Evil Knievil: Creditors have been warned
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Simon Cawkwell, AKA Evil Knievil, with his latest trading and gambling exploits – writing exclusively for Master Investor.
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Shearwater lifted by acquisition agreement
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Digital resilience specialist Shearwater has reached an agreement to buy cyber-security firm Brookcourt Solutions for a consideration of £30.3 million.
Evil Diaries
Evil Knievil: Creditors have been warned
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Simon Cawkwell, AKA Evil Knievil, with his latest trading and gambling exploits – writing exclusively for Master Investor.
Evil Knievil: Tesla’s non-existent bankers
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Simon Cawkwell, AKA Evil Knievil, with his latest trading and gambling exploits – writing exclusively for Master Investor.
Financial News
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NMC Healthcare posts strong first-half growth
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Private medical provider NMC Health saw its shares rise by 5.86% to 4,298p after the company’s revenues for the first half grew by 20.2%.
TBC Bank gains as it cuts costs in the second quarter
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Georgia-focused lender TBC Bank has successfully boosted its profits by dramatically cutting costs as it positioned to benefit from recovery in Azerbaijan.
Equities
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Not all FAANGs are the same – some have more teeth than others (Part 2)
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Part two of two… Just over a week after Facebook lost a fifth of its value in a day, Apple became the first trillion dollar company. Clearly, there is not one thing called “tech”. Victor Hill asks if the tech sector come to a parting of the ways?
Not all FAANGs are the same – some have more teeth than others
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Just over a week after Facebook lost a fifth of its value in a day, Apple became the first trillion dollar company. Clearly, there is not one thing called “tech”. Victor Hill asks if the tech sector come to a parting of the ways?
Trading
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An automated approach for picking recovery sharesMAGAZINE EXCLUSIVE
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There is no reason why you cannot automate some of the donkey work of picking potential investments – and you don’t need to be a rocket scientist to do it, writes veteran chartist David Jones.
Why the best forex trading strategies involve no spread brokers
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Are you fascinated by the movement of currencies across the world and want to turn that interest into some serious profit? If so, forex trading could be the perfect business opportunity. Trading currencies against each other can be a great way to make quick returns, but it’s a risky sector to operate in. Currency values…
Economics & Markets
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FinTech will change markets – from fundraising to settlement and regulation
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This article focuses on how FinTech is changing capital markets and asks whether FinTech firms will be disruptors or collaborators.
Is France’s President thinking of ‘doing a Putin’?
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France’s President Macron is a man with great power and Napoleonic ambition. Though there is a lot that could go wrong, he might just prove to be historic, writes Victor Hill.
Commodities
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2 oil stocks set to benefit from rising oil prices
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Robert Stephens, CFA, considers the prospects for two FTSE 250 oil producers – Tullow Oil and Premier Oil.
2 gold miners to soften the blow of a US-China trade war
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Robert Stephens discusses why gold miners could have investment appeal given the uncertain outlook for the world economy.
Funds & Investment Trusts
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The fund that has outperformed in 14 of the last 15 years
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Neil Hermon’s excellent long-term track record in charge of the Henderson Smaller Companies investment trust has transformed the fund into a core holding for anyone who wants exposure to this part of the market.
Half a century of rising dividendsMAGAZINE EXCLUSIVE
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James Faulkner interviews Job Curtis, manager of the £1.4 billion City of London Investment Trust, which has grown its annual dividend payout for more than 50 years straight.
Brexit
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Brexit: We are all Ultras now…
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The Brexit negotiations have entered a critical phase. Decisions made by both sides in the next three months will have long-term consequences. In a state of conflict, all sides become extreme. A modern English Civil War The classic schoolboy pseudo-history 1066 And All That asserted that, during the English Civil War, the Cavaliers were “Wrong…
The Customs Union or a Customs Union? Or just confusion?
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The British political class is riven with dissent over what type of Brexit is most desirable. This is because, after two years of Brexit argy bargy, few Brits really understand the issues – and least of all in the Labour Party. A discourteous proposition Last week Monsieur Barnier, the EU Chief Negotiator, threw a document…