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Six great funds for your ISA: These consistent names have delivered time after time
Thursday 22 Feb 2024The end of the tax year is fast approaching and with it the opportunity to maximise your £20,000 ISA allowance for the year. In this article we have identified six names from a list of some of the most consistent funds and fund managers in the UK which could be a good fit for your tax wrapper...
Why we have to teach ourselves about money
Thursday 22 Feb 2024Mark Gardner Award for Journalism The award was set up in memory of Mark Gardner, a member of the AJ Bell Media Team who sadly passed away in 2022. Well done to University of Salford student Mia Willemsen who took the £1,000 prize associated with the award. The brief for participants was to discuss...
Find out what’s next for TUI’s UK shareholders after delisting vote
Thursday 22 Feb 2024On 13 February shareholders in travel firm TUI (TUI) voted by an overwhelming majority (98.35% in favour) to cancel the group’s listing on the London Stock Exchange. WHY IS TUI DELISTING? TUI cited liquidity centralisation, simplification benefits associated with EU airline ownership and control,...
The big China debate: Can the world’s second largest economy recover its roar in the Year of the Dragon?
Thursday 15 Feb 2024Back in the summer of 2021, we suggested the Chinese government’s clampdown on technology companies and its deeper involvement in the private sector – which it accused of having been ‘hijacked by capital’ – risked causing an exodus of foreign investment. We also put forward a list of Asia-Pacific...
Do mergers and acquisitions actually add value for shareholders?
Thursday 08 Feb 2024In an environment marked by intense global competition and industry disruption, successful mergers and acquisitions (M&A) are increasingly important to the growth and profitability of many companies. Yet research shows most mergers disappoint. Over the decades, multiple studies have shown that...
Five small cap stars to buy today
Thursday 08 Feb 2024Even today’s market giants started out small. Microsoft (MSFT:NASDAQ) may now be the world’s largest company with a $3 trillion valuation which rivals the GDP of some major global economies but it began life as a start-up founded by Harvard College drop-out Bill Gates and his childhood friend Paul...
How the global cosmetics sector can provide a foundation for portfolio growth
Thursday 01 Feb 2024Despite well-documented cost-of-living pressures, consumers continue to set aside cash for affordable luxuries such as cosmetics which make them feel good about their appearance and add a little glamour to their lives. In contrast to the slowing growth being reported by the large luxury goods...
FIRE: financial independence, retire early. Is the movement a plan worth pursing or a pipe dream?
Thursday 01 Feb 2024Many people dream of retiring early to pursue their real passions before they get too old to enjoy them. Is it just a pipedream or could it be a reality for some people? This feature explores the pros, pitfalls and practicalities of the so-called FIRE movement which is gaining increasing traction...
Are pension funds about to swamp the market with unwanted private assets?
Thursday 01 Feb 2024The knock-on effects of the Truss government’s disastrous ‘mini-Budget’ in late 2022, which caused panic-selling of bonds by pension funds and forced the Bank of England to provide tens of billions of pounds to stabilise markets, continue to work their way slowly through the financial system...
Emerging markets: positive 2024 outlook for stocks and earnings as voters go to the polls
Thursday 25 Jan 20241. We are constructive on equity markets in 2024. Drivers include consensus expectations for a recovery in earnings growth, the likelihood of a soft economic landing in the United States, and evidence that interest rates have peaked. Over the past 30 years, emerging market equities have on average...