Shares and the stockmarket

BP’s plans mean FTSE 100 share buybacks are on track to set new-all time high in 2022

The debate over BP’s bumper profits and the rights and wrongs of a windfall tax looks set to continue but the facts of the...

Wed, 11/05/2022 - 11:10

Why Wednesday’s post-Fed rally may have been a bear trap

When Jack Nicholson was playing The Joker in Tim Burton’s first Batman film in 1989, he was so well paid that he reportedly told a...

Fri, 06/05/2022 - 15:47

Five questions that Amazon must answer in its first-quarter results

Amazon’s fourth-quarter results for 2021 were weak, guidance for the first-quarter of 2022 was poor and the gambit of a stock split coupled with...

Thu, 28/04/2022 - 09:48

How to navigate the ESG maze

The performance tide has turned against ESG funds of late, as growth stocks have floundered, and oil and gas companies have profited from rising energy...

Wed, 13/04/2022 - 17:18

FTSE 100 forecast to deliver a 5.4% total cash return in 2022

The FTSE 100’s total dividend pay-out is expected to reach £81.2 billion in 2022, compared to £78.5 billion in 2021, equating to a yield of...

Fri, 08/04/2022 - 17:54

What does US bond market blitz mean for stock markets (and the economy)?

It was former US President Bill Clinton’s economic adviser James Carville who said that if he were reincarnated, he would like to come back as...

Thu, 24/03/2022 - 13:18

The Cash ISA paradox – rates are rising, but things are getting tougher for savers

Cash savings have suffered death by a thousand rate cuts over the last decade, but the cash paradox is that even though rates are now...

Wed, 16/02/2022 - 17:00

IG Design’s American dream turns into a nightmare

A second profit warning in four months is tearing a big hole in the share price of greetings cards, crafting, gifts and gift wrapping specialist...

Fri, 28/01/2022 - 09:32

Share prices stumble after just two months of less loose policy from the Fed

Well, that didn’t take long. The Fed began to pump less Quantitative Easing (QE) into the financial system in November and the stock market’s wheels...

Fri, 21/01/2022 - 10:05

Vistry shares unmoved as remediation cost worries chip away at confidence

A 41% jump in completions, firm selling prices and growing confidence in its mixed-tenure Partnerships operation mean that housebuilder Vistry is reaping the benefit...

Thu, 13/01/2022 - 16:43

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