Britain’s best stocks in 2023

During the pandemic, profits across the global luxury sector jumped as consumers, unable to spend their disposable income elsewhere, splashed out on high-end purchases. This pulled forward a lot of de

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“After the drought, here comes the rain,” says Nils Pratley in The Guardian. “Well, more of a light drizzle.” The London Stock Exchange (LSE) has endured a miserable year for listings, but a clutch of

It’s been a tough two decades for UK-listed firms. BP, Shell and HSBC have dropped out of the ranks of the world’s largest listed companies. Britain’s current largest firm, AstraZeneca, doesn’t even m

History may merely rhyme, rather than repeat itself, but it certainly often offers a neat sense of symmetry. When this magazine launched on 4 November 2000, air was hissing loudly out of the dotcom bu

Inflation still too high: “Any good news on the inflation front must be seized upon, and the fact that food prices actually fell in September is likely to be a cause for celebration in struggling hous