The difference between bottom-up and top-down investing

All investors want to make money from equity markets but you can go about it in many different ways.

Styles like growth, value and income...

Thu, 16/01/2020 - 00:00


The most and least popular stocks heading into 2020

Although the UK’s stock market underperformed those of Eastern Europe, the US and Western Europe in 2019, in sterling, total-return terms, few investors are likely...

Thu, 16/01/2020 - 00:00


Reach shares soar nearly 50% in a month

Reach (RCH) 143p

Gain to date: 45.8%

Original entry point: Buy at 98.1p, 5 December 2019


We identified...

Thu, 16/01/2020 - 00:00


Don't buy Joules as a recovery play just yet

JOULES (JOUL:AIM) 178.5p
STOPPED OUT

Original entry point: Buy at 258p, 31 January 2019


Unfortunately our bullish...

Thu, 16/01/2020 - 00:00


The signs are improving for Travis Perkins so buy now

Shares in builders’ merchant and tool-hire firm Travis Perkins (TPK) had a bumpy ride last quarter thanks to negative sentiment in its sector...

Thu, 16/01/2020 - 00:00


Debate emerges over rate cut after weak GDP data

A debate has emerged over whether or not the Bank of England should cut interest rates after the economy grew by just 0.1% in the...

Thu, 16/01/2020 - 00:00


The value of takeovers on the AIM market increased by a third in 2019

Accountant UHY Hacker Young reports that the value of takeovers of AIM-quoted companies jumped by 32% last year with appetite for fast-growing fintech, technology and...

Thu, 16/01/2020 - 00:00


Can the Christmas retail losers’ problems be fixed?

The kindest description you could give the post-Christmas trading updates from the retail sector would be ‘mixed’.

Some companies excelled, such as Next (...

Thu, 16/01/2020 - 00:00


Games Workshop shares hit new record high

Games Workshop (GAW) £69.70

Gain to date: 21.6%

Original entry point: Buy at £57.30,  21 November 2019


Our...

Thu, 16/01/2020 - 00:00


Selling by insiders raises new questions for NMC Health

United Arab Emirates-based private healthcare provider NMC Health (NMC) faces mounting pressure amid short selling and as major shareholders ditch hundreds of millions...

Thu, 16/01/2020 - 00:00


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