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Fortune favoured smaller companies at last in April, as funds and investment trusts holding them bounced back after a torrid time. Their rebound came after smaller companies were battered by the coronavirus stock market storms in February and March, falling harder and faster than shares in larger firms. Smaller companies are known to shine in … Read more
Terry Smith is one of the shrewdest investors to come out of this country in a long, long time – although he now runs his successful investment operation Fundsmith from the sun-kissed island of Mauritius in the middle of the Indian Ocean rather than the UK (currently enjoying its own bit of sun-kissing). What Smith … Read more
Online casino game specialist Gaming Realms made a major change in direction two years ago when it switched from being an operator to a content developer and licensor. Management realised that with tighter regulation, rising taxation, and falling margins to compete in the operation of the games (Real Money) was becoming very tough for a … Read more
Legal fight looms over Hargreaves Lansdown’s role in Woodford fund RGL Management is edging closer to launching a group legal claim against HL The claim is against HL’s promotion of Woodford Equity Income ahead of its closure in June last year It believes investors who bought the fund were not fully informed of the risks … Read more
‘This time next year, we’ll be millionaires.’ That was the regular boast of Del Boy to brother Rodney in TV comedy Only Fools And Horses when he had stumbled across ‘the next big thing’. But in recent times such hype has been applied to investing in crypto-currencies – an easy way of turning tech nerds … Read more
At the moment it feels like there are only two types of country: nations that have handled coronavirus well and those facing criticism because they have not. Although this story has a long way to run and our assessments may look very different in 12 months, it makes sense for investors to make some judgments … Read more
PUNT OF THE WEEK: Mineral sand miner Base Resources ‘is able to work through the coronavirus pandemic’ By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 BST, 8 May 2020 | Updated: 09:29 BST, 9 May 2020 AIM-listed Base Resources mines mineral sands WHAT IS IT? An AIM-listed firm that mines mineral sands, which can … Read more
POLAR CAPITAL TECHNOLOGY: Trust offers a way to invest in web giants like Microsoft, Apple and Google By Anne Ashworth For The Daily Mail Published: 21:51 BST, 8 May 2020 | Updated: 09:27 BST, 9 May 2020 WHAT IS IT? The trust was ahead of its time in 1996 when it launched, focusing on … Read more
State Of Happiness is the title of the new Saturday night BBC Four drama series set in the Norwegian city of Stavanger, hit by sudden wealth when North Sea oil was discovered in the early 1970s. The tale of investors in Shell in 2020 could be named State Of Discontent. A global oil glut has … Read more
As global efforts to tackle the pandemic intensify, so the spotlight has finally shifted to focus on the potential of small pharma players during the week beginning 27th April. According to Ivan Sedgwick, a director at corporate finance firm LGB & Co, the poor share price performance of major healthcare names has demoralised investors, forcing … Read more