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Construct an ISA portfolio: Put the building blocks in place for investment success
Thursday 21 Mar 2024We are weeks away from the end of the tax year and inevitably there is plenty of focus on ISAs – whether that relates opening an account or using up existing allowances. In all the hoo-hah it’s easy to lose sight of just what a compelling vehicle this is for investors. Whatever you are investing...
Fear of missing out has supplanted fears of a market sell-off
Thursday 21 Mar 2024With the S&P 500 index racking up gains in 17 of the last 20 weeks, a feat it hasn’t managed to achieve since 1964, it’s fair to say investors are making hay in US stocks again this year. The benchmark has now posted no fewer than 17 new all-time highs since the start of January, the latest...
Find out how London Tunnels plans to create one of the biggest tourist attractions in the capital
Thursday 21 Mar 2024Leisure business London Tunnels is expected to float on the AIM market sometime around the middle of the year. The company is majority owned by Angus Murray who is the brains behind plans to turn London’s tunnels into a tourist attraction, which showcases the story of the London Blitz. In October...
Why have renewable energy funds performed so poorly?
Thursday 14 Mar 2024Rewind 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 2024Stock 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 2024Shares 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 2024The 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 2024More 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 2024For 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 2024At 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...