A bet on a bleaker future

The autumn Budget was less the promised “reboot of UK capital markets” and “more a light dusting of the keyboard”, says Tim Focas in City AM. A three-year stamp duty holiday for new listings is all ve

The stockmarket setback in 2022 was especially painful for investors in investment companies because many trusts also saw a sharp widening in their discount to net asset value (NAV). Starting from an

“The true investor… will do better if he forgets about the stockmarket and pays attention to his dividend returns.” – Benjamin Graham Dividend income has always been one of the key contributors to equ

Renewable-energy trusts were already struggling before the government decided to kneecap them at the end of October. In a major shock, it has launched a consultation on changing the inflation linkage

“Emerging markets are shooting out the lights,” says Leslie Norton for Morningstar. The diverse grouping, which ranges from Latin American commodity producers to Asian technology powerhouses, has lagg

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