Shares and the stockmarket


US margin debt falls again as investors’ appetite for risk recedes

According to the latest set of data from American market regulator FINRA, margin debt – the amount of money borrowed by either professional or...

Thu, 19/05/2022 - 14:00


KKR fires up a bid for power plant play ContourGlobal

Power utility ContourGlobal has hardly blown out the lights since its listing on the London Stock Exchange in November 2017 but a bid...

Thu, 19/05/2022 - 11:11


BP’s plans mean FTSE 100 share buybacks are on track to set new-all time high in 2022

The debate over BP’s bumper profits and the rights and wrongs of a windfall tax looks set to continue but the facts of the...

Wed, 11/05/2022 - 11:10


Why Wednesday’s post-Fed rally may have been a bear trap

When Jack Nicholson was playing The Joker in Tim Burton’s first Batman film in 1989, he was so well paid that he reportedly told a...

Fri, 06/05/2022 - 15:47


Five questions that Amazon must answer in its first-quarter results

Amazon’s fourth-quarter results for 2021 were weak, guidance for the first-quarter of 2022 was poor and the gambit of a stock split coupled with...

Thu, 28/04/2022 - 09:48


How to navigate the ESG maze

The performance tide has turned against ESG funds of late, as growth stocks have floundered, and oil and gas companies have profited from rising energy...

Wed, 13/04/2022 - 17:18


FTSE 100 forecast to deliver a 5.4% total cash return in 2022

The FTSE 100’s total dividend pay-out is expected to reach £81.2 billion in 2022, compared to £78.5 billion in 2021, equating to a yield of...

Fri, 08/04/2022 - 17:54


What does US bond market blitz mean for stock markets (and the economy)?

It was former US President Bill Clinton’s economic adviser James Carville who said that if he were reincarnated, he would like to come back as...

Thu, 24/03/2022 - 13:18


The Cash ISA paradox – rates are rising, but things are getting tougher for savers

Cash savings have suffered death by a thousand rate cuts over the last decade, but the cash paradox is that even though rates are now...

Wed, 16/02/2022 - 17:00


IG Design’s American dream turns into a nightmare

A second profit warning in four months is tearing a big hole in the share price of greetings cards, crafting, gifts and gift wrapping specialist...

Fri, 28/01/2022 - 09:32


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