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Strap in for the car sector recovery
Thursday 03 Oct 2019Britain’s automotive industry has stalled as low global demand and weak domestic consumer confidence weigh on sales, profits and sentiment. Disruption is impacting the global car industry and many of the businesses whose fortunes are tied to the automotive sector are in for a very bumpy ride. Yet...
Investing under the cloud of Brexit
Thursday 26 Sep 2019With just over a month to go until the UK’s scheduled departure from the European Union and, just like everyone else, investors are none the wiser on whether we face further Brexit delay, no deal or a negotiated exit. Which of these three potential outcomes comes to pass is likely to be determined...
FTSE 350 winners: 20 years of great returns
Thursday 19 Sep 2019Anniversaries are often a time to pause and reflect and as this publication enters its third decade we felt it would be an excellent excuse to take a look back at the best performing UK stocks from the last 20 years of our existence. The table below shows the top 10 performers which are currently...
British stocks ripe for a foreign takeover
Thursday 12 Sep 2019Last year was a vintage one for mergers and acquisitions (M&A) with deals totalling more than $4trn, the highest figure since 2007 and the onset of the global financial crisis. This year is shaping up to also be a historic period for takeovers and we believe UK-listed companies are prime...
Outstanding dividend payers in the FTSE 350
Thursday 05 Sep 2019Investors looking for income from their portfolio should be mindful of the drag effect that inflation can have on their dividends as well their sustainability. Inflation reduces the purchasing power of each pound spent and over time can seriously reduce the ‘real purchasing’ value. For example over...
Shelter from the storm: 8 funds with reassuring qualities
Thursday 29 Aug 2019As investors fret over global trade wars, slowing economic growth, and inverted yield curves, which in the past have signalled recession, it’s worth looking at which investment products might be useful as ‘ports in a storm’ if and when markets decide that the path of least resistance is down. In...
The DNA of the FTSE 350
Thursday 15 Aug 2019If you are new to stock market investing you may still have heard of the FTSE 100. It frequently appears on TV news bulletins and in the papers, its relative direction up or down giving viewers/readers a steer as to how the UK economy is going and how optimistic, or not, investors feel about the...
Are activist investors good for your portfolio?
Thursday 08 Aug 2019Activist investing isn’t new, but the reason we’re hearing more about it is the activists themselves are getting increasingly savvy about communicating to the public. Activists come in all shapes and sizes, from ‘lone ranger’-style individuals to the largest fund management and private equity firms...
Cut-price stocks: 1/3 off
Thursday 01 Aug 2019There’s a reason people queue up outside shops at dawn on 26 December, and it’s not just to get away from annoying relatives. We all love a bargain, picking up quality merchandise when it is on sale and often we only have a short window to play with. A similar logic can apply to the stock market...
Big US bet: can UK gambling companies finally crack the States?
Thursday 25 Jul 2019Can it be third time lucky for UK betting companies with their efforts to crack the US market? The online market was effectively shut down in 2006, only for it to reopen in 2013 as individual states realised they could make a lot of tax from having regulated, legal online gambling activities. After...