Shares and the stockmarket

What does the first interest rate rise since 2007 mean for your finances?

While a hike in interest rates from 0.25% to 0.5% might not seem like a momentous event, it is the first increase by the Bank...

Fri, 03/11/2017 - 09:06

How to make sure portfolios do not get entangled in a web of technology stocks

A couple of weeks ago this column mentioned a throwaway comment provided by a shrewd fund manager that: “There is no value in momentum [stocks]...

Thu, 26/10/2017 - 12:17

How to guard against a market crash

Monday 19 October 1987 will live in the memory of investors as the day of Black Monday stock market crash. But this is not the...

Wed, 18/10/2017 - 09:55

Enter the Dragon

At the start of 2017, India was the hottest topic in town when it came to Asian financial markets. Prime Minister Modi’s reform programme and...

Thu, 12/10/2017 - 12:05

What oil stocks could be telling investors

For all of the confusion over Brexit, the Bank of England’s plans for interest rates and the trajectory of the UK economy (which for choice...

Thu, 05/10/2017 - 09:08

The lessons everyone can learn from Japan

With the Nikkei 225 and Topix stock benchmarks touching two-year peaks, the yen at a 12-month high against the dollar and the economy putting together...

Wed, 27/09/2017 - 11:14

How to assess whether UK stocks can raise a gallop to the end of the year

Any investors who followed the old market maxim “Sell In May” will hopefully not feel too sore, as the FTSE 100 made awfully hard work...

Thu, 14/09/2017 - 16:15

How to get your kicks from the VIX

Neither a natural disaster in Texas, nor elevated tensions between Washington and Pyongyang, the tardy pace of Brexit negotiations or soggy wage growth worldwide have...

Thu, 07/09/2017 - 15:17

How to spot the next FTSE 100 profits accident – before it happens

Unilever’s move to trigger management share awards off underlying earnings, the ongoing debate over the role of auditors in the wake of the accounting...

Wed, 16/08/2017 - 16:43

Why pricing power matters when it comes to picking stocks

Back in May, this column looked at how to test whether a forecast dividend payment from a company was safe or potentially at risk of...

Thu, 03/08/2017 - 15:23

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