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This year’s “unusually good run” for beleaguered British shares shows “there is life in the old dog yet”, says Katie Martin in the Financial Times. True, the FTSE 100’s 10% year-to-date gain isn’t sen

Companies in the news and how they were assessed

Did you sell in May and go away this year? I do hope not, because we have often pointed out that seasonal investing is nonsense. The notion that stocks are weaker between May and September is thought

Parents of young children, and pet owners, often start to worry when they have been enjoying an unusually long period of silence. Investors are experiencing a similar sensation. Markets seem calm, wit

Companies in the news and how they were assessed

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