Who writes this rubbish?

FIREDreamer

slinger2 said:

So one ISA dropped 13%, the other 16.5% and that's "collectively" 29.5%?

Just as well he didn’t have 10 ISA accounts that each dropped 10%. 😂😂😂

happybagger

Reach plc. Say no more. Except, possibly, to add "Reporter could well be AI".

DiamondLil

FIREDreamer said:

slinger2 said:

So one ISA dropped 13%, the other 16.5% and that's "collectively" 29.5%?

Just as well he didn’t have 10 ISA accounts that each dropped 10%. 😂😂😂

😂😂😂 Sadly, our education system doesn't appear to be what it was.

EthicsGradient

Hoenir said:

Why is everything a personal sob story rather than a factual explanation of why it wasn't a good idea these days. Never been aa good idea to speculate with money that's required at short notice. 

The BBC did have someone on to reply to James, and she did say that for a use like a deposit when it's all going to be withdrawn at one time, "lifestyling" to reduce the risk running up to it would be a good idea. And the Express, after that awful maths, did quote her, at fair length, about this.

Today - 08/04/2025 - BBC Sounds (from 0:47:20)
https://www.express.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/2038688/trump-tariffs-impact-stocks-shares-lifetime-isa

About the writer:
"Katie Elliott is a Senior Personal Finance Reporter at the Daily Express.

She frequently writes about the TV licence, savings, mortgages, side hustle success stories, and money-making tips.

Katie was NCTJ trained in 2018 and previously worked as a content executive at a management consultancy after freelancing as a local news reporter at the Watford Observer."

Wonder if the management consultancy survived her stint?

Albermarle

ColdIron said:

Historically The Daily Express only did two types of story, Diana and the weather

Since the loss of Diana they have struggled to find another cause to champion

They have a bee in their bonnet about poor hard done by pensioners.

booneruk

I do wonder sometimes if they sit there wondering how far they can bend the truth before they get in trouble



It's complete rage-bait / fear-bait. The Telegraph is just as bad.

Sam_666

Most of articles they write are just made up stories, just to fill up pages with junk.

aroominyork

EthicsGradient said:

Hoenir said:

Why is everything a personal sob story rather than a factual explanation of why it wasn't a good idea these days. Never been aa good idea to speculate with money that's required at short notice. 

The BBC did have someone on to reply to James, and she did say that for a use like a deposit when it's all going to be withdrawn at one time, "lifestyling" to reduce the risk running up to it would be a good idea. And the Express, after that awful maths, did quote her, at fair length, about this.

Today - 08/04/2025 - BBC Sounds (from 0:47:20)

That someone was from Hargreaves Lansdown, and she suggested de-risking "in those months before you come to buy".

boingy

Hehe. It's not often you see someone adding percentages together like that. It's usually averaging percentages that gets my goat.

1spiral

Yesterday I couldn't spell mathematician.  Today I are one.