Each week, a professional investor tells us where he’d put his money. This week: Francesco Conte of the JPMorgan European Smaller Companies Trust picks three winners. The global market backdrop appears challenging, but we are keen …
China’s Xi Jinping deems blockchain a “core technology”Not long ago investors were getting hyped up about blockchain. Then they dropped it. But they should take another look, says Ben Judge. Just a few years ago, …
Neil Woodford’s speedy descent made Icarus look like a slouch. Many thought he would now be spending more time with his horses. He’s actually plotting a comeback. Fallen stock-picker Neil Woodford is “seeking a new …
Tesla: it could be a disaster, or a rip-roaring successIt’s no change once again as Merryn Somerset Webb delivers the latest update on our investment trust portfolio. Since 2012, we have been suggesting a small …
Ben Inker, head of asset allocation, GMOThe years from 1997 to 2000 were “unimaginably bad” for value investors such as GMO, says Ben Inker in a recent letter to investors. Not only did value stocks underperform …
Fox could be a winner from the US legalisation of sports bettingRyan Ermey of US publication Kiplinger’s Personal Finance chooses his favourite stocks for the next decade, which should be able to grow for years. …
Olivia Colman in Netflix’s The Crown: will it be a hit for investors too?What was the greatest company of the past decade? You could make a case for Amazon, of course, as the internet retailing …
Three Mile Island: the real damage was reputationalNuclear power is viewed as too dangerous and too costly to form part of our energy future. That’s plain wrong – and it could spell huge opportunity, says …
The US presidential election: heated rhetoric could create more market chaosStocks soared beyond expectations this year, writes Akane Otani in The Wall Street Journal, and few analysts “believe the longest-ever bull market is on its …
Is the UK a screaming buy now that the Brexit fog has cleared? Will inflation make a comeback as politicians wrestle the printing presses back from central bankers? John Stepek grills the experts at our …