Shell shares are still worth buying despite dividend cut

Royal Dutch Shell (RDSB) £12.72

Loss to date: 5.5%

Original entry point: Buy at £13.47, 12...

Thu, 07/05/2020 - 00:00


Where next for US shares?

Hard to believe as it may be, America’s S&P 500 index is down by just 3% over the last 12 months, while the NASDAQ Composite is...

Thu, 07/05/2020 - 00:00


Fundsmith recovers all its losses year-to-date

Fundsmith Equity (B41YBW7) 461p

Gain to date: 12.2%

Original entry point: Buy at 411p, 26 March 2020


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Thu, 07/05/2020 - 00:00


AG Barr: time to put some IRN in your portfolio

Investors seeking a high-quality, defensive recovery play should consider soft drinks group AG Barr (BAG), the company behind iconic Scottish brand IRN-BRU that...

Thu, 07/05/2020 - 00:00


Berkshire Hathaway builds cash to record levels, sell airline stocks

Investment sage Warren Buffett has sold his airline holdings and doesn’t see any bargains in the market at present.

Those were the key headlines from...

Thu, 07/05/2020 - 00:00


Could we see a return of M&A due to the crisis?

We usually associate mergers and acquisitions (M&A) with bull markets and high levels of corporate cash flows, but could the coronavirus crisis force companies to...

Thu, 07/05/2020 - 00:00


Orbis seeing ‘most exceptional discounts’ since the credit crunch

Value-oriented fund manager Orbis Investments says it is capitalising on ‘the most exceptional discounts’ it has seen since the bottom of the global financial crisis,...

Thu, 07/05/2020 - 00:00


Why these stocks have just hit all-time highs

Despite the wider stock market’s recovery still leaving it some way below its pre-crisis levels, some stocks in the FTSE 350 have hit record highs...

Thu, 07/05/2020 - 00:00


Investors need to be prepared for terrible second quarter results

A punishing first quarter results season with a wave of profit warnings, fundraisings and dividend cuts could be a prelude for the carnage to come when...

Thu, 07/05/2020 - 00:00


Companies will need to start quantifying Covid-19 impact

In the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic companies have been praised for their honesty.

Excellent corporate communicator Next (NXT), for example, conceded it...

Thu, 07/05/2020 - 00:00


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