The new 'ethical growth' portfolio has been created Interactive Investor. You have to buy and sell every fund, trust or ETF individually, but each is given a recommended weighting.

Analysis by data firm Refinitiv finds that technology made an average annual growth rate of 18.2 per cent on the stock market.

Jeff Prestridge speaks to fund manager Kartik Kumar about his key role in overhauling the portfolio of Artemis Alpha, a £135million investment trust primarily invested in the UK stock market.

Some investors in the 8% mini-bonds offered by stricken Mexican restaurant chain Chilango have elected to cut their losses and cash out nearly £48,000 they put in, losing 90% of their investment.

I invested in wine through the Bordeaux Wine Company which has collapsed. I have now been contacted by Empire Investment Capital Limited, which says it has a buyer for my wine.

We Britons love chocolate. So if we, as consumers, are intent on devouring as much chocolate as we can get our hands on, could it also deliver a tasty profit for savers?

Sections of the investment community have been campaigning for years for companies to incorporate environmental, social and governance criteria into the way they do business.

The latest Profit Watch UK report from The Share Centre has revealed UK-listed company profits fell for a second quarter in a row between October and December last year.

Although the powder-puff City regulator the FCA has launched an investigation into the demise of Woodford Investment Management, this probe seems to be progressing at a snail's pace.

Before you jump on the bandwagon, it is worth remembering that a company's fortunes - especially one so closely linked to its boss - Elon Musk - can change quickly.

The sweeping changes will mean that investors who hold shares through a third party stockbroker or in an Isa account will no longer receive the vouchers which were launched in 2004.

Global Wine Exchange sold me two cases of wine on the promise that they would be sold at a profit. They haven't been sold. GWE then told me that if I bought two more cases, they would sell all four.

Small investors in Sirius Minerals are compiling a dossier to hand to the City watchdog over fears they were misled when they bought shares in the troubled miner.

Just as inflation hit a surprise six-month high of 1.8% last week, National Savings & Investments joined the big banks in slashing its savings rates and cutting prizes on its Premium Bonds. 

It has been a rollercoaster ride for investors over the past few weeks as stock markets have felt the financial effects of coronavirus.

While the chances of being a space tourist is slim for most, the sector could provide investors with some opportunities.

I am now being held to ransom and am a prisoner of the old firm. I can transfer the whole amount but I want to spread my investments, and see how the new ones perform and what the service is like.

In the early days of the virus, the markets reacted and then seemed to steady themselves, leading to a belief that this was a temporary blip and things would soon return to normal.

At a Christie's auction in London in November a Hermès bag, a rare matte white Himalaya Niloticus Crocodile Birkin 30, sold for a whopping £125,000. The estimated price was £60,000 to £80,000.

Ahead of International Women's Day tomorrow, the FTSE 100 welcomed its sixth female chief executive this week as Milena Mondini de Focatiis was named new boss of insurance group Admiral.

S.C. writes: I am sending you a request for information I received from Barclays Smart Investor and I wonder whether you find it as offensive as I do.

Whilst I fully understand the risk of my investments, I was not aware I could lose the pension if the platform company failed. Is this really the case? What are the dangers investors need to know about?

The FTSE 100 has gone nowhere in 20 years, so why are investors told to think long-term? That is the question those of us who advocate investing deserve to face.

Stock markets are in freefall as coronavirus threatens to tip the world into recession. The FTSE fell another 4 per cent yesterday, taking losses in the past three weeks to more than 30 per cent.

If ever there was a time when investors needed a hero, it's now. And among the stock market capitulation, a ray of light has arrived with the latest list of Dividend Heroes.

A number of asset managers have suspended trading on their open-ended property funds as markets continue to be rocked by the coronavirus panic.

No one quite knows where the gold price is heading - up or down - but the precious metal's reputation as a safe haven in troubled times is resulting in record investor demand.

It is hard to find a silver lining in the coronavirus crisis, but what is make-or-break for many business sectors - including travel, tourism and hospitality - might turn out to be a chance for others.

The stock market rally earlier in the week was largely in response to the US government aid package, but it also suggested some investors are hazarding a guess at what the future will hold.

Anthony Bolton, who has been one of the UK's most successful investors over the last four decades, said he has returned to investing in a personal capacity.

In buying shares in their own firms, directors are signalling they have confidence in the company's future - and that the share price represents good value.

Following the closure of millions of businesses due to the coronavirus, many firms are looking to do all they can to hang on to cash reserves to help them through the difficult time ahead.

Any update on recent trading and what this could mean for 2020's revenues and profits will be gratefully received by shareholders when Tesco reports its full-year results next Wednesday.

Some people will disapprove of the idea of making money from this struggle. But investors have been snapping up shares in businesses developing vaccines or tests.

Tight controls haven't inhibited Terry Smith in running his well-honed Fundsmith investment empire that spans London, Connecticut and Mauritius, where he lives.

I looked for a safe investment and came across Wellesley & Co. I received a call, apparently from Wellesley but which turned out to be from a scammer. And I instructed my bank to transfer cash.

Technology stocks, which are usually the worst-hit during market downturns, are among the best performers over the past six weeks during the coronavirus chaos. This is Money finds out why.

Five years has always been the standard stipulation from financial experts as the minimum period that small investors should plan to remain in the market.

It is one of the most viewed shares on online trading platforms and its price has rocketed from 13 per cent at the start of the year to a peak of 491p on Tuesday.

Uncertainty may be the new normal. But investors would still like to know whether share prices are close to their lows, or if there is worse to come. The answer is: it's complicated.

These are investment trusts whose shares last week were trading at discounts to asset value in excess of 10 per cent. They are all trusts run by respectable investment houses.

With Covid-19 dominating the news, the focus on healthcare has never been greater. Companies making everything from vaccines to disinfectant are suddenly having their moment in the sun.

The board of the £509million Temple Bar investment trust has served notice to its manager Ninety One, after portfolio manager Alastair Mundy stepped down for health reasons.

It won't just be Lloyds Banking Group under the spotlight when it reports its first-quarter results - it will be the whole economy.

In a little under two weeks the reward for digitally mining Bitcoin will be halved from 12.5 coins per block to 6.25, constricting the supply of the cryptocurrency and potentially driving up price.

In future, more people may want to preserve their money, rather than maximise returns. Fund managers like Jonathan Ruffer who are committed to safeguarding could become power players.

Anglo Pacific Group PLC (LON:APF) has access to a huge amount of financial firepower, both from its own balance sheet and in the form of various borrowing facilities that are in place.

Of 176 dividend announcements made by companies between mid-March and mid-April, only 14 confirmed the continued payment of a dividend. But there is the odd 'sweet spot'.

Royal Mail employees have kept services operating in the midst of a crisis. So it is surprising Back has chosen, since the shutdown began on March 23, to hunker down with his family abroad.

Far be it for me to comment on the US's medical response to the coronavirus, but amid these failings the US does appear to have managed the business piece remarkably well.