JUPITER US SMALLER COMPANIES: Siddles seeks winners

JUPITER US SMALLER COMPANIES: Trust manager Robert Siddles is the value investor who seeks out born winners By Jeff Prestridge, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 21:51 BST, 12 September 2020 | Updated: 22:22 BST, 12 September 2020 It was a busy lockdown for the manager of investment trust Jupiter US Smaller Companies as he sought … Read more

MIDAS SHARE TIPS: Associated British Foods look tasty

MIDAS SHARE TIPS: Want profits to rise? Put an ingredient like baking giant Associated British Foods in your mix of investments By Rosie Murray-west, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 21:51 BST, 12 September 2020 | Updated: 22:22 BST, 12 September 2020 We’re constantly told that shops in these tricky times can only succeed by selling … Read more

MIDAS SHARE TIPS: Genus still bringing home the bacon

MIDAS SHARE TIPS: Genus, an animal genetics company aiming to feed the world, still bringing home the bacon By Rosie Murray-west, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 21:51 BST, 12 September 2020 | Updated: 22:23 BST, 12 September 2020 Genetically engineered, virus-free specimens and semen for sale that guarantees offspring of a certain gender: thankfully, Genus … Read more

Should you trust a computer algorithm to run your portfolio?

Computer-generated results have not received a good press in recent weeks, particularly with the A-level results debacle. So it is no surprise that some investors are questioning whether they should be willing to trust a computer with managing their hard-earned cash?  Applying algorithms – or predefined sets of rules – to stock market data in … Read more

Supermarket Ocado enjoying another blockbuster year

Ocado enjoying a third year as one of the FTSE 100’s blockbuster stocks – and was fastest growing supermarket in the three months to August By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:52 BST, 11 September 2020 | Updated: 22:18 BST, 11 September 2020 Ocado is enjoying a third year as one of the … Read more

Tesla tumble shows it’s time for caution, but not panic

How best to ride the tech rollercoaster: Tesla tumble shows it’s time for caution…but not panic By Anne Ashworth For The Daily Mail Published: 21:52 BST, 11 September 2020 | Updated: 22:18 BST, 11 September 2020 Technology stocks have been on a helter-skelter ride this week, causing investors to ask: do these tumbling share prices … Read more

SMALL CAP MOVERS: IPOs set to continue into the winter

SMALL CAP MOVERS: IPOs set to continue into the winter after busy September, says City broker By Giulia Bottaro At Proactive Investors For Thisismoney.co.uk Published: 15:37 BST, 11 September 2020 | Updated: 15:37 BST, 11 September 2020 A resurgence in IPOs is underway following the dearth of new listings seen during the coronavirus crisis. Coppa … Read more

‘Sell in May and go away’ investors would have lost out in 2020

Investors who ‘sold in May’ as the old adage encourages, would have missed out on the remarkable rally that followed. Though global markets took a beating earlier this year as the coronavirus pandemic took hold, much of the losses suffered have since been reclaimed – and in some countries, notably the US, shares are up. … Read more

Kings of long-term investing? Sectors and regions where investment trusts have outperformed funds

Fund managers in many sectors have earned their considerable salaries for those who kept faith with them since the turn of the millennium, data from an investment industry body suggests. Despite the growing popularity of cheap passive or tracker funds, managed investment vehicles have outperformed benchmarks in many sectors and regions as global markets have … Read more

1,200 year old Anglo-Saxon coin could sell for record £80,000 at auction

A 1,200-year-old silver coin will go under the auction hammer for the second time in six years next week, and could break its own record to become the most expensive Anglo-Saxon coin to ever be sold at auction. The penny, found by a treasure hunter in Pevensey, East Sussex, during a hailstorm six years ago, … Read more