Are the worst performing sectors the best ones the following year?

There is a widely held view among many investors that a successful investment strategy is to buy the previous year’s losers. The idea is...

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We reveal the best performing UK stocks in 2022: large and small

Most investors will remember 2022 as being one of the toughest years for stock markets around the world in a long time. However, plenty of stocks...

Thu, 15/12/2022 - 00:00


House prices cooling quickly after two years of red-hot growth

As more survey data on asking and selling prices rolls in from mortgage lenders and estate agencies, it is clear that the UK housing market...

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How much tax relief can I claim if I’m already taking a pension?

I left school at 16 and for eight years or so I worked for a major bank. Once I left the pension was deferred....

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Could the Royal Mail final dividend be decided in Westminster?

Royal Mail continues to be disrupted by strike action amid an escalating dispute over work, pay and conditions. With no end to the dispute in...

Thu, 15/12/2022 - 00:00


Balfour Beatty shares hit 11-year high on booming infrastructure market

Thanks to a slew of major UK and US public works programmes, revenues and earnings at construction and engineering firm Balfour Beatty (BBY)...

Thu, 15/12/2022 - 00:00


Takeover suitors follow our lead at Homeserve, K3 Capital and Crestchic

Three companies we’ve highlighted as Great Ideas over the past year are in takeover situations, demonstrating we were right to flag the appeal of the...

Thu, 15/12/2022 - 00:00


Why consumer squeeze and higher rental rates have clobbered Airbnb shares

Global platform operator for rental rooms Airbnb (ABNB:NASDAQ) has seen its shares slide by a fifth over the last three months taking the loss in...

Thu, 15/12/2022 - 00:00


This Asia Pacific trust prioritises India for stock opportunities

China bulls may be excited that the emerging markets giant is finally relaxing zero-Covid restrictions, but it is still early to call the recovery in...

Thu, 15/12/2022 - 00:00


How freezing temperatures saw power prices rocket to record levels

Freezing temperatures have sent UK power prices to record highs, with the surge in demand created by the wintry weather accompanied by very still conditions which led to a...

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