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What are preference shares and should you buy them?
Thursday 04 Jul 2019A little understood part of the market, preference shares could be worth a look for some investors. A hybrid financial instrument with characteristics of both equities and bonds, they might appeal to older investors looking for a steady and reliable yield. WHAT ARE PREFERENCE SHARES? There are two...
Emerging Markets: Why Russia has outperformed
Thursday 27 Jun 2019Russian growth has proved to be fairly robust of late despite the pressure from volatile oil prices, international sanctions and structural issues in the economy. The country’s flagship Russian Trading System (RTS) index has outperformed both the US S&P 500 and the UK’s FTSE 100 over both a one...
Emerging Markets: Views from the Experts
Thursday 27 Jun 20191 . NEW TARIFFS Market sentiment turned negative in May, when concerns emerged of an escalation in the US-China trade war. Undoubtedly, the increase in tariffs will impact many Chinese producers, with some companies already shifting manufacturing to other countries. However, China is becoming less...
Shares’ ESG portfolio: seven funds to buy now
Thursday 27 Jun 2019There are now a multitude of investments offering exposure to ESG themes as investors seek to benefit from environmental, social and governance strategies. Having researched the space for our two-part series on ESG investing, we’ve pulled together a portfolio of active and passive funds which...
Exploring the ‘G’ in ESG: why governance is very important to investing
Thursday 27 Jun 2019In the second part of our two-part series on ESG investing we examine the issue of governance and unveil an ESG portfolio to help develop investment ideas which tap into this increasingly mainstream theme. When you buy a share in a company you are actually obtaining a portion of a business, thus...
Two stocks which analysts say you should now buy
Thursday 13 Jun 2019Investors should always sit up and take notice when an analyst changes stance on a stock, particularly if they are upgrading to buy or downgrading to sell. It sends a strong message that something has changed with the investment case. Sometimes they change rating on a stock for valuation grounds...
FTSE 100 stocks with a negative earnings trend
Thursday 13 Jun 2019Last week we looked at which stocks in the FTSE 100 index had the fastest earnings growth over five and 10 years and what price investors were prepared to pay for them . This week we’ve delved into the murky waters of the stocks with the worst record of growing earnings. We have used the same...
How fast are earnings growing among FTSE 100 stocks?
Thursday 06 Jun 2019Which blue-chip stocks have the fastest earnings growth? By using market screening tools and comparing growth with valuation we have come up with some useful insights which could provide the basis for further research. RELIABLE GROWTH OR DANGER AHEAD? Employing data from Stockopedia we measured...
What do I need to know about pension transfers?
Thursday 16 May 2019Pension freedoms introduced in 2015 have given people more control than ever before over their finances in retirement – but they have also created some confusion. There are a number of different types of pension – you might have more than one – and it is not always clear which is the best option...
UK’s best performing technology companies so far in 2019
Thursday 25 Apr 2019UK technology stocks have soared in 2019, matching or beating the performance of much better-known benchmarks for leading technology companies such as the Thomson Reuters Global Technology index or the US-based NASDAQ. While recent technology headlines have been captured by Uber’s IPO, Apple’s...