MIDAS SHARE TIPS: Tune into a profit at STV as Scotland’s television minnow takes on the age of streaming By Joanne Hart for The Mail on Sunday Published: 12:19 GMT, 22 December 2019 | Updated: 12:19 GMT, 22 December 2019 Scotland watches more television than any other part of the UK – an average of … Read more
Financial markets have been pinning their hopes on a Conservative victory ever since the General Election was announced in late October. But even the most optimistic of City brokers did not expect Boris Johnson to romp home with the biggest Tory majority in more than 30 years. Their response? Exuberance, mixed with more than a … Read more
A full year has passed since Midas reviewed the Dogs of the Footsie portfolio, assessing the performance of the ten highest-yielding shares in the FTSE 100 index. Back then, the yields seemed little short of extraordinary, especially compared to the desultory 1-2 per cent savings rates on offer from banks and building societies. As the … Read more
On February 27, Marks & Spencer announced it was joining forces with online retailer Ocado – acquiring half its UK business for up to £750million. M&S said back then that the deal would be largely financed by a £600million rights issue and that this year’s dividend would be cut. On May 22, both events duly … Read more
MIDAS SHARE TIPS: AFH, the firm offering finance for the over-50s, could give YOUR investments a brighter future By Joanne Hart for The Mail on Sunday Published: 22:00 GMT, 11 May 2019 | Updated: 16:47 GMT, 14 May 2019 The UK is growing older. Around 40 per cent of the British population is over 50 … Read more
Go to the BT corporate website and the company says it uses ‘the power of communications to make a better world’. The firm’s 20 million-plus customers and 750,000-plus investors may not agree. Customers, including me, have to put up with disjointed call centre service and ineffectual engineers. Investors, again including me, have seen the shares … Read more
MIDAS SHARE TIPS UPDATE: Egg-free bakery chain Cake Box has a winning formula with turnover set to rise By Joanne Hart, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 21:17 GMT, 13 April 2019 | Updated: 10:10 GMT, 15 April 2019 Bakery: Cake Box was founded by cousins Sukh Chamdal and Pardip Dass in 2008 One in 20 people … Read more
Simple touch: Morses Club agents use tablets to make form-filling easier Doorstep lenders are a controversial bunch, often criticised for charging too much and harassing late-payers. Their reputation has been further tarnished by high-profile revelations about payday lenders, offering fast bucks online but forcing borrowers to pay extortionate amounts of interest in return. The payday market … Read more
‘Sell everything and leave the country!’ That was the immediate response from a well-known City stockbroker to the notion of a Corbyn-led government. He is not alone. Millions of investors, large and small, are terrified by the idea of a Labour victory at the next General Election. Their fear is understandable. Labour intends to force … Read more