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On Thursday 18th, we launched our first report into Ethical Investing. We wanted to know what people on the street think about this. To find out we talked to 2,000 UK adults, ran a survey with The Times and also talked to our own readers - you guys! Loosely speaking we note three camps – the ‘Grumpy Old Men’, the genuinely sceptical, and the interested.

Almost a tenth of cash-strapped millennials today are lucky enough/need to get help from their grandparents to scrape together the money for the deposit on their first property. Grandparents are a financial keystone of their family, besides also providing all of the other pearls of wisdom and support necessary in family life. But which are the key pearls to make sure you pass on to the next generation?

Markets are jittery as global stock markets took a tumble and the US reported inflation of 2.3%. Listening to the Fed’s upbeat outlook for the US, Donald Trump realised he had not offended anyone for 48 hours. So he accused the Fed of being “out of control” and “crazy”. Which is like Gordon Ramsey calling Mary Berry a sex-crazed psycho*. Ironic to say the least.

So there's Mutual Funds, Index Funds, Active Funds, Passive Funds, Stocks and Shares ISAs, ETFs... with so many choices, it's hard to know where to begin!