How to cope with bills out of the blue when you really can’t afford it

Two in five people have faced an unexpected bill at some point in the past 12 months

Downing Strategic Micro-Cap Investment Trust PLC (DSM.L)

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Date	Open	High	Low	Close*	Adj. close**	Volume
19 May 2022	68.00	69.00	67.00	68.40	68.40	181,812
18 May 2022	66.50	72.00	64.95	68.50	68.50	129,589
17 May 2022	67.50	68.50	67.70	66.50	66.50	12,091
16 May 2022	66.50	68.75	64.00	67.00	67.00	46,987
13 May 2022	66.50	66.69	63.50	66.50	66.50	94,825
12 May 2022	66.50	66.20	66.20	66.50	66.50	78
11 May 2022	65.50	67.15	64.00	66.50	66.50	44,210
10 May 2022	67.00	65.50	64.00	65.50	65.50	1,847,364
09 May 2022	69.50	70.60	64.00	67.30	67.30	77,847
06 May 2022	69.50	71.00	67.30	70.00	70.00	104,687
05 May 2022	69.50	69.40	67.00	69.50	69.50	15,059
04 May 2022	70.50	73.00	66.00	69.50	69.50	155,606
03 May 2022	70.50	69.80	68.00	70.50	70.50	18,612
29 Apr 2022	71.50	70.00	69.00	71.50	71.50	35,632
28 Apr 2022	71.50	70.00	69.00	71.50	71.50	25,928
27 Apr 2022	71.50	70.20	70.10	71.50	71.50	3,201
26 Apr 2022	71.00	71.45	68.40	71.50	71.50	135,586
25 Apr 2022	70.50	71.45	68.00	68.40	68.40	88,347
22 Apr 2022	72.00	71.34	71.00	72.00	72.00	47,102
21 Apr 2022	72.00	71.62	71.00	72.00	72.00	11,052
20 Apr 2022	70.90	71.05	70.00	71.50	71.50	85,237
19 Apr 2022	70.60	70.00	68.40	70.90	70.90	25,117
14 Apr 2022	72.80	72.93	68.00	70.60	70.60	153,917
13 Apr 2022	72.80	73.00	72.60	72.80	72.80	91,879
12 Apr 2022	70.80	73.50	71.40	72.80	72.80	184,703
11 Apr 2022	70.50	73.00	70.55	70.80	70.80	44,561
08 Apr 2022	67.50	74.00	67.00	70.30	70.30	725,950
07 Apr 2022	67.50	67.50	67.00	67.50	67.50	11,128
06 Apr 2022	67.50	67.80	66.50	67.50	67.50	86,896
05 Apr 2022	68.50	69.07	67.00	67.20	67.20	115,896
04 Apr 2022	66.50	70.00	66.51	69.00	69.00	458,833
01 Apr 2022	67.00	67.00	66.00	66.50	66.50	306,960
31 Mar 2022	67.50	67.49	66.00	67.00	67.00	111,423
30 Mar 2022	69.00	69.72	67.00	69.00	69.00	338,641
29 Mar 2022	70.00	72.00	66.61	67.00	67.00	408,405
28 Mar 2022	70.00	71.56	68.00	70.00	70.00	19,477
25 Mar 2022	71.00	70.00	70.00	70.50	70.50	26,610
24 Mar 2022	70.00	70.00	69.98	70.50	70.50	53,821
23 Mar 2022	70.00	70.10	68.50	70.00	70.00	26,198
22 Mar 2022	69.50	70.26	68.50	70.00	70.00	73,028
21 Mar 2022	69.50	69.50	68.00	69.50	69.50	15,657
18 Mar 2022	69.50	68.00	66.60	69.50	69.50	50,221
17 Mar 2022	70.00	70.72	68.50	70.00	70.00	220,098
16 Mar 2022	67.00	70.00	67.89	69.50	69.50	29,008
15 Mar 2022	65.00	67.00	63.00	66.00	66.00	102,628
14 Mar 2022	66.50	69.00	64.00	67.50	67.50	157,339
11 Mar 2022	67.50	66.75	66.02	66.50	66.50	48,886
10 Mar 2022	67.50	67.50	66.00	67.50	67.50	73,703
09 Mar 2022	69.00	69.00	66.50	67.50	67.50	58,227
08 Mar 2022	67.50	67.00	65.00	66.50	66.50	23,887
