allowances

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Stocks & Shares ISAs and SIPPs can be used together – many investors don’t choose between having one or the other and lean on both offerings. The two accounts do have some key differences, however, which could alter how you use them and what contributions you make to each.


Stocks & Shares ISAs vs SIPPs: the key differences 

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A Self-invested Personal Pension – or SIPP – is a form of pension that allows you to pick your own investments. 

What is a SIPP and why would I want one? 

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We take a look at the research to see why women invest less… and give some confidence-boosting advice on getting started.

How female investors are outperforming

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Hospitality entrepreneur, investor and former Dragon, Sarah Willingham, talks about her relationship with money, what she’s teaching her kids and her investment style…

Talking Money: Sarah Willingham

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Interest rates, combined with inflation, have been at the forefront of investors’ minds over the past 18 months. Here, we look ahead at what could happen to interest rates in 2024, and what this means for your money.

When will interest rates go down and what does it all mean for my money?

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Have you ever wondered what it would be like to retire in your 50s or even your 40s? For advocates of the FIRE movement, they’ve turned that dream into reality.

The FIRE movement: everything you need to know about retiring early

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There are loads of ways to interpret economics. It’s a field that’s been filled with lively debate from the beginning and there’s no signs of that slowing down anytime soon. 

How to turn old-school economic theories into forward-thinking economic strategies

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When we talk about “factors” we’re referring to characteristics that stocks have. These may impact or indicate the potential return or risk of an investment. 

What is factor investing and how do I get started?

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Debt can be useful, although it’s also one of the easiest ways to fall into financial trouble. But fear not – in this article, we’ll teach you how to conquer any debt mountain.

How to deal with debt and manage your personal finances

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You don’t have to purchase physical properties to invest in UK real estate. There are ways to gain exposure to this sector requiring less capital – and stress – than buying a house. 

How to invest in UK property without buying a house

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As well as making money, many investors want their investments to have a positive impact on the world – or at the very least, not a negative one. 

Impact Investing: Can you make money by making a difference? 

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A field known as behavioural finance has grown up at the intersection of economics and psychology – and has become an increasingly popular way to demonstrate humans’ irrational actions and how they can feed through to markets.

How behavioural investing can help you outsmart the markets

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Contrarians look to find “hidden” opportunities by going against the grain and general market sentiment. This can be difficult – it’s tough to keep your convictions if everyone else is doing something different to you.

Contrarian investing: what it is and how to get started

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This article is all about how to spot dodgy deals. You might think that you're immune from falling for the murkier schemes out there. But don't be so sure.

Don't get fooled: things to watch out for to avoid investment scams

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Investing in gold or silver doesn’t mean you have to raid a jewellery store. In this article, we’ll address how you can gain exposure to the metals and look at what typically drives their price. 

How to invest in gold and silver

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"Mutual funds or ETFs?" is a common question posed by investors looking to build a diversified portfolio. 

How to decide between Mutual Funds or ETFs

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The names of mutual funds don’t always make it clear what securities the manager will invest in. This information is normally readily available from fund managers, but we’ve compiled some brief descriptions of certain strategies you may come across on your investing journey.

Making sense of active mutual fund strategies 

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Corporate bonds are a great way to diversify your investment portfolio, thanks to their (normally) negative correlation with stocks – but bonds can be confusing.

The ins and outs of investing in corporate bonds

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Interest rates are one of the most fundamental parts of finance and in order to be a good investor – heck, even a mediocre one – you need to understand the effects they have on markets. 

How interest rates influence every investment you make

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Whether it’s a new regulation set to cripple an industry or a breakthrough product that could send company profits sky-high, you’d expect breaking news to move markets and present investment opportunities aplenty.

How the headlines influence your investments (and when to ignore them)

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Many investors are content to invest for the long term by utilising broad-based passive investment products. But what if you want to try and outperform the wider market by selecting individual stocks to hold for 5+ years? Here are some of the considerations investors often make when looking for long-term investments. 

