Articles by James Mackreides

James Mackreides

James Mackreides

'Mac' is a short tempered former helicopter pilot, now a writer based in Sofia, Bulgaria. Loves dogs, the outdoors and staying far away from the ocean.

Rishi Sunak: Rather than changing policy, we need to change culture in order to encourage investment
Personal Finance

Rishi Sunak: Rather than changing policy, we need to change culture in order to encourage investment

Former prime minister Rishi Sunak tells BFIA, "We need a cultural change, not a policy change to get people to invest more."/p...

Why it might be dangerous to include cryptocurrency ETN in your ISA
Investment Advice

Why it might be dangerous to include cryptocurrency ETN in your ISA

After HMRC confirmed that investors would only be permitted to hold the assets in a stocks and shares ISA for six months, adding cryptocu...

Fiscal drag bites: more than a million people pay 45% income tax
Investment Advice

Fiscal drag bites: more than a million people pay 45% income tax

Last year, over a million people in the UK paid the highest rate of income tax due to frozen thresholds pushing hundreds of thousands mor...

Keep an eye on these three AI stocks
Investments

Keep an eye on these three AI stocks

Despite growing concerns about their valuations, artificial intelligence (AI) stocks are still very popular and appear to be for some tim...

How to put money into private equity
Investments

How to put money into private equity

Sherman McCoy, the lead character in the 1987 book The Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom Wolfe, was described as a "master of the unive...

Why is BFIA a student at the Austrian School of Economics?
Investment Advice

Why is BFIA a student at the Austrian School of Economics?

In its 25 years of operation, BFIA has established a solid reputation for identifying the key economic trends in the economy and society ...

Halifax: Despite concerns about the Autumn Budget tax, UK home price growth reaches a new high for 2025
Investments

Halifax: Despite concerns about the Autumn Budget tax, UK home price growth reaches a new high for 2025

As average UK house prices continue to reach record highs, buyers seem to have overcome their anxiety prior to the Autumn Budget, though ...

How to handle the fluctuations in the financial markets
Investments

How to handle the fluctuations in the financial markets

He has learned the following important lessons. It's said that "the lesson of history is that the lessons of history are nev...

Though at a slower pace, investors are still withdrawing money from equity funds Where is the money going?
Investments

Though at a slower pace, investors are still withdrawing money from equity funds Where is the money going?

This is how September's fund sectors were impacted. After the amount of net outflows into funds nearly halved in September, inves...

Is it good that NSandI is raising interest rates on British Savings Bonds?
Financial Advice

Is it good that NSandI is raising interest rates on British Savings Bonds?

After National Savings and Investment (NS&I) raised the interest rates on new issues of its British Savings Bonds, savers received a boos...

"Why I started BFIA"
Investment Advice

"Why I started BFIA"

That's where BFIA was useful. Warren Buffett once stated that very successful people are different from successful people in that...

"My annual ISA allowance has been utilized"
Personal Finance

"My annual ISA allowance has been utilized"

We look at ways to shield your money from taxes, as millions of people must pay taxes on savings interest. A growing number of pe...