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Quality stocks to beat inflation
Thursday 01 Jul 2021As the world economy starts to get back to something approaching normal, and with supply chains struggling to keep pace, inflation has once again reared its head. From the UK to Europe, the US and China, consumer and producer prices are rising at a faster pace than politicians and central bankers...
Shares’ top picks for 2021: still outperforming after 6 months
Thursday 01 Jul 2021Every December Shares selects a group of stocks to own for the year ahead. The selection for 2021 have performed well with an average share price gain of 15.2% over the past six months compared with a return of 11.9% for the FTSE-All Share index. Although the list isn’t intended to be a portfolio,...
Andy Bell: my role in shaping the pension rules
Thursday 01 Jul 2021Self-invested personal pensions or SIPPs have become the retirement savings product of choice for investors wanting pensions that offer transparency, control, choice and competitive pricing. key reasons to have a sipp – Tax relief on contributions at your marginal rate of tax – Investments grow...
Harder times for miners? Why you need to get smart with commodity exposure
Thursday 24 Jun 2021Commodities have enjoyed a surge in the first half of 2021 as the global economic recovery gathers pace and the outlook for demand gets stronger and stronger. Copper and iron ore have been two of the standout stars, their prices rising sharply over the past year as the rollout of coronavirus...
How earnings upgrades can boost stock returns
Thursday 24 Jun 2021In this article we are going to look at bold earnings revisions and explore if they help identify winning stocks. In this context ‘bold’ refers to a large percentage change in a consensus earnings forecast, as well as the rarer, but possibly more important case where a top-rated analyst moves...
Emerging markets: Views from the experts
Thursday 24 Jun 20211. US president Joe Biden’s stimulus plans have reached $6 trillion, paired with continued vast quantitative easing. The expected resurgence in US growth boosted equity markets and led to a bounce in the US dollar earlier in the year. However, the US dollar has resumed its decline, with EMs also...
The potential for a green advancement in emerging markets
Thursday 24 Jun 2021Investors often associate emerging markets with a reliance on fossil fuels like coal, which would suggest that tackling climate change is not going to be easy. As the middle class population in emerging markets grows and factors like car ownership and consumption of meat go up, so emissions are...
Five dividend growth stars to buy
Thursday 17 Jun 2021Dividends are an important contributor to every sensible long-term investment plan and yet they are probably underappreciated by investors, because they are sometimes perceived as dull. They are often associated with ‘income seeking’ investors or companies which have low growth prospects. However,...
Change coming at Scottish Investment Trust after weak performance
Thursday 10 Jun 2021Value-focused investment trust Scottish Investment Trust ( SCIN ) is looking at options to replace manager Alasdair McKinnon after its board of directors lost patience with poor returns. This comes as the trust has significantly lagged its peers over a five-year period and, more damagingly, in the...
The turning point stocks becoming takeover targets
Thursday 10 Jun 2021There has been a wave of takeover approaches for listed companies, both from rivals and from private equity buy-out firms in 2021. Something we have noticed is that, where private equity is concerned, rather than looking for companies which are on their knees and in desperate need of turning round...