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The case for a rebound at unloved British American Tobacco
Thursday 28 Oct 2021The fund manager of the City of London Investment Trust ( CTY ) , Job Curtis, recently said that ‘tobacco stocks have gone back to having the pariah status that I witnessed at the beginning of my career’. This untouchable status is reflected in British American Tobacco’s ( BATS ) recent share price...
Household names going cheap: where to find quality stocks on sale
Thursday 28 Oct 2021With the FTSE touching post-pandemic highs and US markets pushing towards record levels, it’s reasonable to ask if there is any value left in stocks. The problem for investors looking for income and capital gains is, with rock-bottom returns on bonds and constant central bank support, there are few...
How to avoid falling foul of the lifetime allowance
Thursday 28 Oct 2021The limit on how much you can put into a pension and benefit from tax relief is very much worth keeping in mind HOW TO AVOID FALLING FOUL OF THE LIFETIME ALLOWANCE Squirreling away over £1 million might feel like a far-flung dream for many retirement savers. However, recently published HMRC figures...
Emerging markets: Views from the experts
Thursday 28 Oct 20211. The Indian market was a notable outperformer over the quarter, supported by a favorable earnings outlook relative to other parts of Asia, due to a strong domestic rebound post the second wave of Covid-19. Over the longer-term, we have increased confidence in Indian earnings growth due to...
The DNA of the Indian market
Thursday 28 Oct 2021The Indian economy is one of the economic success stories of the last 50 years with its economy, despite a pandemic-led wobble, increasing in size 12-fold over the last five decades. This is underpinned by favourable demographics with a study recently published in Lancet suggesting the country will...
How to turn £10,000 into £100,000
Thursday 21 Oct 2021Wouldn’t it be nice to turn £10,000 into £100,000 by investing in the stock market, and not having to wait a lifetime for it happen? It is possible but not necessarily easy. The level of difficulty really depends on your timeframe and risk appetite as we shall explain in this article. We have...
Oxford Nanopore puts London back on map for modern company IPOs
Thursday 21 Oct 2021In recent months market commentators have highlighted the diminishing appeal of the London equity market as a destination for fast growing life science and technology companies to make their stock market debut. However, there are still reasons to be optimistic. A fifth of all companies that...
Electra break-up could offer big upside
Thursday 21 Oct 2021Private equity trust Electra ( ELTA ) is entering the final stretch in its strategy to sell off assets, which include controlling interests in Fridays (74% of NAV (net asset value)) and Hotter Shoes (10% of NAV). Fridays (formerly branded TGI Fridays) is an iconic American themed restaurant and...
A simple way to invest: 3 low-cost funds to grow your wealth
Thursday 21 Oct 2021Do you want to start investing in an ISA without the hassle of researching lots of stocks? Exchange-traded funds (known as ETFs for short, or sometimes tracker funds) could be the solution as they are a low-cost and simple way to create a diversified portfolio. In this article we talk about the...
UK stocks helping individuals with mental health issues
Thursday 21 Oct 2021Mental ill health has been moving up the agenda for some time, and now represents the most common medical complaint for UK adults according to a study by not-for-profit healthcare firm Benenden Health. Illnesses related to mental health including depression and anxiety were the most commonly...