Charting: How a classic mathematical series can help set price targets

The Fibonacci sequence, named after an Italian scholar of the same name, is a simple mathematical series...

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City of London underperformance is a worry

City of London Investment Trust (CTY) has been a popular choice for investors over the years, but a period of underperformance versus the...

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Inflation isn’t going away soon: how to protect your portfolio

The inflation story is not going away. In recent sessions we’ve seen an increasing number of companies talk about pressure on profit margins from rising...

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Energy winners: the companies to back as oil and gas prices soar

Soaring energy prices and fuel shortages are leading to punch ups at the pumps and spiralling bills for consumers and businesses. However, the current turmoil...

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Why the dollar must be watched

The International Monetary Fund’s quarterly Composition of Official Foreign Exchange Reserves report may not be everyone’s idea of bedtime reading but one trend immediately emerges...

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Shares’ top picks for 2021: still outperforming

Despite a fuel crisis, ongoing inflation worries and the end to the furlough scheme, Shares’ top picks for 2021 continue to outperform the wider stock market....

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Boohoo and ASOS out of fashion as shares slump

If online retailers were among the big winners of 2020, many have endured considerable bad luck in 2021 with share prices slumping across parts of...

Thu, 07/10/2021 - 00:00


Why is it costing me to leave a with-profits pension?

I was sold a pension policy by one of the big insurers in the late 1990s which was half unit-linked, half with-profits. Since 1999 they...

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Merck’s game changing oral Covid-19 drug shakes up biotech sector

Shares in Covid-19 vaccine makers Moderna and BioNTech lost around a quarter of their market value in the first two trading days of October after pharmaceutical...

Thu, 07/10/2021 - 00:00


Use Slater fund to find growth at a reasonable price

Rising inflation expectations means that growth-hungry investors will need to be increasingly discerning and disciplined in terms of their stock picking in the months ahead.

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