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KKR fires up a bid for power plant play ContourGlobal

Power utility ContourGlobal has hardly blown out the lights since its listing on the London Stock Exchange in November 2017 but a bid...

Thu, 19/05/2022 - 11:11

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

State pension increases by 3.1% …but soaring inflation means retirees will still feel the pinch

When is a pay rise not really a pay rise? When the cost of the things you buy are increasing by more than the extra...

Thu, 14/04/2022 - 10:59

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

The new tax year is here! Six essential checks for your investment portfolio

Lots of people rush to make investments and fill their ISA before the tax-year end. But now we’re in a new tax year, and there’s...

Thu, 07/04/2022 - 09:53

Help to Buy ISA savers missing out on free cash

Help to Buy ISA savers who have had their accounts for years could be missing out on free money towards their house deposit by not...

Fri, 01/04/2022 - 11:49

Early bird vs last minute ISA investors

Stocks and shares ISA savers can broadly be split into three groups – regular savers, early birds, and last minute investors. Right now, last minute...

Wed, 30/03/2022 - 16:44

Most popular investments for last minute ISAs

As we hurtle towards the end of the tax year, last minute ISA investors have been demonstrating their devotion to a global investment strategy. Of...

Wed, 30/03/2022 - 16:40

ISA performance since 1999 provides reassurance for investors today

There can’t have been many worse times to invest than when the ISA was first launched in 1999, just before the dot com crash prompted...

Fri, 25/03/2022 - 11:09

Cash ISA savers in denial about poor interest rates

Rising interest rates and the cost-of-living crisis have prompted more people to check the interest rate they’re actually getting on their cash ISA savings. Our...

Thu, 24/03/2022 - 14:54

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

Chancellor does little to ease cost of living crisis

The big rabbit out of Rishi Sunak’s hat was announcing a cut to income tax rates from 2024, and while that will grab the headlines...

Wed, 23/03/2022 - 17:38

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