How to invest £1,000 – and make it work as hard as possible

Adding some fixed income exposure to those equities – a 20pc bonds, 80pc stocks mix – reduces the volatility.  A portfolio with this mix typically falls less, reduced to 19pc before recovering over time. Return expectations are also dampened with volatility however, and an average return on £1,000 over five years is £1,892. Still too […]