FTSE 100 soars as sterling slumps

In the UK, the FTSE 100 was at its highest level for the day – 7,144, up 110 points (1.6%) – helped by the weakness of sterling, following the release of …

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BP Doubles Annual Profit

Taking the lead from peer Royal Dutch Shell’s analyst-beating results, oil major BP was the best performer in the FTSE 100 on Tuesday after its …

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FTSE 100 up by a ton

US markets were tipped to open modestly higher, providing the small fillip the Footsie needed to manage a triple-digit gain. The FTSE 100 was up 100 …

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Flickr starts culling users’ photos

Flickr has changed its rules on the amount of free storage it will provide for users who do not pay a subscription.

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Sloppy Selling of Expert Traders? [PREMIUM]

Do expert investors (institutional stock portfolio managers) add value both by buying future outperforming stocks and by selling future underperforming stocks? In their December 2018 paper entitled “Selling Fast and Buying Slow: Heuristics and Tr…

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SIF Folio: Could I have spotted a problem at Staffline?

Taking a loss on a business that disappoints is a routine part of investment. But what we really want to avoid is companies that go bad and result in a 100% loss.
Carillion and Patisserie Valerie are two high-profile examples from recent years. Carilli…

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Six essential ratios for finding cheap stocks

With the art of picking lowly valued stocks playing such a central role in any value investing strategy, it is essential for the investor to get acquainted with the necessary tools to make a proper assessment. While not many investors managed to make i…

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