Shares and the stockmarket

The popular perception among most investors at the start of 2025 was that Donald Trump’s bark was worse than his bite – in other words,...

Retail shareholders have come out in force to have their say on the proposals put forward by hedge fund Saba Capital to shake up...

Financial markets had assumed that Trump would talk tough on tariffs and back off when he got a deal, so the US president’s plan to...

The Nasdaq Composite and benchmark S&P 500 indices were knocked-off course this week by a relatively unknown Chinese AI (artificial intelligence) upstart DeepSeek, which has...

Apple is selling products and services by the bucketload. It has set new records for revenue and earnings and has declared the final three months...

Speculation that Diageo might sell its Guinness brand and confirmation that WH Smith is thinking about offloading its UK high street business have got tongues...

If you’ve been keeping an eye on the stock market this week, you might have noticed US technology stocks taking a big dive. Companies like...

It is too early to truly quantify the full impact of the Budget-related cost pressures on the retail sector. Putting a number on the extra...

The week may have started quietly with markets closed for Martin Luther King Day on Monday (20 January) and the inauguration of President Trump, but...

Financial markets seem to be looking back fondly upon Donald J. Trump's first four-year term in the White House and hoping for more of the...