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Charts: Using relative strength to guide stock decisions

Thursday 16 Sep 2021

The relative strength index or RSI is a widely used technical tool which measures the size of recent price movements to determine whether a stock is overbought, and in danger of correction, or oversold and maybe about to rebound. Technically the RSI is an oscillator rather than an index, as it...

Charts: How to get the best out of moving averages

Thursday 09 Sep 2021

Following on from our introduction to technical analysis for beginners , this article looks at moving averages, describing why and how they can be used along with some basic strategies. Contrary to popular perceptions even fundamentally driven fund managers will often use charts to quickly get a...

An introduction to charting for first timers

Thursday 02 Sep 2021

Seasoned investors often dismiss technical analysis as having nothing to do with fundamental research, and of course they are right. There is no substitute for doing your own research on a company before buying shares. However, a picture paints a thousand words, and while share prices are meant to...

Find out how much you can save in your pension over your lifetime

Thursday 12 Aug 2021

The Government gives incentives to people who save in pensions, but there is a limit to its generosity and if you save too much then you may be hit with tax charges. How much can someone save in pensions over their lifetime? There isn’t a hard limit on the amount you can save over your lifetime,...

Look at preference shares if you seek stable income

Thursday 29 Jul 2021

Most stocks owned by retail investors are classified as ordinary shares, giving you part ownership of a company, the right to vote and receive any dividends declared. However, there is another category of share to explore. Preference shares might appeal to investors who are looking for stable...

Discover how much you can stick in a pension and still get government cash

Thursday 15 Jul 2021

The government operates generous incentives to encourage people to use a pension to save for their retirement, but it is worth bearing in mind these incentives are subject to a few controls and limits. WHAT IS THE ANNUAL ALLOWANCE FOR PENSIONS? The pensions annual allowance is the amount of money...

Expert Investor: Using relative valuation models

Thursday 15 Jul 2021

The reason that professional investors care about whether a company is sensibly valued or not is because they want to avoid shares that underperform the market. If most of the good news is already factored into a share, its price can fall precipitously depending on the extent of the over-valuation...

What to do if one of your investments warns on profit

Thursday 24 Jun 2021

A ‘profit warning’ is where a company’s actual profit is materially lower than forecasts set by sell-side analysts and can cause an investor acute portfolio pain; reports of an earnings ‘miss’, a material deterioration in trading or an unforeseen shock are typically punished by brutal share price...

Expert Investor: Find out what earnings momentum can mean for your shares

Thursday 24 Jun 2021

Recently there has been a lot of attention on the ‘growth’ versus ‘value’ debate and the thinking behind each investment style. The successful development of Covid vaccines in November 2020 sparked an apparent rotation out of more expensive stocks which are growing their earnings rapidly and...

Investors are being asked for money. What’s a placing, rights issue and open offer?

Thursday 17 Jun 2021

When a company is looking to raise cash to fund an acquisition, build a new project or pay down debt for example, there are several avenues they can take. Sometimes they will issue bonds, which is a type of loan between a company and an investor. This can be appealing because a company can get...

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