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DMGT’s Cazoo boost: When old media meets new media
Thursday 01 Apr 2021Amid all the hype around the multi-billion-dollar stock market listing of UK car marketplace Cazoo via a special purpose acquisition vehicle or SPAC in the US, it would be easy to miss the big windfall this could mean for newspaper publisher and shareholder Daily Mail & General Trust ( DMGT...
Argument strengthens in favour of UK stocks
Thursday 25 Mar 2021Comments from the Bank of England on 18 March that there is a better outlook for UK economic growth than previously anticipated will strengthen the argument that UK stocks are ripe for picking, particularly companies with a domestic focus. Also supporting this argument is the fact the UK is more...
Missed the rush on an IPO? Wait for a pullback before buying
Thursday 18 Mar 2021With more than 2,000 stocks listed on the London Stock Exchange and thousands more on markets overseas, one might have thought there is no need to fuss about more companies deciding to float on a stock exchange and offer their shares for the public to buy. What actually occurs is a fascination with...
When good news is bad news for investors and vice versa
Thursday 11 Mar 2021We’re in a situation where good news is being treated as bad news by the market and vice versa. While this can be a bit confusing to the casual investor, there is some logic to how stock markets are currently behaving. Three bits of news in the past few weeks have triggered the opposite reaction to...
Big decisions to be made on working from home model
Thursday 04 Mar 2021As we emerge from the pandemic a big challenge for investors is working out which Covid-inspired trends will be sustained, and which will fade away as we return to some form of normality. As this more normal existence draws closer (we hope) the issue is becoming more pressing. Among the big debates...
Will market democracy ever be more than an illusion?
Thursday 25 Feb 2021The internet has transformed how financial markets are accessed and, in some ways, has democratised trading and investing. A whole range of different asset classes and investment vehicles are now available to ordinary punters in a way which would have been unthinkable in the 1990s when you would...
Why we should be fearful of zombies
Thursday 18 Feb 2021They may not be too busy just yet but insolvency specialists are feeling fairly confident about their near-term prospects which, on the flipside, is bad news for UK businesses. On 12 February the recently-listed insolvency and business advisory firm FRP ( FRP:AIM ) signalled its confidence in the...
Best buying opportunity for Unilever shares in 11 months
Thursday 11 Feb 2021The Marmite effect seems to have put FTSE 100 stock Unilever ( ULVR ) in the ‘hate it’ rather than ‘love it’ camp with many investors. The shares have been out of favour since the market started to prefer value stocks last November, with Unilever seen as an ‘expensive defensive’ and not offering...
New investors drawn in by GameStop need to dial down expectations
Thursday 04 Feb 2021The hype around GameStop’s shares and Reddit users chasing other stocks higher may not have made everyone rich, but it will have opened the doors to greater interest in investing. That must be applauded as it is so important for people to try and generate good returns for their hard-earned money...
Strap yourself in for a wild ride with airline stocks
Thursday 28 Jan 2021It’s an odd and frustrating time to be invested in airlines but perseverance could yield rewards. The sector faces so many hurdles at present, yet we could be facing one of the biggest travel booms in a very long time once the pandemic is brought under control. Currently we’re all stuck at home,...