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Deals have the potential to boost a broad range of stocks, according to BTIG.

In the face of slowing profit growth, normally bullish investment strategists are reducing their forecasts of stock market gains in 2019.

Faced with choosing between a $10 bottle of wine and a $90 bottle of wine, which would you go for? In one experiment – with the prices of each wine clearly marked – nearly twice as many people preferred the taste of the most expensive bottle. But unkno…

Back in 2012, shares in the media company Trinity Mirror looked surprisingly cheap given the amount of cash the business was throwing off. Despite its outdated business model, the newspaper publisher was still managing to juggle a high level of debt an…

Last week Domino’s Pizza broke out to yet another stunning new high. This is a share we bought at 75p in 2004 for our family investment club and I’m proud to say we still hold. It’s now trading at 1043p per share making it a 14 bagger over an 11 year p…

When market valuations fell sharply this summer, Neil Woodford, the highly respected fund manager, described how sliding share prices can be overwhelming and distort rational perspectives. He said that while it can be difficult to remain focused on fun…

The FTSE 100 closed 133.4 points or 2% up to 6,968.33. Top of the winners was Ashtead Group, rising 4.5% to £19.53 after RBC Capital Markets …

The FTSE 100 is back in the green, as continued optimism surround the future of US and China trade relations continue permeate through global …

In Brief
A value and momentum screen focused on finding under-valued, out-of-favor companies just at the point when the market is starting to recognise them. According to Lakonishok, investors have judgmental biases and behavioral weaknesses including …

Most stock market watchers could be forgiven for thinking that 2015 has been a bit of a damp squib. Some promising early gains for the FTSE 100 have been all but given up, Greece worries have weighed hard and the dour Scot failed again to regain his Wi…

I kicked up a bit of a storm on Monday with an article titled “Why you think there are more high StockRank profit warnings than there really are”. Yes, this year has been tough for many investors in the stock market. There have lots of profit warnings,…

From mid-August this year, I’ve been running a little paper portfolio using the StockRanks as an experiment.  I threw it together out of curiosity at first, not putting much work into it and the whole process taking no more than about 15 minutes.  I ha…

UK grows by 0.3% in the three months to November, but manufacturers are suffering.

The FTSE 100 closed down 24.69 points at 6918.18 as speculation mounted that Brexit will be delayed beyond the current March 29 exit date.

The Glasgow-based retailer warns of disappointing profits for the second time in three months.

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Trading Update For The 12 Months To End December 2018 – FY Revenue to be marginally ahead of expectations and EBITDA to be slightly better than break-even.

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Good morning, it’s Paul here.
Before we start on today’s news, I’ll have a quick look back at some interesting developments yesterday

Debenhams (LON:DEB)
The AGM yesterday resulted in the Chairman, Sir Ian Cheshire, being ousted – his re-election wa…

The rescue of the Exeter-based airline marks a return by Virgin to domestic flights.

Carlos Ghosn has previously denied all wrongdoing over charges of financial misconduct.

Japanese firm Hitachi confirms pausing plans for a new nuclear plant in Wales is a potential option.

The BBC’s Aaron Heslehurst explains how dynamite became a million dollar idea.

Drones are being used to map previously unmapped areas in Africa to the benefit of its citizens.

The World Bank is funding a new mapping initiative which is becoming a model for other parts of the continent.

Consumer spending makes up most of the UK economy, so where do reports that it is slowing down leave us?

Losses from the partial shutdown could soon add up to more than the cost of the border wall.

Minister scraps plan to cap child-related benefits for families with more than two children born before 2017.

MPs are expected to reject Mrs May’s deal – but Shinzo Abe has backed it during a visit to London.

JPMorgan is facing some external headwinds going into fourth-quarter results and for the full-year 2019.

As big tech stocks fall out of favor, these young techs may continue to outperform.

These stocks are well-positioned to deliver outstanding revenue and earnings growth, per Goldman Sachs.