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The bull market is back: why stocks have rebounded 20% from recent lows
Thursday 22 Jun 2023The commonly accepted definition of a bull market is when an index gains 20% or more from previous lows and by this measure the S&P 500 index entered a new bull phase on 8 June 2023. It isn’t a hard and fast definition and there are investors who think it is a bear market rally rather than the...
The prospect of higher interest rates could create a scramble for income
Thursday 22 Jun 2023If, as is being widely suggested, the Bank of England is likely to continue tightening monetary conditions by raising rates close to 6% in its effort to combat inflation, we suspect investors are going to want a higher degree of income protection than they have so far this year. The good news for...
Standard Chartered: will it receive a new bid or ditch the UK stock market?
Thursday 22 Jun 2023If most of us are asked to name a bank with large exposure to Asia, the likelihood is the first name that comes to mind is HSBC ( HSBA ) rather than its smaller rival Standard Chartered ( STAN ) . In fairness, having been established in Hong Kong and Shanghai more than 150 years ago to help finance...
Strike it rich: three oil and gas stocks with big opportunities
Thursday 15 Jun 2023After a strong 2022 as energy prices surged in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the UK’s contingent of UK small and mid-cap oil and gas companies has endured a much more challenging time in 2023. Windfall taxes have taken a big bite out of profits and commodity markets have fallen back as...
Transformers vs Barbie: How Hasbro and Mattel make big money from their intellectual property
Thursday 08 Jun 2023Toy and family entertainment franchise owner Mattel (MAT:NYSE) has dubbed 2023 The Year of the Doll ahead of the 21 July release of a big blockbuster Barbie movie starring Hollywood favourites Ryan Gosling and Margot Robbie. The Oscar winning actor coproduced the film with Warner Bros Discovery (...
What will it take for ESG investing to come back into favour?
Thursday 08 Jun 2023Companies are increasingly bending over backwards to let us know how ‘good’ they are, often with the aim of luring investors and attracting higher valuations. The idea of bringing about meaningful change through the choices we make as investors and peering beyond simple concepts of maximising...
Investing on a budget: these simple steps could help you build wealth in no time
Thursday 08 Jun 2023All great investors have to start somewhere and that can be the £5 note in your pocket or the £20 cheque you got for your birthday. Once you’ve opened an investment account, it’s all about getting into the habit of adding money on a regular basis and letting it go to work in the markets. Some...
Next generation of electric vehicles: discover the challengers rivalling Tesla
Thursday 08 Jun 2023The shift from petrol-powered engines to electric vehicles (EVs) is one of the biggest changes any of us are likely to see in our lifetimes. We all know that EVs are the future of day-to-day transportation. They are simpler to manufacture than their internal combustion engine predecessors, allow...
Property stocks and funds: why now is the time to buy
Thursday 01 Jun 2023We suggested at the start of 2023 that commercial property stocks could prove to be a good bet this year, with valuations offering significant upward reversion potential from their depressed levels and dividend yields at the top end of their historic range. While valuations have improved slightly,...
Boohoo’s share price has collapsed. Time to buy?
Thursday 01 Jun 2023As the ugly-looking chart illustrates, shares in online fast-fashion retailer Boohoo ( BOO:AIM ) are down 48% over one year and 80% over five years. Having enjoyed a boom during the pandemic, the shares have since retreated after a reversal of Covid trends and the return of consumers to brick and...