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About Sharepages.com
Sharepages.com launched in August 1999 in response to the growing demand by UK investors for up-to-the-minute, free online stock market information. The site has seen unprecedented growth in traffic and has established itself as one of the UK's premier investor websites. On 4 December 2000 Sharepages' parent company, Knowledge Technology Solutions PLC, floated on AIM.
There are over 400,000 active investors currently using Sharepages' online investor service. These range from individual investors to market analysts, fund managers, institutions and FTSE companies who use Sharepages for tracking the stock market and making better-informed investment decisions.
Features
Sharepages provides a range of unique analytical tools which offer its users latest, cutting-edge stock market information. High-performance analysis systems allow Sharepages users access to a wealth of professional financial results on daily trading patterns as well as providing an overview of the market activities at a glance, empowering the private investor to make better informed investment decisions. In addition to equity information, users can also access prices and news on gilts, investment trusts and warrants, along with financial statements and company profiles.
Features offered include:
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Market indices
Fast price quotes
Analytics chart the day’s movers
Company charts, profiles & fundamentals
Comprehensive news service
Portfolio Management
Alerts
City Diary
WAP and PDA services
Free Annual Reports
Ticker
Share of the Day
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Financial Sites > AAA Investment Guide
About the AAA Investment Guide
The AAA Investment Guide is crammed with facts and information for investors and savers. Good knowledge is essential for successful and profitable management of your investments.
The Guide is in two parts: Part 1 is an informative guide to financial planning with emphasis on keeping your tax bill down and seeking the best investment advice. Part 2 has detailed information on 130 ways to invest and is listed in the frame on the left of this page.
The Financial Times wrote on 31 March: "From the standpoint of basic, clearly written information on a variety of investing topics, AAA Investment Guide is hard to beat."
Part 1
Part 1 explains your investment and savings strategy and how your tax rate determines the type of investment you need to consider. But tax is not everything. Almost as important is the length of time you wish to hold your investments. That depends on what you eventually want to do with the money you have invested. You need to makde some decisions yourself and you may need to seek investment advice.
Part 1's Contents are as follows:
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Your Investment and Savings Strategy
Best Investment Advice and How To Get It
Keeping Down Your Tax Bill
How Different Types of Investments Are Taxed
Capital Gains Tax and Inheritance Tax
Spread Your Money Around
Turning Income into Capital
How Best to Invest in Stocks and Shares
Living and Working Abroad
Saving Towards a Pension
Wives' Income and Investments
Children's Investments
Giving Money to Adult Children
Change in Plan
Boosting Your Retirement Income
Investment Summary
Unclaimed Assets Register
Useful Web Addresses
How Much Interest
Subscriber Pages
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Part 2
Part 2 lists 130 Ways to Invest. The important points of each investment are detailed on its individual page. Where you see an entry denoted with the symbol or * ; this means that the investment is the best value of its type. Most such investments have some UK tax concession associated with them. All tax rules and advice relate to UK residents.
