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Time to buy housebuilders
Thursday 17 Jan 2019We are turning positive on the housebuilding sector on the basis that shares in the biggest companies are currently too cheap to ignore. Some are offering dividend yields in double-digits which are supported by strong balance sheets. In our view the robust financial positions enjoyed by the sector...
6 of the best UK value stocks
Thursday 10 Jan 2019Warren Buffett once said that as an investor, it is wise to be ‘fearful when others are greedy and greedy when others are fearful’. Fear is not in short supply right now. There are rising concerns over the state of the US economy, and whether after a number of relative boom years, slowing growth...
10 fantastic stocks for 2019
Thursday 20 Dec 2018Every year the Shares team research the market to find investment ideas and create a portfolio of stocks to own for the year ahead. We draw up a long list and then debate the pros and cons as a team over several meetings and then narrow the list down to the cream of the crop. This year we’ve...
Hot investment topics for 2019
Thursday 13 Dec 2018Investor sentiment is fragile amid a very difficult period for stock markets around the world. The FTSE 100 has hit a two-year low and numerous market experts say we are at a major turning point for investments. Against this backdrop it is no wonder that investors have so many questions about what’...
Tasty income: funds that pay 5% or more
Thursday 06 Dec 2018The quest for income remains at the top of the agenda for many investors. While UK interest rates have started to go up, they are still low relative to history and so cash savings accounts are unlikely to offer any decent levels of interest. For example, the best paying instant access cash savings...
Bargain UK stocks: the experts say ‘buy now’
Thursday 29 Nov 2018The broader UK stock market is very cheap on multiple metrics as a result of investors worrying how Brexit will impact the UK economy and domestic earners. The fear has spread so that many investors are nervous about UK equities in general, even though a lot of the companies generate their earnings...
7 unloved stocks: can they bounce back?
Thursday 22 Nov 2018It is important to take a balanced view when doing your research either for new investment ideas or to justify keeping current holdings in your portfolio. You should consider the positive investment case and also the challenges and headwinds facing a business, as well as any flaws in its decision...
Turn patience into profit
Thursday 15 Nov 2018Compounding is a fundamental force, a bit like gravity. In fact Einstein is said to have called it the most powerful force in the universe. While gravity pulls a snowball downhill, it’s compounding that makes it grow bigger. As it rolls downhill the snowball collects more snow: the further it rolls...
How to avoid bad investments
Thursday 08 Nov 2018Investors tend to spend most of their time looking for assets that will appreciate in value over time. Yet according to loss aversion theory, most of us get a bigger kick out of side-stepping disaster than picking runaway successes. We are not talking about share prices falling 15% or 20% as the...
Emerging markets: toxic or great opportunity?
Thursday 01 Nov 2018Emerging markets haven’t been good to investors in 2018. Their meltdown has reflected a mounting trade war between the world’s two biggest economies, America and China, higher US interest rates and a strengthening of the dollar. Compounding the situation have been the currency crises and economic...