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What's your money doing? There are ways to assess whether your investments reflect your values about socially responsible investing. |
| We all dream of high returns on our investments. But some investors' dreams become nightmares after they lend or deposit their savings in schemes offering unrealistically high returns. As a guide, anything offering more than a 2% return above established, like products is considered 'high'. And that generally means increased risk. So before you commit your life savings to that seemingly lucrative, 'sure-fire' investment, it pays to ask yourself some serious questions. |  |
| Four most common investment options Growth, balanced, capital stable and capital guaranteed. What's right for you? | Negative returns: the dark side of investments People invest because they expect to make money, but negative returns are always a risk. |
| The high life - FAQs Ask yourself these basic questions about pie-in-the-sky promises | Spotting what's too good to be true Follow the rule of 72 |
| Like 10% returns per month? Who wouldn't. Beware the classic Ponzi scheme | What history shows See a century of investment returns: the events might surprise you |
| What's the 'average' rate of return? What do you mean by 'average'? A tale of two funds | Past performance figures are not indicative of future returns |