How to identify good long-term investments

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A Flexible Stocks & Shares ISA allows you to deposit, withdraw and redeposit funds in the same tax year without impacting your annual ISA allowance. Want to see how this works? Let us explain it in just 90 seconds...


WATCH: Flexible Stocks & Shares ISAs explained in 90 seconds

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Billion-dollar deals shake up the market like nothing else, with traders glued to their screens tracking every movement. But how exactly does one company gobble up another? 

Do mergers and acquisitions help or harm your portfolio?

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Professional investors often have what’s known as a “style bias”: they tend to favour a certain type of investment over others.

The art of finding your own personal investment style

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The most common form of equity investment is buying shares in well-known public companies. There are, however, a few other equity investments that you may want to familiarise yourself with. 

Equity investments: what are the different types? 

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Knowing your way around a firm’s past and present financial statements allows an investor to really understand that company: its hopes, its fears, and its dirty little secrets.

How to analyse financial statements and make sense of a company’s numbers

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We’ve put together a few pointers below to help you navigate the app and help you get started. 


Getting started on the CMC Invest app

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Warren Buffett’s investment strategies are studied by amateur and professional investors around the world – and for good reason.

Want to Invest like Buffett? Nine of his investing tactics explained

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There are steps investors have historically taken to limit the impact of falling equity markets. Of course, no strategy is ever guaranteed to be 100% successful.

Can you ‘recession-proof’ your portfolio?

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The CMC Invest app allows you to place limit orders based on the value of shares you want to purchase, at a predetermined price, as well as the quantity you want to purchase.

Value Limit Orders vs. Quantity Limit Orders

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Just like buying goods, investors also have an idea of the price they are willing to buy or sell for an asset. Doing this, however, can be difficult in practice unless you’re spending the day watching the markets.

What are limit orders and how can you use them on the CMC Invest app?

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What do high interest rates mean for my money? There’s a good chance that question is on your mind.

How do high interest rates affect you?

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The CMC Invest app’s latest features put more information at our customers’ fingertips, allowing you to make informed investment decisions.

CMC Invest – Additional app features – May 2023

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Some investors want to build a portfolio for the long term while also taking advantage of shorter-term opportunities they see in the market.

Explaining a ‘core-satellite’ approach to investing

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For many of us with long-term investing plans, finding assets that provide income is appealing. Regular payments generated by the securities we’ve purchased can make it easier to put cash away for 5+ years.

Dividend investing – the basics and jargon busting

The pros and cons of dividend investing

When you want your portfolio to generate income, dividend-paying stocks seem like a no-brainer. These are assets that can generate stock-market returns while also paying out regular cash distributions. That all sounds pretty good.

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Everybody knows taxation is inevitable. It should come as no surprise, therefore, to learn that when we invest there are taxes we need to navigate.

WATCH: How to navigate investment taxes

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Often, it’s easy to understand what an ETF is investing in – many have names that reflect the indexes they track or the industry sectors they focus on. Other times, however, there are additional qualifying words that can cause confusion.

Income vs accumulation ETFs - what's the difference?

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It’s valuable to understand what forces influence the price of stocks. This way, you’ll know what to expect from your portfolio when market news breaks.

What moves the price of stocks?

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If you’re looking to invest in a tax-efficient manner, a Flexible Stocks & Shares ISA is worth exploring.

Getting started with a Flexible Stocks & Shares ISA – common questions and misconceptions

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Income investing involves purchasing assets that provide regular cash payments – i.e., income.

Income investing – what strategies generate cash flow?

ESG data and ratings in the CMC Invest app

If you’ve been browsing our app, you may have noticed a little difference recently. You can now access environmental, social and governance (ESG) scores and data – provided by Sustainalytics – for each asset.

How to use ESG data and ratings in the CMC Invest app

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When you hear the word ‘risk’ the first thing that springs to mind is usually your investments losing value. In reality, it’s far more nuanced than that.

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