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
Will BP trim back dividend, leave it alone – or cancel it entirely this quarter? At this point, the City certainly wouldn’t be surprised by more bad news By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:56 BST, 31 July 2020 | Updated: 22:20 BST, 31 July 2020 Investors are braced for some ugly numbers … Read more
For Britain’s stock-market quoted firms, this is the summer of the emergency dash-for-cash, brought on by the pandemic. British Airways owner IAG, which will be seeking €2.75billion next month, is the latest to join the list. Since March, as many as 90 others, including WH Smith and Whitbread, have raised about £14billion of new capital through … Read more
Important Power Portfolio note: This is Money’s service is being updated this weekend and will remain unique and FREE but will be unavailable briefly Still the best place online to track your shares AND funds for free Monitor the performance of your actual investments or try it out for fun It will be offline for … Read more
Superior returns are being enjoyed by investors who back ethical funds. This year, so far, responsible and sustainable investments have returned 4.29 per cent. Meanwhile, non-ethical funds have made average losses of 1.46 per cent, according to data firm Moneyfacts. Yet investing for good doesn’t just mean going green — it’s also about supporting companies … Read more
The Covid-19 pandemic has contributed to the collapse of several companies in recent months, from retailer Laura Ashley to restaurant chain Prezzo and German payment giant Wirecard. But in many cases, the coronavirus crisis was the last straw for companies that were already struggling with debts after years of mismanagement and bad business models. Now … Read more
The amazing recovery in by stock markets, particularly in the US, since the March Covid crashes has produced guarded optimism among investors around the world. Many small investors have jumped on the bandwagon, fleeing rock-bottom savings rates to open investing Isas. Optimistic analysts think that even if more bad news is on the horizon, Governments … Read more
A report this week that Britain alone will have 40 million electric vehicles on its roads in twenty years highlights why Tesla is now the world’s most valuable car company. A question still to be convincingly answered, though, is where the power to fuel mass adoption of electrical vehicles is going to come from. Increasingly, … Read more
As equities across emerging markets recover, is investing in them now too much of a risk? Equities in emerging markets such as China, India and Brazil have recovered Most investment experts believe that in the short term, world economic recovery is likely to be led by China and other Asian nations By Sarah Bridge for … Read more
Investors in Woodford’s collapsed Equity Income fund set to be handed back £200m this week By Joanne Hart for The Mail on Sunday Published: 22:25 BST, 25 July 2020 | Updated: 23:13 BST, 25 July 2020 Long-suffering investors in Neil Woodford’s collapsed Equity Income fund are set to be handed back about £200million this week. … Read more