Choose your ISA funds with our expert’s guidance
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Choose your ISA funds with our expert’s guidance – Fidelity’s Tom Stevenson gives his fund picks for 2019.
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Welcome to the new Cold War
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The trade war between China and the USA has entered a new and more dangerous phase which could have serious implications for the global financial system. What’s more, it presages the start of something graver: a New Cold War, writes Victor Hill.
Evil Diaries
Evil Knievil: Services rendered
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Simon Cawkwell, AKA Evil Knievil, with his latest trading and gambling exploits – writing exclusively for Master Investor.
Evil Knievil: I still wouldn’t invest
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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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Spectris shares up after market update
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FTSE 250 precision instruments manufacturer Spectris saw its share price rise by 2.17% as like-for-like sales rose by 3% over the four months of 2019.
ImmuPharma shares drop as losses ramp up
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AIM-listed drug discovery firm Immupharma reported a loss of £7.2 million for the year ended 31st December, up from a £6.2 million loss in the prior year.
Equities
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Volution Group has a fair wind behind it
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Ventilation company Volution is a global operator with strong upside potential, argues Mark Watson-Mitchell.
These 2 cheap FTSE 100 companies could offer recovery potential
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Robert Stephens, CFA, discusses the investment prospects of two unloved shares – Real Estate Investment Trust British Land and miner Glencore.
Trading
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Where next for precious metals?
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Gold and silver have been rising on the back of a weaker US dollar. Ex-IG chief market strategist David Jones looks at whether the rally will continue.
When to sell: How to use chart signals to exit a position
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Veteran chartist David Jones takes a look at a few chart and technical analysis-based signals that could suggest it is time to cash in your chips.
Economics & Markets
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Welcome to the new Cold War
14 mins. to read
The trade war between China and the USA has entered a new and more dangerous phase which could have serious implications for the global financial system. What’s more, it presages the start of something graver: a New Cold War, writes Victor Hill.
The sharing economy: opportunity or ideology?
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There is a new breed of unicorn which not only offers technological solutions but potentially lifestyle solutions as well. The only problem is that many of them are currently loss-making, writes Victor Hill.
Commodities
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The ecstasy of gold
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Mark Watson Mitchell explains some very interesting facts about gold – and why the precious yellow metal is a long-term winner!
2 oil stocks with dirt-cheap valuations
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Robert Stephens, CFA, considers the prospects for two FTSE 250 oil companies in the wake of the recent oil price falls.
Funds & Investment Trusts
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How to diversify through alternative investment trusts
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Nick Sudbury explains how investors can dampen the impact of market volatility through taking advantage of alternative assets via investment trusts.
The highest yielding equity investment trusts
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Nick Sudbury reviews some of the highest yielding equity income trusts and picks out some of the more interesting ones.
Brexit
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Brexit – a guide for the perplexed
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What are the chances that Brexit will be postponed or even reversed altogether? And if it does take place – which type of Brexit will it be and who will be the winners and losers in the corporate world? Victor Hill investigates.
News from Euroland – recession imminent
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Eurozone economies are slowing. Meanwhile, the May-Barnier deal Brexit looks dead in the water. What would happen if a Eurozone recession coincided with a no-deal Brexit? Victor Hill thinks it’s time to batten the hatches.
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Choose your ISA funds with our expert’s guidance
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Choose your ISA funds with our expert’s guidance – Fidelity’s Tom Stevenson gives his fund picks for 2019.
A year of two halves?
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Alex Crooke, Fund Manager of the Bankers Investment Trust, explains how the team is preparing for a different investment landscape in the second half of 2019.