21 Dec, 2020
New research from Metro Bank, conducted by YouGov, has revealed the extent to which people worry about their personal belongings.
As Christmas is fast approaching and police warn the public not to put their presents out for others to see, it’s no surprise that a quarter of British adults that say they have a prized possession – around 8 million people – are worried about losing their possessions as a result of theft.
Alongside the one in four people who are worried about theft, more than three in 10 are worried about losing their prized possessions in a fire and nearly one in seven (15%) worry about their items being destroyed by water damage.
be in the market. as interest rates go up, maybe you consider buying inflation protected securities or buying something else that is basically safe. part of the problem today and why we had the biggest sell off ever is when markets go straight up like they have the past 14 or so months, people get over confident and there s a saying, everybody is a genius in a bull market. when they get over confident, they buy on margins. that works until it doesn t. so you ve had people i think i saw something there were a record number of retail accounts set up recently, a lot of money coming in from investors is at records. a lot of that was being borrowed. so if all of a sudden you get an alert on your phone or you get a call from your broker and your stocks are down significantly and you bought on margin, you re forced to sell. that contributed a lot to today s declines. neil: a very good point.