You don’t need more ‘me-time’, you need to do your job better May 16, 2017 Have you seen a memo that Steve Harvey, the star comedian and host of the eponymous US talk show, had sent to his studio staff? If you have not, you should. The memo, leaked to a blogger last week, outlines the rules of staff conduct on set. “Do not wait in any hallway to speak [...]
The unusual case of the cheaply valued share buyback May 15, 2017 | City Talk In theory, companies should only buy back their own shares when they're cheap, but this rarely happens. Andrew Lyddon, author on The Value Perspective blog, highlights a case where it has. The share buyback can be a beautiful thing – at least in theory. The idea is that a company buys back some of its [...]
A political checklist for stock market investors May 12, 2017 | City Talk Brexit, Trump and European elections all had the potential to cause chaos in the stockmarket. Yet investors have remained calm. What next? How markets have responded to elections When global equities fell 7% in the days following the UK’s European Union (EU) referendum, it appeared that the tone for markets may have been set for [...]
This is the ‘inconvenient truth’ about investing May 11, 2017 | City Talk No matter how much some investors might wish it was not so, the biggest driver of whether or not you make money as an investor is the price you pay for an asset, says value blogger Andrew Evans. On The Value Perspective blog, we appreciate not everyone shares our conviction that the biggest driver of [...]
Global Cities 30 index: Seattle’s boom is about far more than Amazon May 5, 2017 | City Talk The Schroders Global Cities Index ranks the fastest growing urban economies in the world, focusing on the potential for property investment. Read more on the Global Cities Blog. On this post, we examine Seattle's success and its future prospects . Why Seattle? Sitting at no.25 in the Global Cities Index, we rate Seattle as a [...]
The only question you need to ask yourself before investing in an ISA May 4, 2017 | City Talk Nick Kirrage, author on The Value Perspective blog, questions whether savers are really making the most of ISAs… There is no doubt the individual savings account – or ‘ISA’ for short – has proved a huge hit among the UK’s savers and investors. In the 2015/16 tax year (the most recent for which official figures [...]
When you answer a question, don’t stick to the script May 4, 2017 BBC: "Do you know what a mugwump is?" PM: "What I recognise is that what we need in this country is strong and stable leadership." How I wish that Jeremy Paxman had handled this interview, which was broadcast by BBC Radio Derby last week. Would Paxman have launched a full offensive and asked May the [...]
How does the FTSE 100 perform before elections? May 2, 2017 | City Talk Data shows that markets tend to rise in the lead-up to elections when there is a degree of confidence about who the likely winner will be. Clear-cut general election campaigns tend to have a positive effect on the stock market, history suggests. Our analysis looked at the final six weeks of the last seven elections [...]
Trump’s first 100 days: how markets have performed April 28, 2017 | City Talk Is the “Trump bump” over? The surge in the stock market, the dollar and bond yields that welcomed Donald Trump’s arrival at the White House has shown signs of flagging as his first 100 days approaches. Donald Trump sailed into the White House on a wave of populist, pro-trade polices. He promised to spend big, [...]
How shares with low yields can pay the most income April 28, 2017 | City Talk Investors are often tempted to buy shares which promise bumper dividends today, largely because they need the income immediately, perhaps to support early retirement. Those who can wait longer may want to consider an alternative – investing in companies that offer the potential of fast dividend growth. Companies which can grow their dividends rapidly can [...]
