Equities

Has British American Tobacco lost its spark?

British American Tobacco has outperformed the market over twelve months but significantly underperformed Imperial Tobacco, which has been born aloft…

Cyber-security: the new arms race – and how to profit from it

As featured in this month's magazine. 2015 will go down as the year when cyber-security entered not just the mainstream…

Thomas Cook results offer encouragement despite headwinds

Thomas Cook (TCG) has just reported its results for the year to 30th September 2015. As an investment, it is highly speculative…

Beat the professionals with this high-return, limited-risk FTSE 250 strategy

This is the fifth in the series of articles drawn from my new book 7 Successful Stock Market Strategies. The…

How solid are British Land’s foundations?

British Land shares at 818p after the interim results for the half year to 30th of September. The shares on…

Starcom back on track?

Just after Christmas last year investors got excited with tracking products business Starcom (STAR) as the firm announced a tie…

Where next for NEXT?

The Next (NXT) 7,835p share price valuation seems to assume low earnings growth in comparison with the rates actually achieved…

Time to go shopping for Sainsbury’s?

Sainsbury at 253p after the interim results. The traditional quoted food retail sector is still undergoing a big change on an undetermined time scale. On that basis,…

Marks Sparks Back Into Life

Marks and Spencer at 507p, after the recent results for the six months to 26 September 2015. The encouraging features…

Can Rolls-Royce pull itself out of this tailspin?

Rolls-Royce shares at 513p following the trading statement. The explanation of the latest downgrade (they come in threes like buses)…