How will you heat your home or fuel your car 10 years from now? The North Sea is running out of oil and gas. Global oil reserves are dwindling. Most of what remains sits beneath …
The return of King Coal
Category: Investments
Gamble of the week: go broadband crazy
As you may have noticed, we all seem to be going broadband crazy. Not only are there nearly ten million high-speed internet subscribers in the UK, but many, like myself, are enjoying the benefits …
Turkey of the week: supermarket supplier at risk
The expression “as dull as dishwater” springs to mind when describing this stock, but appearances can be deceptive. The company operates a simple business model, which has delivered earnings-per-share growth of an average of 9% …
Simon Nixon’s City View: What a loss of faith in the US will mean for the dollar
The challenge of the modern world is how to reconcile global free trade with a commitment to democracy and national sovereignty. Of course, the two aren’t really compatible, which is why true free trade has …
Simon Nixon’s City View: the pound can’t ride this high for long
There’s something undeniably pleasing about seeing the pound back up close to $2. It’s not just the prospect of cheaper sangria on the beach this summer, or the pleasure of hearing American tourists complaining about …
Profiting from the wages of sin
Being the manager of a fund that invests in gambling, alcohol and other ‘vice stocks’ doesn’t require extensive first-hand experience of the merchandise, says Charles Norton, manager of the Dallas-based Vice Fund in Barron’s. “I …
Get out of these dog funds
With-profits funds were once regarded as the ideal way to earn consistently higher returns than a bank or building society account but without the volatility and risks associated with investing in the financial markets. This …
Five undervalued small caps
A professional investor tells MoneyWeek where he’d put his money now. This week: Peter Ewins, manager of the F&C Global Smaller Companies Fund. Since May’s market fall, small-cap shares have underperformed as investors switched to …
Exchange traded commodities: good news for retail investors
MoneyWeek has regularly highlighted the potential in commodities over the past five years – ever since the bear run of the 1990s ended, in fact. Since October 2001, the benchmark CRB index has jumped by …
Orange juice buyers squeezed by storms
“Few markets are as volatile to trade as orange juice,” says Kevin Kerr on Dailyreckoning.com. “A hurricane… or a hard freeze in central Florida can send this market reeling.” And for the next few months, …