Shares and the stockmarket

Six months of lockdown - women more likely to be financially worse off than men

It is staggering that we have been living in the surreal world of full or partial lockdown for half a year now. Shutting down large...

Wed, 23/09/2020 - 09:56

Central bank policy pummels banking stocks (again)

HSBC, Standard Chartered, Barclays and NatWest are all toward the bottom of the performance list in the FTSE 100 in early...

Thu, 17/09/2020 - 16:00

Why has the UK stock market done so badly since the 2016 Brexit vote?

Whatever their views on the political, economic and social rights or wrongs of Brexit, and whatever their views on the Government’s latest negotiating tactics and...

Tue, 15/09/2020 - 17:05

What could make ‘value’ stocks finally outperform tech and ‘growth’ once more?

Warren Buffett once noted that ‘A pack of lemmings looks like a bunch of rugged industrialists compared with Wall Street when it gets a concept...

Wed, 09/09/2020 - 14:00

Barratt makes sure its balance sheet stays as safe as houses

Barratt’s confirmation of its decision of 6 July to cancel both its planned second-half and special dividends for fiscal 2020, saving some £375 million...

Wed, 02/09/2020 - 15:20

UK house prices rose 2.6% in the year to April

House prices rose in the year to April despite the mass shutdown of the housing market during the month. Prices rose by 2.6% in April,...

Wed, 19/08/2020 - 15:37

Shock leap in inflation

Despite the Bank of England predicting inflation would fall to near zero this year as a result of Covid-19, the rate has leapt this summer...

Wed, 19/08/2020 - 15:01

Coal burns a hole in BHP’s dividend while Persimmon rebuilds its pay-out

A plunge in profits at its coal and petroleum divisions have prompted miner BHP to cut its second-half dividend by 30%, although income-seekers will...

Tue, 18/08/2020 - 16:33

Should you recession proof your investment portfolio? Stocks and funds to consider

Investors need to be a bit wary of piling into so-called recession-proof stocks for two reasons.

First, as the economist Joseph Stiglitz once noted, ‘the...

Fri, 14/08/2020 - 11:03

UK falls into deepest ever recession

News that the UK has officially fallen into recession doesn’t come as a surprise, but the scale of the retraction in the economy means it’s...

Wed, 12/08/2020 - 09:31

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