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10 fund managers: Where we’re finding the best stock opportunities
Thursday 08 Dec 2022As 2022 draws to a close amid continuing market volatility Shares has canvassed leading fund managers to find out where they have been finding the best opportunities. Jamie Ross – Henderson Eurotrust (Hne) LOOKING OUT FOR BOMBED-OUT GROWTH STOCKS We have spent the last 12 months trying to find...
Find out why investors have gone off Meta, Ocado, Future and RWS
Thursday 08 Dec 2022It is easy to become ensconced in a narrative and ignore contrary new information which doesn’t fit with your thinking. But at some point, the penny drops, company plans go awry, and investors abandon the story. This article highlights stocks where investors appear to have changed their collective...
The weekly shop: Which brands in your shopping basket are good investments?
Thursday 08 Dec 2022With the price of the average weekly shop going up by more than 10% this year, is there a way for investors to play the rise in spending on ‘essentials’ by owning shares in the companies which make the products we all buy? Shares has analysed the typical UK shopping basket to see what conclusions...
Can shares in luxury goods firms repeat their success in 2023?
Thursday 01 Dec 2022While growth stocks, bonds and cryptocurrencies have struggled, there is one ‘well-heeled’ corner of the stock market which hasn’t missed a beat this year. Luxury goods stocks have outperformed their respective domestic stock markets by an average of 19% over the last six months while earnings have...
Can I buy shares in football clubs and are they worth it?
Thursday 01 Dec 2022The less than happy story of football clubs on the stock market has a new chapter as Manchester United (MANU:NYSE) might be put up for sale by its controversial owners, the Glazer family. Casual observers might be surprised to learn that such a significant global brand from the world’s most popular...
Passing on wealth: how AIM shares could cut an inheritance tax bill
Thursday 01 Dec 2022With the current nil-rate threshold for inheritance tax being frozen at £325,000 until 2028, many investors will be wondering how they can reduce tax liabilities for their estate when they die. In the 2021-22 tax year, inheritance tax receipts jumped 14% to a record £6.1 billion as more people’s...
Fund manager optimism starts to return as equity inflows hit 35-week high
Thursday 24 Nov 2022Based on conversations with fund managers at AJ Bell’s annual Investival conference for financial advisers, there is a feeling that professional investors are starting to become more optimistic after what’s been a very tricky year on the markets. This tallies with how stock markets in many parts of...
Finding great value shares: how fund managers do it and how you can too
Thursday 24 Nov 2022The idea behind value investing is to buy shares for less than they are worth in the hope they reach their so-called ‘fair’ value and generate a better than market return. This article explores popular yardsticks used to find value shares, explains how they are used and highlights the advantages...
Watch out for changes to dividend and capital gain allowances
Thursday 24 Nov 2022While Jeremy Hunt may have stuck to the government’s promise not to raise tax rates, the Autumn Statement means more of most peoples’ income and capital will find its way into the Treasury’s coffers during the course of this parliament. In order to fill the £55 billion ‘black hole’ in government...
Is the hardy US shopper starting to feel the pinch?
Thursday 24 Nov 2022US retail sales posted their largest increase in eight months in October, with the value of purchases up a forecast-beating 1.3%, demonstrating the US consumer is holding up well despite rising rates and high inflation, supported by the government’s pandemic stimulus package. Yet a frenetic third...