07 Mar 2022	67.00	71.00	65.00	67.50	67.50	89,400
04 Mar 2022	72.50	72.30	67.00	67.00	67.00	79,493
03 Mar 2022	72.75	73.00	71.50	72.50	72.50	123,950
02 Mar 2022	72.75	72.94	72.50	72.75	72.75	83,510
01 Mar 2022	72.75	74.50	72.02	72.75	72.75	131,354
28 Feb 2022	69.50	73.00	69.99	72.75	72.75	40,251
25 Feb 2022	70.00	72.00	67.50	71.50	71.50	23,178
24 Feb 2022	69.00	72.00	67.00	70.00	70.00	39,740
23 Feb 2022	71.50	74.00	69.68	72.00	72.00	61,168
22 Feb 2022	72.75	73.30	70.50	73.00	73.00	97,670
21 Feb 2022	71.00	74.00	69.51	73.50	73.50	52,424
18 Feb 2022	71.25	73.98	70.86	73.00	73.00	168,224
17 Feb 2022	71.00	71.60	70.00	71.00	71.00	74,276
16 Feb 2022	68.50	71.50	66.00	70.75	70.75	64,781
15 Feb 2022	68.00	70.25	65.36	68.25	68.25	44,356
14 Feb 2022	68.50	70.50	65.00	68.00	68.00	10,742
11 Feb 2022	71.25	70.89	70.50	70.75	70.75	116,696
10 Feb 2022	70.75	71.00	69.02	70.75	70.75	40,882
09 Feb 2022	70.50	70.67	70.00	70.75	70.75	58,552
08 Feb 2022	68.75	71.00	68.84	70.25	70.25	19,745
07 Feb 2022	70.00	70.00	67.10	68.75	68.75	214,019
04 Feb 2022	71.00	71.35	69.00	70.00	70.00	228,643
03 Feb 2022	71.00	71.35	70.00	71.00	71.00	46,917
02 Feb 2022	71.00	71.50	70.00	71.00	71.00	58,018
01 Feb 2022	70.00	71.00	68.10	71.00	71.00	61,164
31 Jan 2022	69.50	72.00	67.00	70.00	70.00	119,619
28 Jan 2022	69.50	69.30	67.50	69.50	69.50	24,232
27 Jan 2022	69.00	69.04	67.00	69.50	69.50	95,869
26 Jan 2022	69.75	71.00	68.00	68.50	68.50	40,079
25 Jan 2022	69.50	68.22	67.00	69.50	69.50	22,358
24 Jan 2022	71.00	69.00	66.50	69.50	69.50	104,913
21 Jan 2022	73.00	71.70	69.00	71.00	71.00	104,799
20 Jan 2022	73.00	72.98	71.00	73.50	73.50	63,305
19 Jan 2022	72.00	75.00	70.00	73.00	73.00	60,770
18 Jan 2022	74.00	73.66	70.00	72.00	72.00	67,429
17 Jan 2022	74.00	73.05	72.00	74.00	74.00	27,794
14 Jan 2022	73.00	74.10	72.00	73.50	73.50	75,519
13 Jan 2022	72.50	74.20	70.00	73.00	73.00	50,294
12 Jan 2022	70.00	74.23	68.00	72.50	72.50	59,022
11 Jan 2022	68.50	70.00	67.00	69.00	69.00	96,255
10 Jan 2022	72.50	70.00	68.00	68.50	68.50	166,007
07 Jan 2022	72.50	71.80	68.00	72.00	72.00	129,362
06 Jan 2022	72.50	70.00	69.00	72.50	72.50	12,564
05 Jan 2022	70.00	71.50	69.00	72.50	72.50	19,246
04 Jan 2022	71.50	70.50	69.00	70.00	70.00	76,815
31 Dec 2021	70.50	70.00	69.50	69.50	69.50	5,673
30 Dec 2021	72.00	70.20	70.00	70.50	70.50	42,142
29 Dec 2021	72.50	71.50	70.25	72.00	72.00	21,749
24 Dec 2021	72.50	70.50	70.50	72.50	72.50	1,055
23 Dec 2021	73.00	72.40	70.50	72.50	72.50	42,303
Close price adjusted for splits.*Close price adjusted for splits and dividend and/or capital gain distributions.

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How to cope with bills out of the blue when you really can’t afford it

Downing Strategic Micro-Cap Investment Trust PLC (DSM.L)

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