Shares and the stockmarket


Is the share buyback back in fashion?

The announcement this week of share buybacks by Balfour Beatty and Domino’s Pizza, as well as plans for such a scheme at ...

Wed, 10/03/2021 - 17:53


Investors still preferring jam today to jam tomorrow as the Dow outperforms the NASDAQ

America’s Dow Jones Industrials set a new intra-day record high on Monday while the NASDAQ Composite slid into correction territory, just over 10% below its...

Tue, 09/03/2021 - 17:24


Most popular AJ Bell Youinvest ISA funds, shares and investment trusts in 2021

Some fund investors have been going for growth in their AJ Bell Youinvest ISA so far this year, filling their tax shelters with a raft...

Mon, 08/03/2021 - 15:44


Who wants to be an ISA millionaire?

Today’s ISA millionaires have shown a definite preference for investing in individual shares rather than funds, with 83% of their portfolios sitting in stocks, compared...

Fri, 05/03/2021 - 16:42


Is Deliveroo turning up just as the IPO market turns down?

The bears may now be marching two by two toward Cathie Wood’s ARK Innovations Exchange Traded Fund (ETF), which is down by 20% from its...

Fri, 05/03/2021 - 15:51


Vaccine success prompts bond sell off

Bond investors have had a pretty rocky start to 2021, and if the global vaccine roll-out prompts a sharp economic recovery, price falls clocked up...

Tue, 02/03/2021 - 12:58


FTSE 100 dividends paid and restored now exceed value of cuts since the pandemic began

Lily James, Carey Mulligan and Ralph Fiennes may be gripping the nation in the Netflix film The Dig, but it is treasure of a...

Mon, 01/03/2021 - 16:12


‘Value’ continues to outperform ‘growth’ as NASDAQ stumbles

The NASDAQ Composite’s second worst daily decline of the year, and its third one-day slide of more than 2%, may be a further sign that...

Tue, 23/02/2021 - 17:19


Inflation starts 2021 without a bang

Inflation has started 2021 in much the same vein as it finished 2020, low and moving sideways. The fact that restaurants and hotels provided a...

Wed, 17/02/2021 - 16:17


Can the miners dig the FTSE 100 out of its dividend hole?

A 55% hike in BHP’s first-half dividend and the restoration of payments to shareholders at Glencore are putting welcome cash back into...

Tue, 16/02/2021 - 14:01


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