Sales don’t come around too often – unless of course you shop at DFS or Sports Direct! Stocks tend to gain value 70-80% of the time and decline for the rest. Overall, and on average, they return 8-12% pa. So stockmarket sales are always an opportunity to...
When I was working amongst other investment professionals in my day job, I saw it clearly: women tend to generate better, more consistent returns. So it’s unfortunate that women are under-represented in the investment industry. Female outperformance is...
You might have noticed an election is imminent. The outcome looks pretty certain but the challenges for any party are the same. And the policy scope is severely limited by our public finances. All parties want to fix things but in reality there’s a massive...
Nvidia This week, Nvidia became the world’s most valuable company with a market cap of $3.1 trillion. It overtook both Microsoft and – remarkably – the combined value of all companies listed on the London Stock exchange! Nvidia shares have benefited...
Gold is on a good run, reaching record highs* at the time of writing. In this article I’ll bust some myths about gold, review what’s driving this rally, consider whether we should own it now, and show the best way to invest. Historically, I haven’t...