Shares and the stockmarket

Slowly but surely, American influences have permeated the social fabric of the UK. From the takeover of our high streets by McDonald’s franchise outlets...

The first ever investment trust was founded in 1868 and Foreign & Colonial has traded through to this day, with sufficient success to establish...

Is it right for Lowland to continue being so heavily invested in industrial sector companies given the economy is late stage in its cycle?

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The FTSE 100’s dash to a new intra-day all time high of 7,130 in early October may remain a source of bafflement to many investors,...

​​Unilever’s clash with Tesco over the price of Marmite, ice-cream and other household products brings the issue of the pound’s decline and its...

In early October, while on a trip to the USA, Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond announced that the Government would again try to sell...

A series of drops in US oil inventories and the announcement that OPEC’s late-September Algerian summit could lead to production cuts are boosting the oil...

Taken in aggregate, profit and dividend forecasts can give a feel for whether one equity market looks cheap or expensive relative to another, or relative...

The £24.3 billion, cash only acquisition of UK microchip designer ARM by Japan's Softbank was officially sealed on 5th September, removing a high quality technology...

Any investors who followed the old market maxim “Sell In May” will be cursing, as equity, bond and commodity markets generally look and feel bouncy...