The imminent stockmarket listing of Facebook will value the company at 100 times earnings. Are we witnessing a re-run of the internet boom and bust of a decade ago?
Companies with pricing power are the star performers for Rosemary Banyard's Schroder UK Mid Cap Investment Trust. Here, she highlights the stock she favours.
Buy-and-hold preference shares can offer investors an inflation-beating, reliable income as well as share price growth at relatively little risk, says Nick Louth.
With markets falling again amid eurozone woes, it is worth keeping an eye for tuck-away shares based on solid fundamentals such as Finsbury Food Group, says Edmond Jackson.
With EU sanctions to be suspended on military-dominated Burma, many have declared a gold rush. But for investors there is opportunity and obstacle in equal measure.
JPMorgan lost billions in its hedging strategy not only because it was sloppy, but because it grew too big in a market of complex financial instruments that it had created.
The latest round-up from the Hybridan team hits another rich seam of small cap news, including updates from Afferro Mining, Beowulf Mining and Silence Therapeutics.
Investors struggle to protect scant profits from a growing army of financial services intermediaries. Barry Riley investigates what's going wrong and how to keep costs down.
Tour operator Thomas Cook's recent recovery from last year's share price plunge appears to vindicate investors buying at the lows, but Edmond Jackson remains cautious.
Europa Oil & Gas chief executive Hugh Mackay talks to Darshini Shah about the company's plans for the forthcoming months and what it will take to get the share price rising.
