Shares and the stockmarket

Here we go again. No sooner does market action start to take a distinctly deflationary bias than a major central bank pipes up with some...

This ratio provides a more accurate reflection of a company's net worth than using PE.

The global M&A market is booming. More than $3 trillion...

AIM’s 1,063 members have a total market cap of around £73 billion compared to the 982 firms which make up the £2.1 trillion Main Market....

The Government’s plans to sell its remaining stake in Lloyds and place a £2 billion block of stock with retail investors next spring means the...

When Goldman Sachs speaks, markets listen. So when the giant US investment bank last month suggested a worst-case scenario could see oil hit $20 a...

The old market saying that you can have cheap assets and low valuations, just not both at the same time, applies to continental and national...

Last week this column touched on the issue of the vexed issue of the valuation of the UK stock market, using market capitalisation to GDP...

Valuation is the ultimate arbiter of the return on investment from any portfolio pick. No matter how strong the narrative, paying too much can lead...