Will supermarkets run out?Paddy Power has opened the year by offering a flurry of Brexit-related bets. Some of these are serious, such as whether Article 50 will be extended beyond the end of March. In …
Betting on politics: will we run out of milk?
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JD Sports is ready to run
Sales at JD Sports have tripled in four yearsRetailer JD Sports could buck the sector trend and looks attractively valued, says Matthew Partridge. Shareholders in JD Sports Fashion (LSE: JD) had a turbulent 2018. In …
Betting on politics: Denmark’s general election
Can Lars Løkke Rasmussen hold on?One of the major forthcoming European elections next year is the general election in Denmark, which will have to be held by 17 June. At the moment most people expect …
How our 2018 trading tips fared
Our bet on Renault made us £355Petrobras, Greene King and IG Group are among the year’s winners. I’m going to use the final trading page of the year to see how our tips have done. …
Betting on politics: will a Brexit deal be approved in 2018?
Theresa May is running out of timeLast week we noted that Paddy Power was offering 1/4 (80%) on Theresa May’s Brexit withdrawal agreement being voted down on 11 December. Since then the ground seems to …
Rightmove will go wrong
Time to move out of Rightmove?The property portal is too pricey given the poor outlook for housing. It’s been a turbulent year for shareholders in online estate agency Rightmove (LSE: RMV). This time last year …
Betting on politics: May’s Brexit deal
Can she get her deal through parliament?At the moment neither punters nor the bookies are particularly optimistic about the chances of Theresa May’s Brexit deal (see left) managing to get through the House of Commons. …
Trading: go long John Laing
Bullish on John LaingThe infrastructure specialist is an efficient operator with room to grow One of our winning positions last year was in John Laing Group (LSE: JLG). We bought it in March 2017 (issue …
Betting on politics: Good news from the US mid-term elections
Kamala HarrisEarlier this week we received some good news. Previously we had all but written off our 11/10 bet on Kyrsten Sinema being elected senator for Arizona. However, it appears that we were a tad …
Curtain up at Cineworld
IMAX: expensive, but not available at homeCineworld, the cinema chain, has shrugged off sector weakness and has room to grow, says Matthew Partridge. Cinema chains have had a rough decade. Audiences have stagnated as people …