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There are opportunities to make – and lose – a lot of money in this market. Last week I considered some higher risk share prices that have been heavily hit by this lockdown. There are some interesting trades to contemplate but the risks and unknowns ar…

There are opportunities to make – and lose – a lot of money in this market. Last week I considered some higher risk share prices that have been heavily hit by this lockdown. There are some interesting trades to contemplate but the risks and unknowns ar…

My Stock in Focus portfolio celebrated its fourth birthday on 19 April. At the time, I was spending a lockdown weekend doing battle with a neglected corner of the garden. 
When I returned to my screens on Monday morning, I found that my rules-based vir…

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Bankruptcies
I’m sure you will all appreciate the cheery headline.
As a follow-up to yesterday’s Covid-19 update, I thought I would spend a few minutes reflecting on the poor financial health of the travel amp; leisure industry, …

Morning! Graham here.
Bankruptcies
I’m sure you will all appreciate the cheery headline.
As a follow-up to yesterday’s Covid-19 update, I thought I would spend a few minutes reflecting on the poor financial health of the travel amp; leisure industry, w…

Morning! Graham here.
Bankruptcies
I’m sure you will all appreciate the cheery headline.
As a follow-up to yesterday’s Covid-19 update, I thought I would spend a few minutes reflecting on the poor financial health of the travel amp; leisure industry, w…

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Good morning! Graham here.Covid-19 updateI’ve already written lots about this subject. It’s the topic right now.Since I last wrote about it in the SCVR, the most important news stories and things I have noticed are:The UK lockdown was extended for 3 we…

Good morning! Graham here.

Covid-19 update
I’ve already written lots about this subject. It’s the topic right now.
Since I last wrote about it in the SCVR, the most important news stories and things I have noticed are:
The UK lockdown was extended for…

Below is a weekly summary of our research findings for 4/13/20 through 4/17/20. These summaries give you a quick snapshot of our content the past week so that you can quickly decide what’s relevant to your investing needs. Subscribers: To receive…

Good morning, it’s Paul here with Friday’s SCVR. Today’s report is now finished. Jack has written up this section, thanks Jack! Hollywood Bowl (LON:BOWL) Share price: 157.5pNo. shares: 150.0mMarket cap: £214.5m Proposed placing to raise £10.9m Hollywo…

Good morning, it’s Paul here with Friday’s SCVR. I’m running late today, but should be finished by 3pm. Jack has written up this section, thanks Jack! Hollywood Bowl (LON:BOWL) Share price: 157.5pNo. shares: 150.0mMarket cap: £214.5m Proposed placing …

Lockdown continues – and hopefully the volatility too. For the last few weeks, I have seen only my screens, my gym, and my bed. Last week’s highlight of AA. carried on rising nicely, and other stocks have been moving quickly too.
I also made some progr…

Are equity factors used in leading models of stock returns reliable performers in practice? In his March 2020 paper entitled “Factor Performance 2010-2019: A Lost Decade?”, David Blitz measures performances of factors tracked in the Kenneth…

I’ve been doing some digging into equity placings. It could be a good lead for identifying opportunities. Companies will go bust in this lockdown but larger publicly listed operations generally have better access to funding and so should stand more cha…

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Good morning, it’s Paul here, with the placeholder for today’s SCVR. Please add your comments in the usual way, and the main report should be finished by 1pm today, depending on how much news there is. Edit: predictably, I’m running late, so will finis…

Good morning, it’s Paul here with the SCVR for Thursday. It’s busy for updates today. I’ll start with 3 companies in which I have long positions, as obviously I read the updates that affect me personally first thing. Newer subscribers may not be aware …

Low-risk investment strategies buy or overweight low-risk assets and sell or underweight high-risk assets. Growth in low-risk investing is stimulating much pro and con debate in the financial community. Which assertions are valid, and which are not? In…

In recent weeks the Stockopedia team has wrapped up work on some important design and functionality improvements. You now have much-improved Mini Charts right across the site, delivering more stock-level technical data in an instant. Our design team ha…

Good morning, it’s Paul here with the SCVR for Thursday. It’s busy for updates today. I’ll start with 3 companies in which I have long positions, as obviously I read the updates that affect me personally first thing. Newer subscribers may not be aware …

Good morning, it’s Paul here with the SCVR for Thursday. It’s busy for updates today. I’ll start with 3 companies in which I have long positions, as obviously I read the updates that affect me personally first thing. Revolution Bars (LON:RBG) Share pr…

Good morning, it’s Paul here, with the placeholder for today’s SCVR. Please add your comments in the usual way, and the main report should be finished by 1pm today, depending on how much news there is. Edit: predictably, I’m running late, so will finis…

What are current estimates of equity risk premiums (ERP) and risk-free rates around the world? In their March 2020 paper entitled “Survey: Market Risk Premium and Risk-Free Rate used for 81 countries in 2020”, Pablo Fernandez, Eduardo de Ap…

Good morning, it’s Paul here, with the placeholder for today’s SCVR. Please add your comments in the usual way, and the main report should be finished by 1pm today, depending on how much news there is.In case you haven’t seen it, Jack has published an …

My usual targets are high quality companies that are aligned with shareholders, because these can be compounding investments. This is the best kind of long term portfolio to build but right now I feel like there could be some pretty exceptional investm…

How can investors account for inflation expectations in estimating attractiveness of equities? In their March 2020 article entitled “The Equity Risk Premium: A Novel Perspective on the Past Fifty Years”, James White and Victor Haghani offer…

In my piece last week on BAE Systems, a subscriber asked whether basing my assessment of stocks on backward-looking measures was still a valid approach. With much of the world economy at a halt, it seems a fair question. For many companies – perhaps ev…