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Why have renewable energy funds performed so poorly?

Thursday 14 Mar 2024

Rewind to 2020, five years on from the landmark Paris Agreement to combat climate change, and aside from the pandemic the big stories in markets were the ‘climate emergency’ and the ‘energy transition’. Although the Glasgow COP26 conference had to be postponed until 2021 due to Covid, there was no...

Big momentum: with global indices setting new highs discover the stocks which can keep up the pace

Thursday 14 Mar 2024

Stock markets have been making new all-time highs in the US, Europe and Japan and investors are asking whether they are witnessing a new global bull market for stocks which began in November 2023. Momentum is a powerful factor in stock markets. Prices tend to trend in the same direction which mean...

Bloomsbury is more than just a successful publisher of sci-fi and fantasy books

Thursday 07 Mar 2024

Shares in publishing outfit Bloomsbury Publishing (BMY) hit a record level on 14 February after the firm raised its guidance for the year ending 29 February 2024. Over the past year, Bloomsbury shares have gained 22% and over five years 137% to sit at 536p. The publisher has clearly benefited from...

Six great stocks for your ISA

Thursday 07 Mar 2024

The end of the tax year is coming down the track fast and that means there are only weeks remaining to make full use of your £20,000 annual ISA allowance. Even if you are some way off this maximum limit or haven’t invested through an ISA at all in 2023/24, the rapidly approaching deadline is a good...

Why more UK companies are purchasing their own shares

Thursday 07 Mar 2024

More and more UK companies are buying back their own shares. Data collected by Russ Mould, investment director at AJ Bell, shows share buybacks at FTSE 100 companies are running at an aggregate value of £18.3 billion so far in 2024. Despite being only two months into the year, the value of buybacks...

Champions of Europe: how to invest in the continent’s best stocks

Thursday 29 Feb 2024

For years now, European equities have struggled to keep pace with their US counterparts, but the historically low valuations on the ‘old continent’ mean we could be at an inflection point with investors beginning to take notice at long last. European equities have attracted increased attention from...

Merger activity in the property sector heats up with bid battle for API

Thursday 29 Feb 2024

At Shares , we have been flagging the potential for M&A in the investment trust space for months, not least in the REIT (real estate investment trust) sector due to the abundance of companies trading well below their net asset values. In the last month alone, three real estate mergers have been...

Why is Diversified Energy launching a tender offer and what are investors’ options?

Thursday 29 Feb 2024

US oil and gas producer Diversified Energy (DEC) launched a tender offer on 26 February as an alternative to its dividend for the three-month period to 30 September. In this article we explain why the company has taken this decision and what options investors have. WHAT IS A TENDER OFFER? A tender...

How Latin American emerging markets compare

Thursday 29 Feb 2024

There are five Latin American countries which are constituents of the MSCI Emerging Markets list. They vary considerably in terms of their performance and size. The biggest, and the best performer over the last decade, is Brazil whose fortunes are heavily tied to commodity markets given it is a big...

Emerging markets: China positive policy moves, US rates shift and what’s happening in Latin America

Thursday 29 Feb 2024

1. China policy recalibration: Following a sharp decline in the technology sector in January, policymakers in China are reviewing draft legislation titled, ‘Measures for the Administration of Online Games’. The legislation was designed to further restrict engagement and monetisation of online games...

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