magazine archive
magazine archive
Feature
Is the US consumer finally tapped out?
Thursday 11 Jul 2024Consumer confidence in the US eased in June as shoppers stateside fretted over the economic outlook, with The Conference Board’s consumer confidence index dipping to 100.4 from a downwardly revised 101.3 in May. This downbeat reading (25 June) came hot on the heels of news retail sales (18 June)...
Small World: a look at some of the lesser-known stocks and stories of the last month
Thursday 11 Jul 2024With Raspberry Pi (RPI) trading at a healthy premium to its IPO (initial public offer) price UK technology seems to be in the ascendancy, so it was pleasing to see computer product maker Concurrent Technologies (CNC:AIM) announce its largest-ever contract last month. The firm, which makes mission-...
Stocks left behind in the AI surge
Thursday 11 Jul 2024As US markets wound down ahead of the 4 July Independence Day holiday, the Nasdaq Composite closed at a new all-time high. A record 18,188.30 level was hit as investors shrugged off meek economic data and fed the technology rally that has run all year. It was the 17th time the index had broken...
Tracking down UK mid cap stars
Thursday 04 Jul 2024Now the ballots have been cast at the general election, the UK could become the ‘reassuringly boring’ market, both politically and fiscally, when compared to the more extreme politics on the other side of the English Channel and Atlantic Ocean. So suggests Jean Roche, manager of the Schroder UK Mid...
What are company dealing accounts and how can they be used?
Thursday 04 Jul 2024Lots of limited companies will have money sitting on their balance sheet which, given the returns from cash have historically lagged inflation, is being gradually eroded by rising prices. If this is genuinely surplus cash and not needed for the day-to-day running of the business, a potential remedy...
Emerging markets: Indian elections, Chinese IPOs and implications of lingering dollar strength
Thursday 27 Jun 20241. India: Prime minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won the largest number of seats in the Indian election, albeit with a smaller number compared to the 2019 vote. Investors are looking to July’s budget for signals on the new government’s priorities. Recent data indicate an...
Meet the stocks behind the Indian market’s long-term gains
Thursday 27 Jun 2024Despite some recent volatility around election results India’s stock market remains the big success story in emerging markets over recent years but which stocks have really driven these returns? The MSCI India index has achieved an annualised total return of 13.9% as at the end of April 2024,...
Taking control of your retirement destiny
Thursday 27 Jun 2024If, like many people, you have moved jobs over the years and accumulated two or more occupational pensions, now is a good time to think about bringing them all under one roof. As well as allowing you to work out how much is in your pension pots and where they are invested, by consolidating them...
Is AI creating a tech bubble? Find out what the experts think
Thursday 27 Jun 2024That chip designer Nvidia (NVDA:NASDAQ) is now vying for the position of the world’s largest company is arguably less startling than the ‘blink and you’ve missed it’ manner in which it has happened. It took Apple (AAPL:NASDAQ) five years to bridge the $1 trillion to $3 trillion market cap gap,...
The future of trackers
Thursday 20 Jun 2024Over the coming years investors in ETFs (exchange-traded funds) can expect further flexibility and choice as actively managed products move into the mainstream and a broader range of themes and investment areas are captured by the industry. In this article we will look at some of the emerging...