Latest articles by Sarah Moore
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Is it time to switch current accounts?
Features Interests rates on high-paying current accounts are coming under pressure. Sarah Moore looks at the options for savers.
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Heavy lifting still to do for robo-advisers
Features Nutmeg, the online investment manager (or “robo-adviser”), has tripled its turnover since 2014, but it is yet to turn a profit. Sarah Moore reports.
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Business rates: 600,000 businesses escape tax
Features Anyone investing in commercial property needs to take notice of the changes to business rates. Sarah Moore explains.
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Unmortgage: better than a mortgage?
Features Unmortgage claims to be the missing step between renting and getting on the property ladder. Should you be tempted? Sarah Moore investigates.
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The risks of Airbnb
Features Airbnb’s growing popularity means that there is increasing concern about its impact on the property market. Sarah Moore reports.
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Commercial real estate braced for global slowdown
Features The latest property monitoring report from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors points to a slowdown in commercial real estate. Sarah Moore explains.
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Reits come of age
Features Listed real-estate companies have finally been given their own sector classification within the Global Industry Classification Standard. Sarah Moore explains.
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Fund in focus: emerging markets coming out of earnings recession
Features Emerging markets may finally be coming out of a multi-year period of earnings recession, says Edward Lam, Manager of Somerset Emerging Markets Dividend Growth Fund.
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An easy way to buy Reits
Features Sarah Moore tips one great real-estate investment trust (Reit) to buy for those wanting to invest in property.
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A cool summer for house prices
Features House-price rises continued to slow during July, according to the latest UK residential market survey from the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors.
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Is the ETF boom over?
Features Exchange-traded funds have become increasingly popular, says Sarah Moore. But recent figures question whether that growth is coming to an end.
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Brexit rattles London commercial property
Features UK commercial-property values fell by 3.3% in July, in one of the earliest indications of a post-Brexit slowdown in the sector.
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Running dry: how to profit from a parched world
Features As demand for water rises and supplies become more erratic, firms with the technology and infrastructure to tackle shortages stand to gain, says Sarah Moore.
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New green tax for buy-to-letters
Features Hundreds of thousands of buy-to-let landlords may soon have to pay up to £5,000 to upgrade the energy efficiency of their properties. Sarah Moore reports.
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Absolute-return funds: too good to be true?
Tutorials Absolute-return funds are those that aim to achieve positive returns regardless of whether the market is going up or down. Do they work? Sarah Moore explains.
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Two stock-picking strategies compared
Features Sarah Moore looks at why the fortunes of two of Britain's leading emerging-market equity funds have diverged in recent years.
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Why Britain needs to get building
Features Britain would need to build 300,000 houses each year to tackle the UK’s housing shortage. Sarah Moore reports.
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Why passive pays in emerging markets
Features Many investors still prefer active funds when investing in emerging markets. But that, says Sarah Moore, may not be the best option.
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It pays to back the star fund managers
Features When it comes to buying an actively managed funds, Sarah Moore explains why it pays to look for star quality.
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Troubled challenger banks: worth a punt?
Features Challenger banks have seen their shares plummet since Britain's vote to leave the EU. Is now the time to buy in, asks Sarah Moore.
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Should you buy housebuilders?
Features House builders have seen their shares hammered since the Brexit vote. Is there further to fall – or is this a buying opportunity? Sarah Moore investigates.
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The exodus from real-estate funds
Features Investors in real-estate funds have been rushing for the exits. Sarah Moore looks at what's going on.
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Will quitting EU hurt our finance industry?
Features Brexit supporters argued that the UK’s financial services industry will be able better off outside the EU, while others disagree. So which is it, asks Sarah Moore.
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Should I buy discounted trusts?
Features We’re keen on investment trusts at MoneyWeek, so should you snap them up at a discount? Sarah Moore reports.
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