Stenprop, a property investment trust that is listed in South Africa, has recently started trading on the London Stock Exchange. The shares are yielding around 5.5% and trading on a double digit discount to NAV.
Last week, President Trump was accused of starting a trade war, but Victor Hill asks whether the war has been taking place in the background for years and whether these actions will help redress the West’s trade position with China.
Simon Cawkwell, AKA Evil Knievil, with his latest trading and gambling exploits – writing exclusively for Master Investor.
I have used Gillette Sensor holders and razor blades for at least thirty years. However, when ordering more blades the other day, I got £30 worth for an outlay of £60. I must have misread the deal on Amazon. But it caused me to wonder whether there is any practical competition to Gillette and therefore…
Paper and packaging specialist DS Smith has reported that revenues for the year ended 30th April rose by 21% to £5.76 billion through a combination of organic growth in all regions and the impact of recent acquisitions.
Shares in AIM-listed drug discovery outfit hVivo had shot upwards by 30.96% to 25p at 1345 BST after the company announced positive results from Phase IIb field testing.
Robert Stephens considers the income prospects of two UK retail stocks for long-term investors.
Richard Gill takes a look a some small cap businesses that could offer investors fantastic growth in frontier industries.
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…
Given what we have seen in stock markets in recent weeks, it was easy to pick the topic for this month’s charting article. Volatility has jumped, world markets fell heavily – is it the beginning of the end of the long trend upwards for shares? A recent history lesson Let’s go back to where this…
Last week, President Trump was accused of starting a trade war, but Victor Hill asks whether the war has been taking place in the background for years and whether these actions will help redress the West’s trade position with China.
As an agreement over Brexit fails to manifest and the deadline edges closer, Victor Hill considers the No Deal outcome.
The performance of global stock markets thus far in 2018 can best be described as ‘volatile’. The S&P 500, FTSE 100 and various other major indices have seen their price levels experience a rollercoaster ride in recent months. There are a number of reasons for this. Tensions in Syria have increased in recent days, while…
It has been a strong year for BlackRock World Mining (LON:BRWM) with a NAV return of 24% in 2017. The performance has been driven by the pick-up in global economic growth, and sentiment towards the fund is finally starting to improve after a significant write-down in 2013 dented investor confidence. If the economic recovery continues…
Stenprop, a property investment trust that is listed in South Africa, has recently started trading on the London Stock Exchange. The shares are yielding around 5.5% and trading on a double digit discount to NAV.
Big trusts can have a reputation for being boring and staid, but Nick Sudbury is here to take a look at why the growth-focused Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust is a bit different.
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 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…
