magazine 20 Dec 2018

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Don’t miss this issue of Shares as the team reveal their top stock picks for the 12 months ahead. You can also discover four fund ideas, plus the benefits of ready-made portfolios.

Shares looks at the latest challenges in the retail sector following a profit warning from ASOS and it profiles AO World.

New retail sector woes, personal finance outlook, market trends to watch in 2019 and reasons to be optimistic

This week we discuss how high street problems have spread to the online shopping sector, the problems with discounting, forthcoming changes to tax and pension...

Wed, 19/12/2018 - 16:59

FTSE 100 earnings momentum falters as 2018 draws to a close

“Positive earnings momentum helped to carry the FTSE 100 through the first half of the year, as analysts upgraded their profit forecasts and the index...

Wed, 19/12/2018 - 10:22

GlaxoSmithKline

“Investors are eagerly awaiting the FOMC meeting in the US later today to find out if there is going to be another interest rate hike....

Wed, 19/12/2018 - 09:35

National Grid / Ofgem and Royal Dutch Shell

“Further weakness in oil prices has served to weigh on shares in the oil sector and by default pull down the FTSE 100. Any movement...

Tue, 18/12/2018 - 09:50

ASOS and SSE

“A massive sell-off in retail stocks weighs on the FTSE 100 and FTSE 250 indices with investors worried about disappointing Christmas trading. Mining stocks bucked...

Mon, 17/12/2018 - 09:30

Markets in 2018, best and worst performing shares and funds, pension dashboards and the 1p savings challenge

Listen to the podcast to discover which stock markets around the world rewarded investors, the stocks and funds sitting at the top and bottom of...

Fri, 14/12/2018 - 13:55

Balfour Beatty

“There have been some troublesome figures coming out of China in 2018 and another batch has now served to drag down markets in Asia and...

Fri, 14/12/2018 - 09:24

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