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Buy or sell: What to do when a share price falls
Thursday 26 Jan 2017Buy low and sell high. Sounds simple, doesn’t it? Investors following this advice have over the years become either extremely rich or flat broke. So when should investors buy after a big market fall? The challenge is deciding whether or not to top up on an existing holding without risking too much...
15 ways to give your ISA a healthy boost
Thursday 19 Jan 2017It’s the New Year, the perfect time to put some more money to work in the markets and give your investment portfolio a boost with some healthy new ingredients. In particular, now is a good opportunity to use up any remaining bit of your ISA allowance to maximise tax benefits. Not sure where to...
Bargain hunt
Thursday 12 Jan 2017Often perceived as old-fashioned in comparison to growth or momentum, value investing is the art of buying stocks that trade at a significant discount to intrinsic value. Investors can gain exposure to value strategies through select funds, many of which have delivered long-term outperformance,...
Top 10 for 2017
Thursday 22 Dec 2016Every December we publish a list of stocks carefully chosen by Shares ’ team of journalists. We consider these to be our best ideas for stocks to buy and hold throughout the coming year. This year we’ve picked 10 companies that have the right qualities to shine in 2017. You will find a mixture of...
Solid income: Earn more than 4%
Thursday 15 Dec 2016A lot of people moan about how difficult it is to get a decent income from the market, but is it really that hard? The FTSE 100 index currently yields 3.86%, so you can buy a low-cost tracker fund and get that level of income with relative ease. Getting a higher level of income is also fairly easy...
Hot questions for 2017
Thursday 08 Dec 2016On balance we believe global stock markets will have a good year in 2017 despite plenty of big political events which could cause bouts of volatility. Economic data is positive in the US, Eurozone and China in particular and corporate earnings are forecast to improve over the coming year...
Takeover feast
Thursday 01 Dec 2016Takeovers are back on the agenda for the UK stock market. We aren’t surprised, given favourable conditions for M&A (mergers and acquisitions) have been in place for some time. The cost of borrowing is low; sterling devaluation makes British companies a more attractive proposition to overseas...