Five things clients will call you about this week

FIVE THINGS

Nicola Brittain
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It's our round-up of the stories your clients may have read in the national newspapers over the weekend...

Be positive about the stock market Your clients might want to reassess investments in light of a poll reported on by the Telegraph which appeared to indicated that positivity with regard to stock market predictions pays off. A poll of 8,000 people conducted by Pollster Populus indicated that the more pessimistic a client was about the FTSE 100 index in 2013, the more likely they are to be poor, inexperienced and living in an economically depressed area. Property investors might want to reallocate investments There is ongoing bad news for homeowners and investors in property accord...

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