It has not exactly been an easy ride in terms of the recovery at Ascent Resources (LON:AST); but of course, that is where we get the stock market adage regarding a wall of worry. Given the share price history of Ascent Resources over much of the recent past, it may be understandable that one approaches…
According to finance theory there are three components to the total return which an investor can make from a share. Firstly, we have dividends. Often being the most modest source of equity returns, dividends can nevertheless be consistent and provide a useful source of income for investors. Those with shares in dividend paying FTSE 100…
One of the best ways of progressing in investment is going with a combination of technical and fundamental factors. Currently, at Victoria Oil & Gas (LON:VOG) it would appear that both are in alignment. Victoria Oil & Gas has been one of the star performers in the small caps space since the beginning of the…
The Isle of Man is a hub for start-up businesses and entrepreneurship, enjoying over 30 years of sustained economic growth. This strong performance has been underpinned by the increasingly diverse nature of the island’s economy, playing host to a range of successful business sectors in which we are among the best in the world. Isle…
Podcasts are now firmly in the mainstream, with more than a billion episodes downloaded globally and an estimated 75 million of us listening to podcasts every month. Here in the UK, podcasting is quickly catching up with our friends across the pond in the US, where a thriving community of personal finance and investing podcasts…
This Saturday 25th March, the Business Design Centre in Islington, London, will welcome 4,000 visitors to the UK’s largest event aimed at informing, inspiring and educating private investors. The Master Investor Show brings together private investors of all portfolio sizes to hear keynote talks from celebrity investors and gain access to new investment opportunities. Visitors…
On a day curiously void of bombastic small-cap highlights, it seems appropriate to go for a situation which has classic fundamental merit, in the form of Venture Life (LON:VLG). On the face of it (pun largely intended), Venture Life has almost everything that matters to a chartist who has just hit the half century mark.…
British American Tobacco (LON:BATS) has enjoyed a very successful decade. Its shares have risen by 225%. That’s 11x the capital gain of the FTSE 100, and 3.4x the return on its only UK-listed rival, Imperial Brands. However, I think British American Tobacco will in future enjoy an even more successful decade because it is acquiring…
“If you are an individual investor in the stock market, then you should be a member of ShareSoc.” ShareSoc is a not-for-profit membership organisation, created by investors to support individuals who invest directly in the UK stock market. Founded in 2011, we have grown rapidly and now have well over 3,600 members. Many are experienced…
The £1.7bn Witan Investment Trust (LON:WTAN) has recently announced a mixed set of results for 2016. It operates in the global growth sector and has a highly unusual mandate as the majority of the portfolio has been outsourced to ten third-party managers. Over the course of the year it generated a creditable NAV total return…
