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Shire and Takeda agree £46 billion takeover deal

The board of FTSE 100 drug firm Shire (LON:SHP) has recommended that shareholders accept Takeda’s takeover bid. The offer of…

The absolute return fund that is shorting Tesla

My colleague, Simon Cawkwell, writing in his Evil Diaries, recently described Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) as “surely…..the greatest short in the history of…

Is AIM still “the world’s leading growth market”?

The Alternative Investment Market – also known as “AIM” – provokes controversy in the investment community. Some see it as…

Trumpery is Working!

We always knew that Donald Trump was a badass. What we didn’t know (though the stock markets kind of knew)…

2 FTSE 100 turnaround stocks that could offer high returns

While the FTSE 100 may have gained 7% in the last month to trade within 250 points of its all-time…

The problem with growth

One of the most influential things I have ever seen is a presentation on YouTube. Its formal title is Arithmetic,…

Skin in the game

Recent research by the broker Canaccord Genuity has highlighted which boards of directors and fund managers have the most significant…

A memorable afternoon

Friday afternoon was cold and damp and we had to walk from a parking point in the Hurlingham to All…

Real estate down-under is a one-way bet

Well-off Aussies and Kiwis prefer to invest their hard-earned dollars in bricks and mortar. With home prices softening in the…

2 shares offering a bright income outlook

Interest rates in the UK have already started to rise. The Bank of England is now expected to increase them…