SUNDAY NEWSPAPER SHARE TIPS: Filta, Arrow Global and Inchcape By This Is Money Reporter Published: 16:24 GMT, 15 September 2019 | Updated: 16:24 GMT, 15 September 2019 We round up the Sunday newspaper share tips. This week, Midas looks at fryer cleaner firm Filta, the Sunday Times assesses the prospects of Arrow Global, and the … 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
JP MORGAN JAPANESE: Portfolio that avoids cyclical stocks helps this trust rise above the threat of recession Nicholas Weindling has managed investment trust for nearly 12 years He skips cyclical stocks, which are prone to sharp share price falls Weindling prefers to hunt down ‘new types’ of company he believes will thrive By Jeff Prestridge … Read more
SUNDAY NEWSPAPER SHARE TIPS: Everyman Media and Premier Asset Management By This Is Money Reporter Published: 15:23 GMT, 14 July 2019 | Updated: 15:23 GMT, 14 July 2019 We round up the Sunday newspaper share tips. This week, Midas looks at boutique cinema chain Everyman and the Sunday Times assesses the prospects of Premier Asset … Read more
Steady, consistent returns that beat the market year after year are the prime objective for many investors. If that comes with periods of stellar performance, all well and good – as long as the downside isn’t too precipitous. So fans of investment trusts might be interested to know not just what the top-performing closed-ended funds … 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
ICG ENTERPRISE: Private equity management does not have a good reputation – but this trust isn’t an asset stripper By Jeff Prestridge, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 21:53 BST, 6 April 2019 | Updated: 10:45 BST, 9 April 2019 Private equity management does not have a particularly good reputation, given its ruthless pursuit of profits … 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
We asked trusted experts to recommend the best funds and investment trusts that cover different investment sectors – and included This is Money’s selection of active and passive options too. (The ideas in this article were given in April 2017, we are in the process of updating choices in March 2019) An encounter with the … Read more