Shares and the stockmarket

FTSE 100 could be in for its biggest shake-up since 2009 as latest index shuffle looms

Despite their latest sharp rallies, easyJet and Carnival are still very likely to lose their FTSE 100 status in the latest quarterly reshuffle,...

Wed, 27/05/2020 - 13:43

Dividend cuts by UK companies this year exceed £30 billion

Dividend cuts and deferrals have now topped £30bn leaving income investors with a large hole in their portfolios. While some investors might be hoping the...

Wed, 20/05/2020 - 16:34

Inflation plummets as impacts of lockdown kick in

April saw a dramatic fall in inflation, down to 0.8% from the 1.5% in March. This marks the lowest rate for CPI inflation since August...

Wed, 20/05/2020 - 10:06

Land Securities shares crumble as rents and asset values slide

Land Securities’ shares are on the slide after its results and it is hard to work out what is upsetting investors more – the...

Tue, 12/05/2020 - 16:44

50 days of lockdown – how have investors fared?

We’re now 50 days into lockdown in the UK, and although for many of us it will feel like day 500, there has been some...

Tue, 12/05/2020 - 16:17

BT shares back to 1984 levels as £3.3 billion in dividends blown away

A third dividend cut in its history means that BT is finally finding the combination of hefty debts, big pension deficit, tight regulation and...

Thu, 07/05/2020 - 13:56

RBS rounds off a rotten week for the Big Five banks

One of the very few things that RBS’ first-quarter results have going for them is that it was the last bank of the Big...

Fri, 01/05/2020 - 12:11

Shell shocks shareholders with a dividend cut

Pugnacious comments about how much cash and liquidity it had at hand in both of its March trading updates on the impact of COVID-19 on...

Thu, 30/04/2020 - 12:31

Product pipeline boosts AstraZeneca as drug giant seeks Covid-19 cure

AstraZeneca is one of just 11 FTSE 100 firms whose shares have risen so far in 2020 and the pharmaceutical giant’s first-quarter results and...

Wed, 29/04/2020 - 17:38

Barclays’ investment bank does its best to prove its worth

Surging loan loss provisions and plunging pre-tax profits are already losing their ability to shock investors, who are already familiar with these trends after the...

Wed, 29/04/2020 - 14:57

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