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Big tech meltdown: how can Amazon, Alphabet, Meta and the rest recover?

Thursday 19 Jan 2023

Some of the most popular tech-related stocks of the past decade have gone from making people rich to being among the weakest performing names on the market. Are the worst of the falls over for the likes of Amazon (AMZN:NASDAQ), Tesla (TSLA:NASDAQ) and other market giants of their kind? Read on to...

Electric vehicle craze and tougher safety laws should fuel AB Dynamics earnings

Thursday 12 Jan 2023

The automotive sector is in flux amid a transition to electric and hybrid vehicles as well as developments in assisted driving technology and frequent changes in safety and regulatory standards. That’s good news for UK engineering champion AB Dynamics ( ABDP:AIM ) which is one of the best...

Global supply chains appear to be easing which is good for the economy

Thursday 12 Jan 2023

There is growing evidence from industrial surveys that supply chains are starting to ease in some areas of manufacturing, although the global economy is still far from ‘normal’ as we enter 2023 and a return to growth is a long way off. According to the IFO research institute, companies in Germany...

Megatrends: Investment themes to dominate this decade and how to play them

Thursday 12 Jan 2023

According to fabled US stock market trader Jessie Livermore ‘the big swings make the big money’. Livermore was used by Edwin Lefervre as the basis for the character of Larry Livingstone in his investment classic Reminiscences of a Stock Operator . The bestselling book, dedicated to his memory, was...

Investors can be their own worst enemy: here’s one approach to fix that

Thursday 12 Jan 2023

Of all the challenges facing you as an investor, the father of value investing Benjamin Graham said the chief one and the ‘worst enemy’ is likely to be yourself. One asset manager which seems to have taken this lesson to heart is Brown Advisory. Portfolio manager Mick Dillion, who helps steer the...

Revealed: the best and worst performing emerging markets in 2022

Thursday 22 Dec 2022

The strong dollar, surging inflation and China’s Covid woes have presented a big challenge for stocks in developing countries in 2022 but some emerging markets have performed well. Data from Refinitiv shows 24 MSCI emerging markets indices have generated a return of 2.1% in 2022 on a non-weighted...

Cerillion’s share price is up 729% in five years: here’s why

Thursday 22 Dec 2022

Amid the debris of UK share price performance this year a little-known software story has been knocking it out of the park. Aim-traded Cerillion ( CER:AIM ) has seen forecasts upgraded through 2022, ending up with record full year statutory profits, revenues, and a bulging order pipeline of new...

Tate & Lyle, London Stock Exchange and Jet2 shine in our 2022 stock picks

Thursday 22 Dec 2022

In a year when just 27% of actively managed funds outperformed their benchmark, the US Nasdaq index delivered a 33% loss, the FTSE 250 index fell 22% and the FTSE All-World index dropped 20%, Shares ’ stock portfolio for 2022 also disappointed. A year ago, we were aware that Russia might invade...

How it went wrong for Amazon and what comes next

Thursday 22 Dec 2022

For years, Amazon (AMZN:NASDAQ) seemed invincible, an e-commerce giant that made other companies quiver when it muscled into their markets. It helped Amazon shares soar, making loyal investors a packet along the way. This year, that all changed. The stock has lost more than 48% in 2022, the worst...

Greggs: we reveal the secrets of its success and plans for the future

Thursday 22 Dec 2022

Since joining the stock market as a humble bakery in 1984, Greggs ( GRG ) has served up a stunning total return (capital growth plus dividends) of 53,549%, according to data from Refinitiv. If you’d invested £5,000 at the time of the stock market listing, that outlay would have grown into £2.68...

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