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William Cain

About the expert

William Cain covers the support services, industrial engineering, general financial, auto-parts and tobacco sectors at Shares. He has 12 years of experience in journalism and has been covering financial markets for the last eight in London and Sydney, Australia. Specialist areas include banking, wealth management, payments and economics.
Latest articles from William Cain

  • -1.2%: Republican returns

    Investors hoping for a strong stock market run following Donald Trump’s inauguration may be disappointed.

    First year returns on the S&P 500 after the election...

    Thu, 26/01/2017 - 00:00

  • 5 years: European companies’ profit decline

    European Union listed companies look set to complete 2016 with their fifth consecutive year of earnings per share (EPS) declines.

    But Morgan Stanley says their...

    Thu, 26/01/2017 - 00:00

  • Buy or sell: What to do when a share price falls

    Buy low and sell high. Sounds simple, doesn’t it? Investors following this advice have over the years become either extremely rich or flat broke.

    So...

    Thu, 26/01/2017 - 00:00

  • Quality insurance arm to revive Personal Group

    A sell-off at insurance and employee benefits specialist Personal Group (PGH:AIM) may offer an opportunity to pick up shares in a good company at a...

    Thu, 19/01/2017 - 00:00

  • 56.7%: UK oil price gain

    Surging oil prices, up 56.7% in sterling terms over the past year, contributed to a spike in the consumer prices index.

    Consumer prices increased 1.6%...

    Thu, 19/01/2017 - 00:00

  • £671m: Rolls-Royce fine

    The stock market can be a confusing beast: shares in
    Rolls-Royce (RR.) gained more than 7% when it said it had been...

    Thu, 19/01/2017 - 00:00

  • 14 days: FTSE 100 win streak

    The UK’s blue chip benchmark saw its winning run, which stretched to 14 consecutive days of gains, come to an end on Monday 16 January....

    Thu, 19/01/2017 - 00:00

  • Calls on ECB to ditch stimulus

    Mario Draghi treads the tightrope this week (20 Jan) when the European Central Bank (ECB) chief updates on interest rates.

    The ECB is under pressure...

    Thu, 19/01/2017 - 00:00

  • Bank that predicted 2008 crisis stops lending

    Surging consumer lending has already caught the attention of the UK’s central bank. Now a stock-market listed lender which stopped lending ahead of the 2008...

    Thu, 19/01/2017 - 00:00

  • H&T is an alternative play on gold price gains

    Pawnbroker H&T (HAT:AIM) is up 71% since we flagged the stock in late 2014 – and the rally could have further to run....

    Thu, 19/01/2017 - 00:00