magazine archive
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Danni Hewson
The companies chasing the electric vehicle opportunity
Thursday 03 Mar 2022The boss of electric vehicle charging provider Pod Point ( PODP ) , Erik Fairbairn, recently told the Sunday Express he believed the switch to EVs (electric vehicles) would bring about the demise of the petrol station as we know it. It’s an interesting and not so far-fetched view of the future...
Subscription companies face new challenge post-pandemic
Thursday 17 Feb 2022Paying a regular fee for a service is far from a new concept but over the last five years subscription services have mushroomed. Today you can sign up for pretty much everything from TV streaming to meal box deliveries, prescription refills, coffee bean fixes and gym classes. The pandemic became...
Still waiting for the big airline comeback
Thursday 03 Feb 2022There’s little doubt that investors see 2022 as being the year that travel gets its mojo back, at least when it comes to Europe. While US airlines made decent headway in 2021 largely thanks to continued demand for domestic flights, European airlines have been hampered by complex travel restrictions...
Supermarkets’ fight goes beyond price
Thursday 20 Jan 2022Shoppers might be salivating at the prospect of supermarket price wars but for investors the coming battle raises some interesting questions. Is price really the only weapon worth wielding, what kind of impact will the skirmishes have on profit margins, and can any of the traditional players really...
The opportunity ahead for get-fit stocks
Thursday 23 Dec 2021It’s no coincidence that Christmas excess naturally gives way to resolutions of getting fit and fabulous. January is always the month when gyms get a bumper crop of sign-ups. But 2021 was different and whatever happens with Covid restrictions over the next few weeks, 2022 is shaping up in a similar...
Is the new Twitter boss maverick enough?
Thursday 09 Dec 2021Big tech and maverick bosses go together like copy and paste or fish and chips. So, what should we read into the fact that when the jungle drums started beating, when it became clear that Jack Dorsey ( pictured ) was indeed stepping down from his position as Twitter head, the share price went up?...
Investors shouldn't get carried away by October's consumer boost
Thursday 25 Nov 2021A confident consumer spends cash and drives economic growth. When that confidence is shaken by, for example, rising prices, then people tend to save rather than spend, thereby restricting that growth. So, the latest GfK consumer confidence survey might have surprised some investors. The numbers had...
Can ethical investing help narrow the gender investment gap?
Thursday 11 Nov 2021Women invest less than men, that’s a fact. A new study* commissioned by AJ Bell suggests the average level of savings and investments held by women is less than half the amount held by their male counterparts. To put a number on it, if you extrapolate the average difference in savings and...
Market impact of company updates more obvious than economic data
Thursday 28 Oct 2021You don’t need a degree in finance to understand that both company earnings reports and major economic indicators and events both influence the investing landscape. However, looking at how London markets have performed over the last, complicated, 12 months it’s interesting to dig into those peaks...
Retail: how a hybrid of online and physical stores is proving a success
Thursday 14 Oct 2021Retail has been at war with itself for at least the past decade as old-style bricks and mortar businesses tried to keep up with the new kids on the online block. Big names like BHS and Toys R Us vanished from high streets and retail parks, others like New Look underwent brutal CVAs, which is a way...