Dogs of the Footsie 2019: 10 shares yielding 6 per cent plus March 23, 2019 By David Budworth from interactive investor. Here are the 10 high yielders that make it into this year's Dogs of the Footsie investment strategy. It's time to reset our Dogs of the Footsie portfolio, selecting the 10 highest-yielding shares of the FTSE 100 index. Around half of 2018's portfolio is carried over on to this [...]
Wetherspoon shares swing wildly as profit plunges March 22, 2019 Five times the shares failed to make a break above 1,340p stick. Is it sixth time lucky for Wetherspoon? Alongside the usual diatribe against the Brexit process and the tax disparity with supermarkets, pub chain JD Wetherspoon (LSE:JDW) has fallen foul of higher costs, especially with regards to labour. This has impacted the bottom line [...]
One million volunteered in the past year March 22, 2019 By Dr Janina Steinmetz, Senior Lecturer in Marketing at Cass Business School High number of volunteers driven by community cuts Wave of first-time volunteers prompted to step forward in response to issues such as reduced funding for community services, strain on the NHS and care for the elderly New cohort of volunteers still report reduced [...]
Burford Capital: AIM’s biggest firm still growing fast March 21, 2019 By Graeme Evans from interactive investor. This AIM star is already big enough to make the FTSE 100, but City analysts argue it is worth even more. The extraordinary story of Burford Capital (LSE:BUR) continued in earnest today as the AIM market's biggest stock delivered another record year of significant profits growth. With shares up [...]
How to make money by doing nothing March 21, 2019 Owning a home in the capital is already the best financial decision you will ever make. But did you know your property could earn its own income, even while you’re living in it? Whether you own a terrace house in Tufnell Park or a pied-a-terre in Pimlico, holiday home rental site HomeAway can help turn [...]
Hooked on a book, podcast or TV show? Here’s how the story changes you March 21, 2019 Every holiday season, you have new worlds at your fingertips. Reading books, listening to podcasts, and watching films and TV shows can help you break away from the frenzy of everyday life, and journey into other possible worlds. As with any kind of travel, the journey affects you. The degree to which you become engaged [...]
Bottoms up! March 20, 2019 If an investor is specifically looking for reasons not to invest, he or she will always find them. Indeed, for one reason or another, it has been said that “now is the most difficult time to invest”, in perpetuity! At present, such reasons are in ample supply – geopolitical concerns, populism, punchy valuations, a lack [...]
Invest in property with your IFISA March 20, 2019 Throughout history, wealth has always been accumulated and preserved by investing in the property sector. Over the years we have seen property prices reach all-time highs and even outperformed the stock market. The super-rich however don’t really “do” buy-to-let investments. They have always had access to other sectors and type of investment products that were [...]
All the world’s a sound-stage March 13, 2019 Johnny Hon loves a show and he loves a stage. Unlike most globe-trotting international investors, he also finds time to invest in them. Hon, the founder and chairman of venture capital business and angel investor the Global Group, is a showbiz impresario, acting as an executive entertainment producer as an enjoyable sideline. UK-educated Hon is [...]
The secret to being more likeable on first dates and job interviews revealed March 12, 2019 People who need to make a good impression on dates or in job interviews should concentrate on communicating the hard work and effort behind their success, rather than just emphasising their talent, new research from Cass Business School has found. In Impression (Mis) Management When Communicating Success, published in Basic and Applied Social Psychology, Dr [...]