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Fund managers pick their top stocks for 2022
Thursday 16 Dec 2021In the first of a two-part series Shares talks to a range of fund managers about the stocks they like for 2022. Covering both UK and overseas markets, the experts offer a range of ideas spanning technology and banking to leisure and automotive sectors. The second part of the series (to be published...
How loss aversion can trip up investors
Thursday 09 Dec 2021Behavioural scientists have long known that investors’ biggest obstacle to achieving success is likely to be themselves. Science has shown that people are predictably irrational, especially when it comes to making decisions under conditions of uncertainty, in other words, when making investment...
Stock markets in 2021: how have they performed?
Thursday 09 Dec 2021Rotation has been a hallmark of 2021 with the early part of the year seeing growth shunned for value, before whipsawing back again as the year progressed. As the Omicron strain keeps Covid-19 very much in the headlines it looks like volatility will remain elevated in global stock markets as we...
Investment firms lead in our latest earnings revisions screen
Thursday 09 Dec 2021Our latest review of the best and worst earnings revisions across the FTSE 350 throws up a few surprises in terms of sectors and individual stocks, particularly in the light of their relative performance. There are three distinct clusters of winners, split between investment, real estate and...
Superstar small cap funds: How they pick winning stocks
Thursday 09 Dec 2021Among the best kept investment secrets is the fact smaller companies typically outperform larger companies over the medium and long term thanks to characteristics ranging from innovation and faster organic growth to entrepreneurial management, agility in the face of change and the greater...
Where next for Johnson Matthey after battery failure?
Thursday 02 Dec 2021Shares in chemicals company Johnson Matthey ( JMAT ) , have fallen by 24% over the last month. The company pre-empted its first half results announcement indicating that that full year earnings would be towards the lower end of expectations, and that it intended to dispose of its battery materials...
Cannabis investing: Why CBD products could hit the big time
Thursday 02 Dec 2021Like all new investment themes, medicinal cannabis – which uses cannabidiol or CBD rather than the psychoactive THC component of the cannabis sativa plant – has had its highs and lows in the early stages of its development. Over the past five years, shares in CBD companies have been through two...
All change: what to look for when a company recruits a new CEO
Thursday 02 Dec 2021One of the key ingredients in the success or failure of a company is the quality of its management. When change at the top of a struggling company occurs, it can act as a catalyst for an underperforming business and trigger a share price boost, while the wrong CEO appointment has the potential to...
US retail titans smash forecasts as Christmas comes early
Thursday 25 Nov 2021Investors in US retail names have grounds for optimism given the latest retail sales figures from the across the pond and positive earnings updates from dominant players including Walmart. US retail sales rose by 1.7% in October, according to the Commerce Department, beating forecasts of 1.4%, as...
Inflation-busting dividends: six stocks and funds providing a decent, growing income
Thursday 25 Nov 2021UK inflation is at a 10-year high. Rising prices have been on the agenda for months but in October the impact of the energy crisis really bit as the CPI measure of inflation hit 4.2%. This higher cost of living matters to all of us, not least because we now need a return of at least this level to...