Seemingly unable to stay out of the news these days, and in what seems to be one of the biggest PR campaigns we’ve seen, Facebook has decided to change it’s name (or atleast the name of the ‘parent’ company) to Meta. In this article, we’re going to talk about why the change, why the stock …
Facebook Changing to Meta – is the stock worth buying? Read More »
Welcome cheapskates to a slightly different stock portfolio focus article. As you will have been aware if you subscribe to our newsletter, we are getting a little nervous bout the high value of the stock market right now. The S&P500 is trading at a P/E ratio of almost 40 and its only ever been that …
We’re BUYING: iShares Physical Gold ETC (LSE:SGLN) Read More »
As we’ve said previously, 2021 so far really has been the year of crypto. Back in 2020, we would have looked to invest in a BTC or other crypto exchange traded fund, which up until last year was available through trading212. However, these funds were shut down to UK investors while the government decide how …
3 Months ago, global clean energy stocks took a bit of a nose dive. In particular, the ETF we hold in our portfolio that cover these types of stocks – The iShares Global Clean Energy ETF (INRG) dropped more than 30% between January and February. Today though, we’re doubling down on clean energy stocks. We …
We’re DOUBLING DOWN: iShares Global Clean Energy ETF (LSE:INRG) Read More »
Good evening cheapskates! We kick this investing article off a little differently. Today’s article isn’t about stocks or equities. Nope, in fact today we’re talking about savings! Boring old savings. As always, the following is not financial advice, read our disclaimer But don’t savings accounts provide poor returns? You’re absolutely right. Ordinarily, we’re very much against …
Earn guaranteed 5%+ interest on GBP savings? It’s true, but it involves crypto….. Read More »
OK cheapskates, we’re going to start this one with a word of warning (aside from our regular disclaimer) – the stocks we’re going to talk about today are not the usual stocks we would invest in. They are currently pretty volatile and we think – still pretty expensive (as far as p/e ratios go). If …
In 2021, we’ve already seen some incredible highs, as well as (more recently) some great lows. While many people may be panicking when the market takes a hit, we as cheapskates see this as an opportunity because like we’ve said before, money isn’t made in a bull market, its made in a crash. With the …
Buying the dip: 5 Do’s for investing during a crash Read More »
Welcome cheapskates to today’s article, which marks the first in a series diving deep into our own cheapskate portfolio, looking at what we buy and why we invest in them. Today we kick off with the biggest buy in our portfolio – The Invesco MSCI World UCITS ETF. What is it? If you’ve read some …
Portfolio Focus – Invesco MSCI World UCITS ETF (LSE:MXWO) Read More »
Today was an incredibly tough day for drug and healthcare giant GSK. It finished up 5.9% down for the day on it’s announcement that it expects to cut its dividend in 2022. I can’t say I’m surprised at this news, though the sharp drop was a hefty blow, especially considering we at CI have holdings …
Today we’re taking a look at UK insurance and FTSE heavyweight AVIVA and reveal why we have added this stock to the cheapskate portfolio in 2021 and expect to add more. We’re going to cover why its so cheap right now, where we think the price is heading and what we think the future holds. …