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Dan Coatsworth
Donald Trump wants less, not more, in a bid to change how companies think
Thursday 25 Sep 2025Donald Trump has developed a reputation for having policies that provoke a marmite reaction – certain people love them, others hate them. It is therefore interesting that one of his latest ideas appears to have garnered relatively widespread support, and it is one that is relevant to investors...
New data shows how retail investors are positioning portfolios
Thursday 11 Sep 2025The UK and China were the best performing markets globally in July 2025, yet fund flow data shows no interest from UK retail investors. What is going on? The FTSE 100 returned 4.2% in July including dividends, driven by double-digit gains from the likes of vapes-to-cigarette maker British American...
Market rally fuels interest in momentum investing strategies
Thursday 28 Aug 2025Equities have enjoyed a solid run so far in 2025 including new record highs for the FTSE 100 and the S&P 500 indices. There is optimism across the markets and that typically encourages certain investors to look at a particular strategy, namely momentum investing. There is a much-used phrase in...
Housebuilders: what’s holding back the sector and what could drive a recovery
Thursday 17 Jul 2025Falling mortgage rates, a government eager to have more homes built, decent dividends and cheap equity valuations should, in theory, make housebuilders a big hit with investors. Instead, we’ve got a sector where share prices are stuck in a rut. So, what will it take to get shares motoring again?...
UK market re-rating has not slowed down the pace of takeovers
Thursday 19 Jun 2025There’s a quiet re-rating going on in the UK stock market which suggests investors are slowly waking up to the bounty of value opportunities. The non-stop takeover action was the biggest clue as to prizes up for grabs, given bids are still coming thick and fast. Trade buyers and private equity...
Can the DAX’s performance continue to lure people away from US shares?
Thursday 05 Jun 2025There is a growing divide between the US and Europe from an investment perspective, even though all markets apart from Switzerland have fully recovered from the Liberation Day-triggered sell-off in April. One might have thought the bounce-back in American shares would have stopped the great...
Investors alert to new twists and turns in the weight-loss drug revolution
Thursday 22 May 2025There have been two major pieces of news regarding weight-loss drugs in recent weeks, adding further evidence that we’re seeing one of the biggest healthcare revolutions in decades. It’s also feeding into the investment world with more stocks being drawn into the conversation. A new study concluded...
We could be at a major turning point for asset allocation
Thursday 08 May 2025A month has passed since Donald Trump’s Liberation Day tariff announcement. In that period, we’ve seen financial markets tumble and, for most parts of the world, fully recover. If you’d been on holiday for those four weeks and not looked at your portfolio or the news, you might not realise anything...
Three ways AJ Bell customers responded to the Liberation Day market selloff
Thursday 24 Apr 2025Why is it that investors find it easier to keep buying when markets are going up rather than down? The goal of an investor should be to get the best price possible, yet emotions often get in the way. A rising market makes it feel as if everything is going to work out fine. An investor might think...
Takeovers outweighed IPOs three to one on London market in Q1 2025
Thursday 10 Apr 2025The UK market’s long-awaited IPO comeback is conspicuous by its absence. There were only four floats in the first quarter of 2025 versus 15 takeover situations, meaning the UK market continues to shrink in size. Last summer, there was market euphoria about a new government coming into power and how...