Why you should understand 'behavioural investing'

According to the ‘efficient market theory’, at any given point in time share prices should reflect all the information available to investors and therefore stocks...

Thu, 23/04/2020 - 00:00


The race to recovery

The market has come storming back since it bottomed out on 23 March from a coronavirus-inspired plunge. As we write the FTSE 100 is above...

Thu, 23/04/2020 - 00:00


Spotting how companies might move the goal posts during the crisis

Accounting scandals have a tendency to crop-up late into a business cycle, perhaps aided and abetted by looser governance standards and a lack of attention...

Thu, 23/04/2020 - 00:00


Which trusts can weather the dividend cuts storm?

With UK companies suspending dividends left, right and centre, times are tough for income investors.

One possible solution is to look to investment trusts. Many...

Thu, 23/04/2020 - 00:00


Why markets have rebounded and what could happen next

At the time of writing, Italy’s MIB-30 index is up by 15% from its 12 March low, a trend from which this column, looking at...

Thu, 23/04/2020 - 00:00


How does the taxman top up my pension contributions?

I have been told the annual allowance for a SIPP is £40,000 (£32,000 personal contributions + £8,000 tax relief) but how do I get the...

Thu, 23/04/2020 - 00:00


Oil price slump could happen again in May

While the International Monetary Fund is busily warning of the worst economic slump since the Great Depression of the 1930s, the S&P 500 is, as...

Thu, 23/04/2020 - 00:00


Crisis means more work for insolvency specialist Begbies

Begbies Traynor (BEG:AIM) 91p

Gain to date: 3.4%

Original entry point: Buy at 88p, 19 Dec...

Thu, 23/04/2020 - 00:00


Leaked report on Gilead coronavirus trial lifts global stock markets

Shares in California-based biopharmaceutical firm Gilead Sciences jumped 15% in after-hours trading on 16 April after an industry healthcare magazine reported rapid recoveries in fever...

Thu, 23/04/2020 - 00:00


Deliveroo ‘saved’ by CMA and Amazon with implications for Just Eat Takeaway.com

Takeaway app Deliveroo has had its investment from Amazon effectively greenlit by regulators in a move which will have implications for listed rival Just Eat Takeaway.com...

Thu, 23/04/2020 - 00:00


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