What is a contrarian investor?
There are many different ways to invest. You can put your money into everything from established...
Schroder Recovery
How active management can beat the stock market
Leading global stock markets haven’t risen very much over the last 22 years. Despite some peaks and...
Value vs Growth: which is best?
There has been much talk of value investing and growth investing over recent years. But what...
Answering the million-dollar question: is growth or value investing best?
To mark Black Friday, a day of bargains and deals, we’re considering the age-old investment debate:...
Which funds were the winners in the vaccine bounce?
On 9 November 2021, global stock markets rallied in what was termed the ‘vaccine bounce’. Just seven...
Why the Christmas rush in October?
’Tis the season to start Christmas shopping. Yes, really. A recent report from Klarna found that...
Investing in dairy alternatives
Seven months ago, I found out that I’m allergic to dairy. It was a tragic day. I immediately thought...
Investing our way out of lockdown
Today marks my 51st week of working from home. When I left the office with a few files and some...
How to profit from the rise of e-learning
The internet is limitless, or so it seems. It occupies and influences nearly every part of our lives...
Was yesterday’s vaccine bounce the start of a Santa rally for value stocks?
Global stock markets bounced yesterday on the news that the first set of results from Pfizer’s phase...
UK equity exodus: investors shun the FTSE
According to the Investment Association, the proportion of UK retail investor assets in UK equity...
Bank bonds: more popular than bank shares
Once the mainstay of most equity income portfolios, banks have had a torrid time over the past 10...
Growth vs value: how much are you willing to pay?
On the whole, I don’t think lockdown has been too difficult for us – and it’s certainly been...
What fund managers do when stock markets fall
Stock market falls are never a nice experience – seeing your hard-earned savings depleted in value....
What is value investing?
‘Value’ is the name given to investment styles that favour ‘unloved’ companies whose share...