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5 great stocks to buy now
Thursday 27 Aug 2020Many people are prepared to pay a high price for growth in the current market. Indeed, Shares has been keen to extol the virtues of quality businesses capable of growing despite a troubled backdrop. However, we sense growing interest in the market for value opportunities and our research shows it...
When to sell a stock (and when not to sell)
Thursday 27 Aug 2020Deciding when to sell a stock challenges even the best professional investors because there are so many variables to think about. These are seven common reasons to sell: - Something has changed to the investment case since you bought the stock - The valuation has become too rich - You find a better...
Managing your pension in your 60s
Thursday 27 Aug 2020While lots of people in their 60s will either have already retired or be planning to retire soon, this is by no means a given. Brits are living longer, healthier lives than ever before and many choose to keep working – either full or part-time – well into their 60s, 70s and even 80s. Whatever your...
Emerging markets: Views from the experts
Thursday 27 Aug 2020A collapse in economic activity amid the Covid-19 pandemic and expectations of slowing loan growth, falling margins and rising bad debts have hurt near-term earnings forecasts for Brazilian financials . While the pandemic has weighed on their businesses in the short term, we see a low probability...
The South Korean emerging markets debate
Thursday 27 Aug 2020Is South Korea an emerging market or not? It depends who you ask. Index provider MSCI classes it as such but FTSE Russell excludes the country from its own emerging market indices. Writing in 2013 FTSE Russell said: ‘FTSE’s attention to the views of market practitioners was an important factor in...
Don’t get sucked into the hydrogen hype
Thursday 20 Aug 2020If you were a shareholder in a hydrogen fuel cell company a year ago, right now you could be sitting on a small fortune. For UK investors, there are three stocks directly involved in the space. Two of them, AFC Energy ( AFC:AIM ) and Ceres Power ( CWR:AIM ) , make fuel cells, and the other, ITM...
Managing your pension in your 50s
Thursday 20 Aug 2020As you enter your sixth decade you will be getting closer to the time at which you begin to wind down your career and start thinking seriously about retirement. In the third part of this series, AJ Bell senior analyst Tom Selby looks at some of the key things pension savers in their 50s should be...
The case for credit report services
Thursday 20 Aug 2020Your credit file is a precious thing that’s worth protecting. It’s all too easy for scammers to steal your identity or passwords and take out credit in your name. Keeping a close eye on your credit report means you can spot fraud quickly before it can do too much damage. Plus, an up to date and...
Managing your pension in your 40s
Thursday 13 Aug 2020When it comes to saving for retirement many of us bury our heads in the sand and it is easy to leave it so long that you fall into the trap of feeling it is too late to start. However, this is not the case and in the second part of this series, we looks at some of the key things savers in their 40s...
Managing your pension in your 20s and 30s
Thursday 06 Aug 2020Pensions offer people of all ages the opportunity to grow their hard-earned savings tax efficiently, providing an upfront incentive via tax relief and tax-free investment growth. Furthermore, when you reach age 55 you can access 25% of your pot tax-free and have total flexibility over how you draw...