Many first-time investors will start by building a basic portfolio from funds. The next step is to look at shares in individual companies.

Investing in...

I am considering an ETF to track the US market and intend to hold it outside an ISA. I am a basic rate taxpayer and...

Last week saw the much-awaited reopening of ‘non-essential’ retailers, after 12 weeks of lockdown restrictions, with images of crowds milling around at retail parks and...

Will I trigger the MPAA if I buy an annuity? And are there any other ways I can avoid it?

Carl

Tom Selby, AJ Bell Senior...

Stock markets around the world have staged a big recovery from their March lows, yet there are many individual companies that have stubbornly failed to...

We’ve all been buying fridges, wine and sparkly tops this year, judging by how the market has rewarded certain retail stocks.

There has been a...

While many investment funds have recorded heavy losses this year, there have been a few outlier funds which have not only recorded a positive return...

As the world has become more international more investors want to buy shares listed on overseas stock markets, particularly in the US.

The likes of...

The shocking news from German mobile payments firm Wirecard, one of the supposed gems of the country’s technology sector, that the €1.9 billion ‘missing’ from...

America’s S&P 500 stock market index is down just 5% so far in 2020 and it is up 5% compared to its level of a...