Spain has been on a tear since it joined the EU in 1986. Its GDP growth has averaged more than 3% a year, compared to 2% in Germany, and its GDP per head has jumped …
Clouds gather over the hot Spanish economy
Category: Investments
Gamble of the week: the secret of Tesco’s success
If, like me, you’re a Tesco online shopper, you will already be receiving regular emails detailing the supermarket’s latest offers, which have been tailored to your own buys. Such specific targeting is made possible by …
What’s the best way to preserve wealth?
“There is no subtler, no surer means of overturning the existing basis of society than to debauch the currency. The process engages all the hidden forces of economic law on the side of destruction, and …
Be very careful when you clear the loft…
Toys should not be viewed as reliable investments, warn collectors. Items that have great popular appeal one day can suddenly go out of fashion the next. As the savaging of a £40,000 Steiff teddy-bear by …
Look East for investment opportunities
At the end of last year, looking forward to this year, I limited myself to just one prediction for safety’s sake: that the American housing bubble would deflate and the US consumer finally start to lose …
Turkey of the week: an over-valued company in an over-competitive market
Paul Hill picks the worst tip from the week’s press and brokers’ reports. This week: an overvalued company in an intensely competitive market. Carphone Warehouse (CPW: 315p), tipped by The Daily Telegraph Carphone Warehouse’s share …
Gamble of the week: look to a neglected sector
Paul Hill, one of Britain’s most successful investors, suggests a share for the brave. This week: an accounting firm with a chequered past but a potentially bright future. Gamble of the week:Tenon (Aim, TNO: 20.5p) …
Gamble of the week: An IT company that’s climbed back out of the red
Paul Hill, one of Britain’s most successful private investors, suggests a share for the brave. This week: a once-sinking ship that looks to have been rescued. Gamble of the week: InTechnology (Aim, ITO: 39p) InTechnology …
Turkey of the week: a mis-priced pharmaceutical share
Paul Hill, one of Britain’s top private investors, picks the worst share tip from the press and brokers’ reports. This week: you wouldn’t expect such a large company to be mispriced by the City, but this …
Gamble of the week: take a punt on clean water
Disturbingly, about 1.3 billion people (or 20% of the world’s population) still do not have access to clean water, while 2.5 billion people lack adequate sanitation facilities – the vast majority living in underdeveloped countries. …