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Evil Knievil: The world needs palm oil and will pay

I heard on the wireless that Mifid II contains 1.7 million paragraphs spread over 7,000 pages. HMRC has always proceeded…

Is this market the best way to tap into African potential?

Kenya is once again politically stable and is fast becoming the most mature emerging market in Africa. Jambo!* When you…

2 defence stocks with dividend appeal

The defence sector has experienced a challenging period since the financial crisis. Cutbacks to military spending have become the norm…

How to know when to sell

The novice investor or trader often obsesses about where to get into a trade or investment and may spend much…

This fund picked 4 of the top 10 trusts in 2017

Miton Global Opportunities (LON:MIGO) is a highly unusual fund that aims to profit from pricing inefficiencies by buying investment trusts…

Evil Knievil: My share for 2018

The chairman drew me into increasing my gold long position just before the weekend. I couldn't follow it over the…

Were we wrong to rescue the banks?

There are times when certain decisions have an unusual impact on subsequent events. We reach, in other words, a ‘fork…

Evil Knievil: It is nonetheless money

I hesitate to call Heseltine an idiot but he is certainly deceitful. He keeps going on about Brexit being a…

How can property investors leverage the gig economy to fill the void?

For buy-to-let landlords, void periods – those gaps in between tenancies where you receive no rental income from your property…

P2P investment trusts offer a tempting opportunity

There are mixed views about the peer-to-peer finance sector – where those with spare cash can make direct loans to…