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Guest Columnists

What have shadow chancellor George Osborne, key Gordon Brown aide Ed Balls, Orange founder Hans Snook and leading City pundit Terry Smith got in common? Answer: they've all written guest columns for the Investors Chronicle. As have many more influential figures in the world of finance and investment. You can read the latest contributions here.


Recent articles

Oversold, or just plain cheap?

COMMENT: It feels like death by a thousand cuts in the equity markets, but is it time to buy?

09 October 2008

My Icesave woes

IC personal finance editor Moira O'Neil wishes she'd left the Icesave party before meltdown began

08 October 2008

Fixed-odds wizard: week 36

TRADING DIARY: Our fixed-odds betting wizard is holding his nerve despite market calamity

07 October 2008

Shares, anyone?

STRATEGY: The right time to buy is rarely the obvious time. But several managers and institutions, including the legendary Anthony Bolton, are suggesting it might be now

06 October 2008

COMMENT: Time for Back to Basics investing

COMMENT: It could be time to ape Warren Buffett's value-based investment approach

01 October 2008

Fixed-odds wizard: week 35

TRADING DIARY: Amid some chaotic scenes in the financial markets, the fixed-odds wizard is making money and reveals where he's going to be trading next

30 September 2008

Congress says 'no'

US banks will get their bail out sooner or later, but America wants Wall Street to share the pain

30 September 2008

A brief history of bail-outs

Is the proposed rescue of the US banking system really unprecedented? No - taxpayers have bailed out investors many times before...

25 September 2008

COMMENT: Where next for speculators?

COMMENT: Now shorting in financial services stocks is banned, where will the bears turn?

24 September 2008

J'accuse!

Who's to blame for the banking crisis? Here's a top ten of potential scapegoats

23 September 2008

Your opinion

How safe is my money (1)

READER QUESTIONS: Are Isas covered by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme?

  • 13 May 2008
  • Written by:
    Moira O'Neill

How safe is my money (2)

READER QUESTIONS: If money is held in an offshore account, does it have the same protection as it would onshore?

  • 13 May 2008
  • Written by:
    IC reader questions

Bargain Shares

Simon Thompson picks six stocks with good prospects, huge asset backing, and bombed-out share prices!

Find out which they are, and track their share price performance, here


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