SHAM: My cat, Brian, versus the greedy stock pickers
Brian, my cat, has a new game – the ‘food maze’ encourages feline finesse, using his paws to push treats down through three tiers to a tray where he can feast to his heart’s content.
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Is ‘recovery’ the best play in a fully-valued market?
Large-cap defensive stocks could be in for a fall in what is expected to be a volatile summer for markets, say industry experts.
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LGIM calls for end to FTSE 350 quarterly reports
Legal & General Investment Management has issued a letter to the boards of FTSE 350 companies outlining its support for the removal of the requirement for companies to disclose financials on a quarterly basis.
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Markets spooked as Greece talks go to the wire
The FTSE 100 fell significantly as markets fretted over whether Greece will fail to reach a deal with its creditors and default on its €300m International Monetary Fund payment tomorrow.
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Clearing the active passive fog around increasingly blurred lines
Post-RDR, the passive and active camps have both moved on, with debates around active share, index biases and cost all coming to the fore in the spirit of innovation.
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Cyclicals, sterling early winners as uk markets jump on tory win
The FTSE 100 spiked briefly through 7,000 points on Friday and sterling strengthened as investors woke to news that the Conservative party had beaten even the most optimistic expectations.
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Investors are too optimistic on UK earnings – Allianz
A lack of productivity and consumer reliance on low interest rates mean that widespread optimism around UK earnings is misplaced, according to Allianz Global Investors’ Matthew Tillett.
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UK Q1 dividends halved year-on-year but 2015 forecast rises
UK Q1 2015 dividend pay-outs were cut in half year-on-year, the Capita Dividend Monitor has revealed, alongside revising up its full-year projection.
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Why fund managers must underweight Shell
While Royal Dutch Shell’s £47bn acquisition of BG Group is something of super-sized deal for the FTSE, it promises to be a weighty problem for active and passive funds alike.
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Why ‘Sell in May’ makes more sense this year
Sell in May is a hackneyed notion thats bandied around as every spring dawns, but UK political uncertainty spells a special case for caution this year.
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FTSE deep into the red on Greece worries
The FTSE 100 index has fallen sharply this morning as investors fretted over the implications of a rebound in the price of crude oil and the lack of progress in Greeces talks with its creditors.
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Mining resurgence could drive FTSE
The FTSE 100 could be driven well beyond last weeks record high if a resurgence of the mining sector takes hold, said Brooks MacDonalds investment team director Jonathan Webster-Smith.