1.   Do you want to make regular contributions to an investment plan, or to invest a lump sum?

2.   Exports are lower, household spending is weakening and businesses show signs of losing faith in their investment plans.

3.   Larger capital intensive firms equally benefit from the reduced levels of uncertainty surrounding their future investment plans.

4.   Wealth Protector, which combines a discretionary trust with a choice of investment plans.

5.   With automatic investment plan, invest late in month, historically poor time for stocks.

6.   With excess capacity and falling profits, firms are likely to cut their investment plans this year.

7.   Within two months of the decision the West German companies Siemens and BMW had announced investment plans for the site.

8.   They may discourage investment plans and hence long-term growth.

9.   Although investment plans may be curtailed by high interest rates, current borrowing by many firms cannot easily be curtailed.