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New mining company backed by Volkswagen and Glencore taps retail investors for cash
Thursday 13 Jul 2023Retail investors are being offered the chance to buy shares in a fundraising by a UK-listed mining outfit looking to produce metals for electric vehicles. ACG Acquisition Company ( ACG ) was launched in October 2022 as a SPAC (special purpose acquisition company) otherwise known as a cash shell...
Investing round the world: how to do it and the markets which matter
Thursday 13 Jul 2023After a decent showing in 2022, the UK stock market has failed to fire in 2023. The good news for investors is shares in other parts of the world have done much better and it has never been easier to have a globally diversified portfolio. There is an excellent range of products and instruments...
The big lessons learned from my investing in recent years
Thursday 13 Jul 2023I think the legendary US investor Warren Buffett once said, ‘an investor must understand a company’s products and its business model before making an investment’ which loosely translates to ‘buy what you know’. I tried to adopt this strategy when filling my SIPP (self-invested investment plan) in...
Find out why companies with big tangible asset backing are potential money spinners
Thursday 13 Jul 2023With AI (artificial intelligence) the flavour of the month and investors focused on intangible assets such intellectual property and brand value, investors may be under valuing real, tangible assets lurking on balance sheets. The value of tangible assets has been a major feature of recent mergers...
The tiny company hoping to make it big after US breakthrough
Thursday 06 Jul 2023For a small company with only 12 employees including directors, pharmaceutical company Futura Medical ( FUM:AIM ) punches way above its weight. It has created the first significant innovation in the erectile dysfunction market in over 20 years with its proprietary transdermal DermaSys technology...
Car premiums are rocketing, so why are insurance shares down?
Thursday 06 Jul 2023While motorists have benefitted from falling petrol and diesel prices this year – helping to offset some of the increased cost of the weekly shop – many are finding their motor insurance quotes have gone through the roof, typically with no explanation. According to the ONS (Office for National...
Why there’s much more to Associated British Foods than Primark
Thursday 06 Jul 2023Discount fast-fashion chain Primark dominates discussions around Associated British Foods ( ABF ) . But as well as being the company behind the budget retail brand, now the UK’s largest clothing, footwear and accessories seller by volume, the Weston family-controlled conglomerate also encompasses...
The UK-listed shares where investors might not be paid the full dividend amount
Thursday 06 Jul 2023Most investors probably think they only need to fill in paperwork on dividends if they are investing in stocks listed in other parts of the world – but that is not necessarily the case. Withholding tax is levied by the government of an overseas company on dividends received by people who are not...
Rate shock: How are housebuilders, estate agents and property firms coping?
Thursday 06 Jul 2023June’s larger-than-expected half percentage point interest rate rise has pushed the FTSE 100 index back into negative territory for the year and triggered fears of recession among investors and market observers. Moreover, there seems little doubt the UK central bank will raise rates again at its...
Revealed: the companies which could join the exodus from the UK market
Thursday 29 Jun 2023There are an increasing number of large firms which are thinking about changing their main share listing from the UK to the US or elsewhere, raising fears London is losing its importance. This article explains why companies are giving serious thought to this issue and who might be next to press the...