Investment Articles

Oil prices are sliding to fresh lows for the year, despite May’s agreement in Vienna by OPEC and leading non-OPEC members (notably Russia) to stick...

No sooner had America’s technology-laden NASDAQ Composite stock index crossed the 6,000 mark for the first time in late April than two of its leading...

(although oil, the dollar, metals prices and interest rates still could)

A dreadfully poor campaign, where the slogan “Strong and Stable Government” smacked far too...

One of the most important lessons of investing is to buy as cheaply as you can (with the ultimate aim of selling as expensively as...

Last week’s column noted the phenomenal rise of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and the concept of passive investment. This is best exemplified by data from independent...

According to data from independent consultant ETFGI, global fund flows into exchange-traded funds (ETFs) came to $197 billion in the first quarter of 2017. That...

The swingeing dividend cut from Talk Talk and BT’s decision to abandon its plan to increase its shareholder pay-out by 10% a year...

At its core, stock-picking can be pretty simple stuff. 

The key is to identify firms which are going to show the best profit and dividend...

Confirmation from the Conservative Party that its manifesto will feature a commitment to cap certain power tariffs charged by the Big Six energy providers means...

Last week this column looked at the UK commercial property sector and did so from the perspective of quoted property development and management companies known...

The FTSE 100 is off to a decent start, showing a capital gain of 3% to date, but the FTSE 250 is up by nearly...

The markets cannot always be right (not least as it would be impossible for investors to make money from them if all securities were...

Share prices have so far responded negatively to the abandonment of a vote on President Donald Trump’s healthcare plan (24 March).

The first real political...

At the time of writing the FTSE 100 sits just above the 7,300 mark, a fraction below the new record-highs north of 7,400 reached earlier...

The initial flurry of excitement regarding Standard Life’s plan to acquire Aberdeen Asset Management for £3.8 billion in stock is fading, as...