{"id":22771,"date":"2016-08-13T13:00:18","date_gmt":"2016-08-13T06:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/savers-it-could-be-time-to-take-a-punt-on-the-stock-market\/"},"modified":"2016-08-13T13:03:29","modified_gmt":"2016-08-13T06:03:29","slug":"savers-it-could-be-time-to-take-a-punt-on-the-stock-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/savers-it-could-be-time-to-take-a-punt-on-the-stock-market\/","title":{"rendered":"Savers, it could be time to take a punt on the stock market"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nOne analyst says it\u2019s the only game in town, post-Brexit vote and Bank of England interest rate cutSavings rates are collapsing and alternatives such as peer-to-peer lending will be regarded by many as too risky. So is it time for small investors to start buying shares in big-name companies, which in many cases are now paying dividends in excess of 6%?Shares in the FTSE 100 are currently forecast to pay out dividends equivalent to a \u201cyield\u201d of around 3.5% this year. However, if you choose your firm carefully you can almost double that rate of return, albeit with the usual risk warnings. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
\nRead more…Savers, it could be time to take a punt on the stock market<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

One analyst says it\u2019s the only game in town, post-Brexit vote and Bank of England...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22771","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-5Vh","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":22703,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/with-interest-rates-low-investment-funds-look-attractive\/","url_meta":{"origin":22771,"position":0},"title":"With interest rates low, investment funds look attractive","date":"August 12, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"\r They are paying an annual income of up to 7%, so it could make financial sense for savers to to leave deposit accounts behindA fund from investment giant Fidelity is offering an annual income of around 7% \u2013 or 14 times the interest paid on the average easy access\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":61610,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/should-frustrated-savers-gamble-on-the-stock-market-or-play-it-safe\/","url_meta":{"origin":22771,"position":1},"title":"Should frustrated savers gamble on the stock market or play it safe?","date":"July 24, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Hopes of seeing an interest rate rise have\u00a0been dashed this week \u2013 so what should you do next? 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