MIDAS SHARE TIPS: How’s this for herd immunity? Animal feed maker with an anti-viral additive By Joanne Hart, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 21:56 BST, 4 April 2020 | Updated: 21:56 BST, 4 April 2020 Coronavirus has turned business as usual on its head. With the country in lockdown, millions of people on furlough and … Read more
The gold price has hit record highs in several currencies in recent days, including the pound, Canadian dollar, South African rand, and Australian dollar. It has also recovered much of the ground lost in US dollar terms when investors sold heavily to cover losses elsewhere in the market. That selling is now abating, and the … Read more
JP MORGAN JAPANESE: Portfolio that avoids cyclical stocks helps this trust rise above the threat of recession Nicholas Weindling has managed investment trust for nearly 12 years He skips cyclical stocks, which are prone to sharp share price falls Weindling prefers to hunt down ‘new types’ of company he believes will thrive By Jeff Prestridge … Read more
Coronavirus has brought economies to a standstill, sent financial markets into shock and panicked investors far and wide. Massive government intervention provided some respite for equities last week but stocks are still around a third lower than at the start of the year and dividends are increasingly under threat, too. Midas recommendations have shared the … Read more
Financial markets might be in turmoil but one group of AIM-listed small caps has seen their value climb significantly. Synairgen, Faron Pharmaceuticals and Tiziana Life Sciences are all working on drugs either to help cure lung disease or alleviate the symptoms. And as the coronavirus crisis has spread, developments of new respiratory therapies have become … Read more
INTERNATIONAL BIOTECHNOLOGY TRUST: Biotech trust will prosper, says its doctor By Jeff Prestridge for The Mail on Sunday Published: 23:02 GMT, 21 March 2020 | Updated: 23:02 GMT, 21 March 2020 There is no escape from the meltdown in share prices – irrespective of where money is invested. For example, although investment trust International Biotechnology … Read more
In the world of e-commerce, it is easier than ever before to buy everything from washing machines to video games. But consumers are increasingly impatient. They want to make purchases instantly and effortlessly. Boku, a small technology business with big connections, helps them to achieve that ambition. The group has pioneered a way for people … Read more
MIDAS SHARE TIPS UPDATE: Stay-at-home boost for video game firm Team17 By Joanne Hart for The Mail on Sunday Published: 23:03 GMT, 21 March 2020 | Updated: 23:03 GMT, 21 March 2020 Even as markets continue to plummet, a small number of stocks are proving resilient. Video games group Team17 is on that list. The … Read more
MERCHANTS: Investment trust rewards investors with 4.8% income and growth as it benefits from UK shares on the rise £700m fund invests in UK stocks and is on track for 38 years of dividend growth Over the last 12 months it has returned 21% Only 3 rival UK equity income trusts have delivered better total … Read more
One way to look past the market collapse on the coronavirus outbreak, is to limit investment horizons to those companies with simple and straightforward business models. Jubilee Metals is one such company. In recent years it has made a speciality of recovering metal from old mine waste, initially platinum and chrome, but increasingly now, other … Read more