After the recent GameStop-fuelled market frenzy there will be more than a few investors nursing paper losses this week. The Reddit-fuelled surge that saw GameStop’s price rocket, as small traders battled short sellers, was not just a US phenomenon – the UK’s major investing platforms and apps also reported a rush to buy. Some who … Read more
Why you can’t always bank on shares: Savings have beaten investing with every High Street lender since 2011 By Ben Wilkinson for the Daily Mail Published: 22:00 GMT, 2 February 2021 | Updated: 22:00 GMT, 2 February 2021 Savings rates with the big banks are dire, and have been for more than a decade now. … Read more
Confident: Sarah Willingham is banking on a big return for hospitality Dragons’ Den entrepreneur Sarah Willingham has four children dotted around the house doing lessons on their iPads and laptops during our interview, but she’s surprisingly relaxed about home-schooling. When her youngest child, Marly, was five, she took her whole family out of school for … Read more
Jeff Prestridge ‘I speak to at least one investment manager every week. Invariably, they impress me with their knowledge but no one has impressed more over the past year than Christopher Lees, manager of investment fund JO Hambro Capital Management Global Select. ‘Here is a manager who is meticulous about the companies he invests in. … Read more
GUINNESS GLOBAL INNOVATORS FUND: Good things come to those who invest By Jeff Prestridge, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 21:53 GMT, 12 December 2020 | Updated: 22:40 GMT, 12 December 2020 Guinness Global Innovators is a thematic investment fund with a twist. It first identifies the key drivers of future economic growth – and then … Read more
Last Christmas, I placed a carefully wrapped present under the tree for each member of my family – except Jason, my sister’s partner. On Christmas morning, he seemed a little disappointed at the absence of a gift as others joyously opened theirs. But it was only short-lived. Suddenly, I got out my laptop and proceeded … Read more
Boom time at investing platform AJ Bell, as the coronavirus pandemic inspires a 29% rise in customers By City & Finance Reporter for the Daily Mail Published: 21:38 GMT, 3 December 2020 | Updated: 21:38 GMT, 3 December 2020 Customer numbers at AJ Bell have soared Customer numbers at AJ Bell have soared as those … Read more
Bargain hunting investors have a wealth of choice as the Covid-19 crisis disrupted many industries and economies which remain overlooked – and therefore cheap – despite the vaccine relief rally. With an end to the pandemic hopefully just a matter of time now, global financial markets look set to boom while the optimistic vaccine news … Read more
Saving is in crisis. Interest rates are now at a record low and show no sign of improving any time soon. All major High Street banks are refusing to pay us more than 0.01 per cent on our savings in easy-access accounts. And yesterday, 25 million of the nation’s savers were clobbered yet again with … Read more
Small shareholders being ‘robbed’ by City rule blocking them from investing in shares worth billions in pandemic By Harriet Dennys, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:51 GMT, 14 November 2020 | Updated: 21:51 GMT, 14 November 2020 Small shareholders are being ‘robbed’ by a City rule blocking them from investing in shares worth billions of … Read more