Shares magazine

11 June 2026

Asia is a fruitful place for income and portfolio diversification, with more companies returning cash to investors as a reward for taking the risk of owning their shares. Parts of Asia are also attractive from a valuation perspective.

Investors in the UK might be less familiar with Asian stocks and so the easiest way to get exposure is via funds...

11 June 2026

Ask the experts. Paul Angell is on hand to answer your questions about investments. If you'd like a question considered for a future edition, send it in now.

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What guidance is available for someone with only a couple of years until retirement who is...

11 June 2026

The UK job market is a tough place to be right now, with the jobless rate unexpectedly rising to 5% in the latest ONS figures, just as the number of job vacancies fell to its lowest level in five years.

Losing your job is one of the most stressful experiences someone can go through and for Luke, it’s caused him to totally change course on how he’s...

11 June 2026

The share price of memory chip play Micron Technology has enjoyed an astonishing run heading into its upcoming quarterly results on 24 June helping it to a $1 trillion market valuation for the first time.

The most recent catalyst was research published by investment bank UBS which raised the price target on the stock from $535 to $1,625.

AI-related...

11 June 2026

Streaming giant Netflix has been the great disruptor in the world of home entertainment over the last decade or so. It is therefore jarring to see a big plank of the company’s current strategy seemingly ape the linear TV model which it helped overturn as it embraces advertising and live sports events.

At the same time, the company losing out in a...

11 June 2026

Emerging markets (EM) have enjoyed a recovery in returns and investor sentiment during the past few months, mainly fueled by AI optimism. But one of the areas experts had pegged as a long-term winner just a few years ago is now noticeably absent from the EM conversation: India.

Cast your mind back five years ago and the investment industry was...

21 May 2026

Ask the experts. Rachel Vahey is here to answer questions on pensions. If you’d like a question considered for a future edition send it in now .

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I want my employer to make contributions into my SIPP. How do they do this for the first time and what do I...

21 May 2026

As the domestic football season enters its final knockings and the winners are sorted from the losers its interesting and instructive to look at the fortunes of football clubs on the stock market and what it tells us about investing in general.

I may be a big football fan but there’s a reason why I don’t mix investing with the beautiful game. The...

20 May 2026

Ask the experts. Paul Angell is on hand to answer your questions about investments. If you'd like a question considered for a future edition, send it in now.

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I’ve been investing for a while but mainly in index funds. I’m trying to become a more involved...

20 May 2026

At first glance, US stocks look fully valued based on traditional valuation metrics like the PE (price to earnings) ratio, but a new study by researchers at the Federal Reserve of Minneapolis suggests equity markets may be somewhat less expensive than generally thought.

This article ‘unpacks’ the new research to explain the key differences between...

19 May 2026

Ask the experts. Laura Suter is here to answer your personal finance questions. If you’d like a question considered for a future edition send it in now .

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I’m new to investing and have around £8,000 I’d like to put into the market, but I’m feeling...

19 May 2026

Two of the main protagonists in the AI infrastructure space – Nvidia and Broadcom – are set to offer an insight into the competitive dynamics in this surging market with their latest quarterly results.

Both chip makers coexist within the same AI hardware. Nvidia specialising in the ‘off-the-shelf’ high-performance GPUs (like its Blackwell series)...

18 May 2026

Every month in these pages AJ Bell’s Head of Markets Dan Coatsworth takes you through different facets of income investing. Generating an income from the stocks and funds you hold is a big part of why many people put their money to work in the stock market.

That’s because stocks do not just offer the ability to make gains when share prices go up –...

18 May 2026

The phrase ‘it’s a marathon not a sprint’ was put to the test at this year’s London Marathon when two runners smashed the sub-two-hour barrier, with Kenya’s Sabastian Sawe taking home the ultimate prize. The 1:59:30 finishing time has changed expectations around the world of running forever and while his 4.33 per mile pace might challenge this slow...

15 May 2026

Ask the experts. Russ Mould is on hand to answer your queries about the financial markets. If you'd like a question considered for a future edition, send it in now .

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Why are US equities making new highs when there is so much uncertainty in the world...

15 May 2026

You’ve spent your working life building up your savings. Hopefully making the most of the tax incentives pensions have to offer and compound returns over the long term. But retirement is the point where the impact of financial decisions can actually start to compound in reverse, if you take a wrong turn.

Here are five common pension pitfalls that...

14 May 2026

After working hard for years and saving money, retirement should be a time to relax and enjoy life. This is possible with a good financial plan.

Even though you might now be sitting on a nice pot of money, it is still important to manage your finances carefully during retirement. Luckily, there are effective ways to manage your money, and one of...

14 May 2026

The FTSE 100 has been enjoying a recent revival versus its S&P 500 counterpart in the first sustained rally since the 2007/8 financial crisis. Much to the joy of those looking around for some non-US equity options.

While US stocks have still largely outperformed their UK counterparts, the gap is much smaller than it was.

A mixture of global market...

14 May 2026

Danish healthcare company Novo Nordisk remains one of Europe’s largest companies by market value despite the shares falling 70% over the last two years.

The fall from grace was preceded by a 540% advance in the shares following US regulatory approval for Novo’s diabetes treatment Ozempic in late 2017.

Novo launched the world’s first treatment for...

24 April 2026

Ask the experts. Rachel Vahey is here to answer questions on pensions. If you’d like a question considered for a future edition send it in now .

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I have a stakeholder defined contributions pension with a big provider built up when I was employed in the...

23 April 2026

We spend years thinking about accumulating the pot we need to sustain us in our retirement but sometimes less thought is given to how we plan to manage our money once we retire.

Every month in Shares, AJ Bell’s senior pensions and savings expert Charlene Young covers a range of topics relevant to those approaching or already in retirement. There’s...

23 April 2026

Ask the experts. Paul Angell is on hand to answer your questions about investments. If you'd like a question considered for a future edition, send it in now.

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I’m approaching retirement and want to take some of my money out of equities. I was looking at...

22 April 2026

Towards the end of April, we will get quarterly earnings from Microsoft, Alphabet, Apple, Meta Platforms and Amazon, representing a combined $14 trillion of market value, or just over a quarter of the S&P 500 index.

The technology narrative has shifted from excitement around the potential of AI to a ‘show me the money’ story, to quote Wells Fargo...

22 April 2026

Ask the experts. Laura Suter is here to answer your personal finance questions. If you’d like a question considered for a future edition send it in now .

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I’ve read a lot in the news about interest rates being on the up again, which means mortgage rates...

21 April 2026

Saving for your first home is often the first major financial goal a person sets and for Aaron, getting over his anxiety that investing wasn’t for someone like him was a key part of achieving that dream.

Back in 2016 when Aaron was 26 and studying to become an NHS doctor, he opened a Lifetime ISA with the explicit goal of saving up to buy his...