Share Trading

Edmond Jackson's Stockwatch: Direct Line Group

By Edmond Jackson | Fri, 17/05/2013 - 00:00

If broker forecasts are realistic, now is a useful time to be accumulating shares in insurer Direct Line as one building block in an investment portfolio.

Preference shares safer than ordinary dividends

By Nick Louth | Thu, 16/05/2013 - 16:50

Preference shares offer investors an elusive commodity that competing investments increasingly cannot - a steady bounty of dependable yields.

Investors face emerging market conundrum

By Andrew Pitts | Wed, 15/05/2013 - 00:00

Should investors favour what they know, via developed market funds, or opt for the greater potential and higher volatility that is emerging markets?

Should I buy shares in Quindell Portfolio?

By Darshini Shah | Tue, 14/05/2013 - 12:03

Quindell Portfolio shares have lost almost half their value over the past six months, but are analysts predicting a recovery for the outsourcer?

Edmond Jackson's Stockwatch: ARM Holdings

By Edmond Jackson | Tue, 14/05/2013 - 00:00

Chip manufacturer ARM Holdings is a good example of a share becoming so prized by the market that there is no margin of safety in the buying price.

Shares to buy, hold and sell

By Holly Black | Fri, 10/05/2013 - 17:05

Lesley Duncan runs the Standard Life UK Ethical fund. She explains why Morrisons is a 'sell' and picks out some stocks she favours instead.

"Wall of fear" makes equities attractive

By Lindsay Vincent | Fri, 10/05/2013 - 16:53

Nigel Thomas, manager of the AXA Framlington UK Select Opportunities fund, takes a long-term investing view, targeting UK companies with an overseas presence.