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The Chancellor has ordered a ‘review’ of capital gains tax, signalling a future raid on the wealthiest taxpayers to help pay the gigantic bill for combating Covid-19. Rishi Sunak’s brief to the Government’s tax gurus includes looking at whether the levy on asset sales is ‘fit for purpose’, ways it can ‘distort behaviour’, and the … Read more
SMALL CAP SHARE IDEAS: Trident Resources is setting a cracking pace in its bid to create a diversified UK mining royalty company By Alastair Ford, Proactive Investors, For Thisismoney.co.uk Published: 14:18 BST, 15 July 2020 | Updated: 14:18 BST, 15 July 2020 What a few weeks it’s been for Trident Resources. The company listed on … Read more
Jittery investors rush to buy gold at record rates as value hits a nine-year high By Ben Wilkinson for the Daily Mail Published: 22:01 BST, 14 July 2020 | Updated: 22:01 BST, 14 July 2020 Nine-year high: Gold prices reached $1,800 an ounce on the last day of June Investors rushed to buy gold at … Read more
Liontrust’s Victoria Stevens works within the firm’s UK small and micro cap teams Mind Gym – Victoria Stevens, Liontrust UK Smaller Companies and Liontrust UK Micro Cap funds ‘Mind Gym is a corporate training business which applies the principles of behavioural science to effect change within the corporate environment. ‘We believe it possesses strong proprietary intellectual … Read more
Investing in companies that are part of the new digitalised world has proved a sound strategy for many investors in recent years – as well as in the past few months as the world has gone into lockdown and is only now slowly emerging from its mothballing. Look at the US stock market and it … Read more
MIDAS SHARE TIPS UPDATE: Dividends? They’re part of the package at Robinson By Joanne Hart, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 21:55 BST, 11 July 2020 | Updated: 22:45 BST, 11 July 2020 Dividends are a scarce commodity these days. Some companies are cancelling them out of necessity. Others, such as Driver, are cancelling them out … Read more
Rollercoaster ride this year for shareholders in BMO Global Smaller Companies – a small firms trust with BIG income record By Jeff Prestridge, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 21:58 BST, 11 July 2020 | Updated: 22:44 BST, 11 July 2020 It has been a rollercoaster ride this year for shareholders in investment trust BMO Global … Read more
For most homeowners, refurbishment projects are deeply stressful. Whether it is a new kitchen, loft conversion or revamp of the spare bedroom, everything costs more and takes longer than predicted – and tempers run high. Large construction and infrastructure projects are little different. Budgets and time limits are fixed at the outset, but plans go … Read more
Investors who have flown the Union Flag over their portfolios this year have endured some stomach-churning turbulence as the UK stock market has fallen sharply and then recovered quickly. But some leading experts argue it will pay investors to hold tight. Among them is Nick Train, of investment house Lindsell Train, one of the country’s … Read more
Still profits to be made from investing in gold, according to leading asset managers By Jeff Prestridge, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 21:55 BST, 11 July 2020 | Updated: 22:43 BST, 11 July 2020 There are still profits to be made from investing in gold, according to leading asset managers. David Coombs, head of multi-assets … Read more