MIDAS SHARE TIPS UPDATE: Our student digs tip Watkin Jones has really made the grade By Joanne Hart for The Mail on Sunday Published: 22:01 GMT, 25 January 2020 | Updated: 22:01 GMT, 25 January 2020 Student digs used to be associated with grotty rooms, rising damp and unreliable heating. Today’s purpose-built accommodation can be … Read more
CRUX EUROPEAN SPECIAL SITUATIONS: Europe is the Crux in these special cases By Jeff Prestridge for The Mail on Sunday Published: 22:02 GMT, 18 January 2020 | Updated: 22:02 GMT, 18 January 2020 Running a portfolio of shares in European companies has not been easy in recent years. While 2019 was better for European stock … Read more
If there is a single date that sums up the clash between Margaret Thatcher and the miners, it is June 18, 1984, when a violent confrontation took place between police and pickets at Orgreave in Rotherham, South Yorkshire. Dubbed the Battle of Orgreave, it arouses strong feelings to this day, with campaigners calling for an … Read more
MIDAS SHARE TIPS UPDATE: Clean up with laundry expert Johnson Service Group’s sparkling profits By Joanne Hart for The Mail on Sunday Published: 22:02 GMT, 18 January 2020 | Updated: 22:02 GMT, 18 January 2020 Peter Egan was a student on the west coast of Ireland when he took a summer job as a nightshift … Read more
MIDAS SHARE TIPS UPDATE: Renew Holdings powers ahead as shares see more than sixfold rise By Joanne Hart for The Mail on Sunday Published: 22:02 GMT, 11 January 2020 | Updated: 22:02 GMT, 11 January 2020 Renew Holdings has come a long way since Midas recommended the stock at 75p in 2012. Once known as … Read more
Charles Dickson has pubs in his blood. He is directly descended from Peter Yates, who opened the first Yates Wine Lodge in 1884. The oldest pub chain in the country, Yates still exists today and was run for almost 20 years by Dickson’s late father, a scion of the founding family. So it is perhaps … Read more
TROY INCOME AND GROWTH TRUST: Why income seekers love the Troy story By Jeff Prestridge for The Mail on Sunday Published: 22:02 GMT, 11 January 2020 | Updated: 22:02 GMT, 11 January 2020 There is no doubt Troy Asset Management has transformed for the better the fortunes of an investment trust it took over more … Read more
MIDAS SHARE TIPS UPDATE: The Renewable Infrastructure Group powers ahead By Joanne Hart for The Mail on Sunday Published: 12:25 GMT, 22 December 2019 | Updated: 12:25 GMT, 22 December 2019 Sustainable investment is all the rage these days, as investors look for companies that do not just generate returns but are good corporate citizens … Read more
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
JUPITER EMERGING & FRONTIER INCOME: The adventurous investment trust with a 4.5% yield that is set for take-off in the long term By Jeff Prestridge for The Mail on Sunday Published: 22:00 GMT, 14 December 2019 | Updated: 11:04 GMT, 16 December 2019 Although it is still early days for Jupiter Emerging & Frontier Income, … Read more
Wind and solar power might be the main sources of renewable energy, but they are not the only options. Jonathan Maxwell, chief executive of Sustainable Development Capital, believes a far bigger bang per buck can come from energy efficiency. Maxwell is the manager of SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust (SEEIT), the UK’s first listed fund … Read more
BARING EMERGING EUROPE: Russia can offer more than just its oil, if this trust is anything to go by By Sally Hamilton, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 21:48 BST, 2 November 2019 | Updated: 09:59 BST, 4 November 2019 When investors think about money-making opportunities in Russia they usually think about oil and oil alone. … Read more