Six simple rules for successful investing

As regular readers will know, we have a soft spot for legendary value investor Benjamin Graham, author of The Intelligent Investor, which that other legendary...

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Can Russia reduce its reliance on oil and gas?

Oil prices have had a very turbulent year. The fossil fuel traded above $70 per barrel in January as simmering tensions between the US and...

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Emerging markets: Views from the experts

1. A trend witnessed in several countries globally, the daily number of Covid-19 cases in India started to increase in late-August as the country continued to...

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The impact of negative interest rates on savers and investors

The central banks of Japan, the EU and several other countries have implemented negative interest rate policies for some years and the Bank of England...

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Do I need to bother with property funds if I’m a homeowner?

It’s a commonly held view that homeowners don’t need any other type of exposure to the property sector to be well diversified in investment terms....

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Growth investing: how to find good companies and avoid bad ones

The appeal of a growth company is easy to understand – when we put our money into a business which we expect to grow rapidly...

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Why you shouldn’t give up on the UK despite miserable performance

The recent and long-term performance of UK stocks is disappointing. Just look at how the FTSE 100 has performed against other global indices year-to-date and...

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Why bank stocks are getting bashed (again)

Fresh allegations from the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) about money laundering at HSBC (HSBA) and Standard Chartered (STAN), among...

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Recovery funds firmly out of fashion as leading manager exits

Last week saw a changing of the guard at fund group M&G (MNG) with Tom Dobell, a 28-year veteran of the firm, stepping...

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How to invest in structural change on a global level

Randall Dishmon, manager of the Invesco Global Focus Fund (BJ04HD6), doesn’t believe in screening piles of data to find ideas. With every company he looks...

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