If the United States of America did not exist, it would be necessary to create it. For without America, the world would not be what it is. America remains the unashamedly capitalist dynamo of the world economy. It is the chrysalis of newly emergent technologies that will continue to change the way we live. It…
The FTSE 100 may have reached an all-time high this year, but there are still companies which have underperformed. For instance, Burberry (LON:BRBY) and Whitbread (LON:WTB) have declined by 7% and 10% respectively in the last month. While there is scope for further share price declines in the short run, the two companies seem to…
One of the attractions of buying investment trusts is that you can often pick them up at a discount to net asset value (NAV). This feels like you are getting a bargain because you are paying less for the shares than what the underlying portfolio is worth, but it can be misleading. An investment trust…
600 Group (LON:SIXH) this morning report their six months to 30th September 2017. These figures are not stellar but they are very encouraging. There are a couple of exceptional items but, allowing for these, EPS is at 0.8p per share. Doubling this to 1.6p for a full year gives a PE of 10 at 16p.…
Has anyone invited you to invest in bitcoin recently? Do you really know what it is? And why did the Chinese ban it? The future of money My lead article in the December edition of the Master Investor magazine will be entitled The Future of Money. Not very Christmassy, you might think. But we need…
I now introduce Toffee Galore. As you can see from her picture she is every colt’s dream of a mate save, possibly, she has knobbly knees which would preclude her cosying up to the average Tory MP. She cost £50,000. Given that a yearling must cost at least £10,000 to produce given stud costs exclusive…
Last month saw some interesting statistics concerning the US stock market. Unless you have been living in a cave in recent years, you will be aware that the major US indices have continually pushed to fresh all-time highs. The latest leg higher within that multiyear trend started after the US election last year – markets…
The recent increase in interest rates by the Bank of England has shone a spotlight on the actions of the major banks. The uplift of 0.25% was automatically passed on to the millions of borrowers with tracker rate mortgages, but the majority of savers with variable rate accounts are yet to see any improvement. Banks…
Ultra Electronics (LON:ULE) looks to me to have gone wrong. I certainly would not buy it and am minded to sell it. Now £12.30. However, for the pension plan I keep on shorting Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA). TSLA is descending into farce and is as close to a gimme as I have ever encountered in the market.…
“There are certain things that cannot be adequately explained to a virgin by either words or pictures. Nor can any description I might offer here even approximate what it feels like to lose a real chunk of money you used to own.” – Fred Schwed, US Investor “The only difference between the taxman and…
