Some of the most popular income investment trusts have failed to bounce back from the coronavirus crash – and experts reckon it could be time to sell them. Merchants Investment Trust is down 39 per cent this year and Murray International is down 25 per cent. Yet the FTSE 100 is down by just 20 … Read more
PUNT OF THE WEEK: Mining investor Metal Tiger’s shares up 66% this year as it prepares for key float By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 BST, 7 August 2020 | Updated: 21:50 BST, 7 August 2020 Mewtal Tiger is an AIM-listed firm that invests in mining companies and projects it thinks are … Read more
BAILLIE GIFFORD JAPAN TRUST: The longest-established Japan-focused trust aims for long-term growth By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:51 BST, 7 August 2020 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 7 August 2020 What is it? The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust aims to grow investors’ money over the long term by investing in small to medium-sized … Read more
There are just 87 days to go until the US election, and seldom have Americans cast their votes in such extraordinary circumstances. The economy is cratered, but stock markets are reaching for the skies and the victor may be the man who seemed, just a few months ago, to have little chance of occupying the … Read more
After the BP dividend cut, where is there left to look for the income-hunting investor? By Miles Dilworth For The Daily Mail Published: 22:00 BST, 4 August 2020 | Updated: 09:52 BST, 5 August 2020 BP shareholders who rely on dividend payments from their investments will see their income slashed after the oil giant halved … Read more
Spikes in infection rates and second wave fears point to the battle against coronavirus being a long one. To tackle the virus, will most almost certainly require the development of a vaccine and new treatments for the people affected. As well as the drugs themselves, that will mean more help from the companies providing clinical … Read more
Investors could be forced to give property funds six months’ notice to make withdrawals, under plans to avoid managers bringing the shutters down whenever markets turn volatile. Investors saw a wave of fund suspensions when the Covid-19 crisis kicked off in March, having already experienced the same following the Brexit vote and the financial crash … Read more
It’s FA Cup final weekend – which means the Covid-ravaged football season is almost at a close. But any sense fans have tired of a season that’s now lasted almost a year is way off the mark. In fact, there has been a boom in football-related collectables. Interest in old programmes, shirts and other memorabilia … Read more
When it comes to the travel industry, it feels like everything’s a gamble – from booking a holiday in what might be the next quarantine hotspot to investing in an airline that may or may not go bankrupt at any moment. If you’re willing to take a chance on booking a two-week break in Alicante, … Read more
MIDAS SHARE TIPS: Games Workshop’s fantasy game stores make real money By Rosie Murray-west For The Mail On Sunday Published: 22:30 BST, 1 August 2020 | Updated: 22:57 BST, 1 August 2020 It’s easy to think of Games Workshop as a niche retailer beloved only of teenage boys, but the company behind the Warhammer and … Read more