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Keeping an open mind on Boohoo despite ESG failures

Thursday 01 Apr 2021

Investors increasing use environmental, governance and social filters to screen out companies that seemingly do bad things. But what if a company can realise the error of its ways and change for the better? Someone who refused to invest in it based on past practices could miss out on future gains...

Supply deficit will create semiconductor winners

Thursday 25 Mar 2021

When one the world’s biggest microchip manufacturers talks about semiconductor supply shortages, it’s time to sit up and listen. Global car makers including Ford, Toyota, Nissan, VW and Fiat Chrysler have all had to scale back production this year, and now South Korean electronics giant Samsung has...

How to pick a renewable energy fund

Thursday 25 Mar 2021

Renewable energy funds and investment trusts have rapidly gained in popularity in the last few years as investors look to do good with their money while also making a return on their investment. But it’s important to note that for all the talk about the growth in renewable energy and the ‘...

10 must-have stocks and funds for your ISA

Thursday 25 Mar 2021

Many Brits have seen their incomes remain much the same through the year of lockdowns but their spending plummet. It’s time to put that spare money to work in an ISA. Investing spare cash is a sensible option for many people. Take George, for example. He put £10,000 in a Cash ISA account five years...

Emerging markets: Views from the experts

Thursday 25 Mar 2021

1. The strength of China’s economic recovery is unparalleled, in our view. The skill and speed with which authorities dealt with the Covid-19 pandemic resulted in a V-shaped recovery that we believe bodes well for continued strength in the year ahead. Chinese economic policy will likely focus on...

Why emerging market financials are different

Thursday 25 Mar 2021

In the developed world the banking and wider financial industry is very mature with limited avenues for rapid growth and the focus from an investment perspective is typically on the income they pay out – subject to regulators’ approval. Financial stocks in emerging markets are, on the whole, quite...

Three IPOs to buy and the names coming soon

Thursday 18 Mar 2021

It seems more and more new entrants are lining up to join the stock market, enticed by the bumper gains chalked up by recent market debutants and growing investor appetite for new floats. In this article we will discuss why you should take advantage of the opportunity to participate in the upcoming...

Why supermarkets won’t be shaking over Amazon Fresh

Thursday 18 Mar 2021

Online shopping leviathan Amazon launched its first physical store and first grocery store outside of the US in Ealing, West London on 4 March 2021. Sized at 2,500 square feet, the store is branded Amazon Fresh, but it uses the ‘Just Walk Out’ technology seen in Amazon Go stores across the pond...

How to get involved in IPOs

Thursday 18 Mar 2021

The IPO market is humming again as the markets recover from the shock of Covid-19 with Deliveroo the latest big name set to join the London market. In the US, shares in virtual gaming platform Roblox jumped more than 60% on its recent market debut (10 Mar), and other stocks have been soaring this...

3 stocks to play the exciting hydrogen theme

Thursday 18 Mar 2021

Hydrogen has had more than one false start over the last decade, but the combination of government climate targets, bans on diesel vehicles and a fall both in the underlying cost of production and the cost of green energy to produce it has seen a sharp spike in demand in the last three years...

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