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Plotting our position in the market cycle and what comes next
Thursday 03 Feb 2022It is tempting to say the recent tumultuous sell-off in global markets is different to previous pullbacks. This is on the basis it was triggered by investors reacting to the risk of the US Federal Reserve and other central banks raising interest rates, rather than a global pandemic or fundamental...
Flash sale: five quality stocks to buy now
Thursday 03 Feb 2022With global stock markets going through a rocky patch, triggered by the US central bank signalling the end of loose monetary policy, Shares believes now is an opportune time to pick up high-quality shares which may have been oversold in the broad market correction. There is a lot of uncertainty and...
Surviving the market sell-off
Thursday 27 Jan 2022It has been a tricky start to the year for investors. Some popular stocks and funds have fallen by more than 20% in less than a month, leaving portfolios battered and bruised. At the time of writing (25 Jan), the technology-rich Nasdaq index in the US was down 12.5% so far in 2022. This compares...
The reasons behind Microsoft's $68.7 billion Activision Blizzard gamble
Thursday 27 Jan 2022Microsoft has never been afraid to take risks with big acquisitions. Past deals for Skype ($8.5 billion), Nuance ($19.6 billion) and LinkedIn ($26.2 billion), in internet communications, transcription software and professionals networks respectively, prove that. But investors can expect the...
BRIC power rankings over the last decade
Thursday 27 Jan 2022A grouping and term first employed in the early noughties but less widely used today, the so-called BRIC countries – Brazil, Russia, India and China – nonetheless remain comfortably in the ranks of the largest developing countries by GDP and dominate emerging markets indices. Because emerging...
Emerging markets: Views from the experts
Thursday 27 Jan 20221 . We believe China’s market valuations appear to be near a floor and could be well-supported from here. We expect China to maintain its zero-Covid-19 stance well into the year to safeguard the success of the Winter Olympics and the Chinese Communist Party’s 20th National Congress. International...
Discover the cheap AIM stocks offering sustainable growth
Thursday 20 Jan 2022AIM probably isn’t the first place investors would look for stocks offering growth at a reasonable price, given it is home to many pre-profit companies where most of the valuation depends on cash flows which will take many years to materialise. Yet it is also home to plenty of established, durable...
Cheap US stocks: How to find them and six to buy now
Thursday 20 Jan 2022Last year was another good period for US stock markets, leading to decent returns and making the region a must-have for investors around the world. A lot has been said about valuations being rich for US stocks following years of strong returns and that may be true in parts of the market. Yet often...
Discover the FTSE 350 growth stocks trading at a discount to the market
Thursday 20 Jan 2022Although many developed markets have hit a new all-time high in recent months, the FTSE 350 index of UK stocks still trades below the highs achieved in the middle of 2018. There are plenty of cheap shares on offer in this index. In this article we uncover stocks expected to consistently grow...
Why bitcoin’s future hangs in the balance
Thursday 20 Jan 2022It’s been a painful couple of months for bitcoin investors. The price has fallen from over $65,000 at the beginning of November to around $43,000 at the time of writing. Despite a poor end to the year, bitcoin investors still made a 61% return in 2021. That’s relatively lacklustre by the...