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Top FTSE 100 dividend yields: will they keep paying big for years to come?
Thursday 08 Sep 2022Various FTSE 100 companies appear to have discovered the secret to income alchemy by still producing dividend gold in the face of mounting economic pressures. Half a dozen stocks in the UK blue chip stock market index are currently luring investors with double-digit dividend yields. Another 35 are...
Dollar delight: The UK companies which benefit from a strong US currency
Thursday 08 Sep 2022The US dollar is trading at 20-year highs against a basket of major currencies. It has benefited from the twin tailwinds of big interest rate hikes from the US Federal Reserves and recession fears. When rates are rising faster in the US than in other parts of the world, the higher returns on offer...
Discover the small cap market newcomers defying the doom and gloom
Thursday 08 Sep 2022A healthy number of lesser-known businesses have done very well in share price terms since coming to market in the last two years, with price appreciation reflecting strong operational performances or the fact they sate voracious investor appetite for a particular theme. Readers will be familiar...
A handful of stocks are setting new highs despite turbulent markets
Thursday 08 Sep 2022As investors debate whether the next move in markets is up or down, it’s worth noting that there are a group of stocks which are quietly making new 52-week and multi-year highs and even a few making new all-time highs. While some are involved in special situations, such as bid talks, and some are...
Explaining SIPP tax relief: the big details you need to know
Thursday 01 Sep 2022One of the key benefits of pension saving is the ability to get upfront ‘tax relief’ on your contributions. Tax relief just means that your contributions are free from income tax. The amount of tax relief you are entitled to will depend on the income tax band your pension contribution comes from. A...
Predators and prey: the businesses which could be ripe for a takeover and those hunting them down
Thursday 01 Sep 2022Geopolitical ructions and rising interest rates have seemingly failed to stem the appetite for global takeover activity according to analysis from consultants Earnest & Young (EY). And the UK financial services industry recorded a seven-year high of 136 deals in in the first half of 2022,...
What high gross margins tell investors about the merits of a business
Thursday 01 Sep 2022When Adobe (ADBE:NASDAQ) reported second quarter figures in June 2022 it unveiled earnings that beat forecasts, reporting $3.35 versus consensus estimates of $3.31. So far, so what? The market shrugged the results off – the share price dipped 1.2% to $360. Yet this was the latest in a long run of...
The one thing that famous investors Terry Smith and Warren Buffett seek when picking stocks
Thursday 01 Sep 2022Seasoned investors should be familiar with Alfred Rappaport’s view that ‘profits are an opinion, cash is fact’, yet a great deal of company analysis still relies on traditional measures of profits such as EBITDA (earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation) and EPS (earnings per...
For sale: good time to buy housebuilders on the cheap
Thursday 25 Aug 2022Recent UK house price surveys seem to show the property market is beginning to cool, so should investors steer clear of the housebuilders or does their poor share price performance this year mean the worst is already factored into their valuations? In this article we look at the survey data,...
How India’s strong 2022 performance compares longer term
Thursday 25 Aug 2022The Indian stock market has outperformed the wider emerging markets space so far in 2022, just as it did in 2021. While this follows on from a period of underperformance, on a long-term view, the showing of Indian stocks compares favourably with both the developed and developing world. According to...