Looking beyond poor Isa sales in run up to April

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This year's Isa season is turning out to be as popular with investors as the shooting season is with...

This year's Isa season is turning out to be as popular with investors as the shooting season is with wildlife. Sales figures are down across the board after two years of negative returns from world markets and the most popular areas of investment are bonds and income funds. Even here, the enthusiasm is containable, despite what would be seen as attractive sales messages in other, easier, market environments. Bonds are outperforming and investors almost invariably jump on a half decent three year track record, remember tech funds in early 2000? When it comes to income funds, the mess...

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