When cheap is not cheerful

VEHICLES WHOSE DIVIDEND PAYOUTS HAVE BEATEN RISING PRICES

UK equities are having their time in the sun. The FTSE 100 recently hit an all-time high of 9,000, driven by a broad recovery in equity prices. To put it another way, the rally wasn’t just driven by a

Income has historically been one of the best-performing investment strategies. The average annualised return of dividend-paying stocks in the S&P 500 between 1973 and 2024 was 9.2%, compared with 4.3%

Companies in the news and how they were assessed

The last 50 years have been kind to investors in real terms. Everything made money: equities, bonds, property and gold. All investors had to remember was not to buy high and sell low. But that hasn’t

Last year saw record consolidation and corporate action in the investment trust sector. If the past seven months are anything to go by, 2025 will be a year of note, as well. At the beginning of the ye