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Commodities set for a long-term bull cycle in the 2020s
Thursday 04 Feb 2021As we enter what could be the roaring 2020s, many commodities have been soaring in value in recent months. Silver has even reached an eight-year high as it became the next target of the Reddit Wallstreetbets retail investor community. In general investors are turning bullish on a range of metals...
Silver spenders: Vaccinated and ready to reclaim their lives
Thursday 04 Feb 2021It might not seem like it in the depths of a gloomy lockdown winter, but brighter days are ahead of us. By mid-February the UK hopes to have vaccinated most over-70s, with a large chunk of over-50s potentially covered by the end of March. This cohort should then be much better protected against...
Annoyed with stop-start bank dividends? Here are other places for income
Thursday 28 Jan 2021Next month the banking sector will be able to start paying dividends to its shareholders again. However, before investors get too excited about renewed payouts from these erstwhile income favourites there is a potential sting in the tail. The Prudential Regulation Authority will allow the banks to...
Superior funds: The ones consistently at the top of their game
Thursday 28 Jan 2021As the oft-quoted disclaimer forewarns, ‘past performance is no guide to future returns’, yet those funds and managers that routinely outperform over economic and stock market cycles must be pursuing a winning process that should pique the interest of investors. To find theses super-consistent unit...
Emerging markets: Views from the experts
Thursday 28 Jan 20211. Although the Chinese market lagged its emerging market counterparts in the final quarter of 2020, Chinese equities were among the leading outperformers for 2020. Geopolitical tension between China and the United States remains a key headwind that is likely to persist under new President Joe...
The shape of Brazil’s Covid recovery
Thursday 28 Jan 2021Latin America’s largest economy Brazil has suffered a devastating impact from Covid-19 which has translated into a big financial hit. While the country’s banks haven’t fared as badly as some feared, with bad debts in particular remaining broadly under control, their valuations have suffered as a...
Shaking up the UK listing rules – wise move or danger ahead?
Thursday 21 Jan 2021A shake-up of the UK stock market listing rules could be on the cards to attract faster growing companies and there are mixed opinions as to whether the proposed changes would be beneficial. ShareSoc, which campaigns on behalf of small investors, and the Quoted Company Alliance ( QCA ), which...
Investing under Biden: Where to put your money as the US starts a new journey
Thursday 21 Jan 2021Joe Biden is now officially president of the United States, something which is likely to have implications for your portfolio. His policy plans, ranging from infrastructure and renewable energy to technology and healthcare, will have direct impact on indices like the S&P 500 and FTSE 100, as...
More best stock ideas from fund managers
Thursday 21 Jan 2021In the second part of our two-part feature we get another fascinating range of responses on what did and didn’t work out for top fund managers during a tumultuous 2020 and which stocks they are most excited about now. Interestingly computer games firm Codemasters ( CDM:AIM ) features as both a...
Fund managers’ best ideas for 2021
Thursday 14 Jan 2021In the first of a two-part series Shares invites top fund managers to reveal which stocks they were most pleased with in 2020, which stocks they were most disappointed in, and which they have high hopes for in 2021. Their answers reveal an interesting mix of names across the market cap spectrum...