Shares and the stockmarket

Not everyone approves of the practice of short-selling but supporters will point to the diligent research involved, the risk posed by the...

Apple frightened investors back in November when boss Tim Cook announced the firm would no longer disclose unit sales figures for iPhones, iPads and iMacs...

The FTSE All-Share trades within barely 10% of an all-time high that it set in Spring 2018 but investors might not guess as much, given...

Like him or loathe him, markets are having to listen to President Trump and keep an eye on his Twitter account for good measure (even...

The dream lives on, at least for Prime Minister (PM) Shinzō Abe. The 2019 Rugby World Cup will be but a taster for the Liberal...

It could be argued that the Asian baby was rather thrown out with the Turkish bathwater in 2018, as a stronger dollar, weaker commodity prices...

Since 2012, European Central Bank (ECB) President Mario Draghi has done “whatever it takes” to keep the euro and the Eurozone’s economy on the road...

The themes which dominated in 2018 – key elections, the direction of the dollar, commodity prices and trade talks with America – are all likely...

The Budget failed to make a significant impact on the London stock market with the UK-focused FTSE 250 index moving up slightly during the start...

Chancellor Phillip Hammond set the usual pre-Budget rumour mill into overdrive last week when he told journalists the current pension tax relief system is eye-wateringly...