There’s nothing new about my interaction with the business. Growing up as one of three siblings, Disney’s cartoon oeuvre was a home staple. Though I’m not quite sure why, we loved the Disney Store.

Some trusts from other alternative sectors also have their own chunky yields. Debt funds continue to offer big payouts, with ...

In 2024, the narrative around Big Tech was that it was almost impossible for companies to overinvest in artificial intelligence (AI). At almost every earnings update, capital spending (capex) was ...

But can we judge calls like this more broadly? In his 2002 book, When Buy Means Sell, the investor Eric Shkolnik argued that analyst downgrades should be considered a contrarian indicator. Typically, ...

The housebuilder beat volume estimates, delivering 6,846 homes, compared with consensus figures of 6,627. Revenue also came ...

Hong Kong led the way with a 2.6 per cent rally on Chinese tech, EV and AI stocks. Alibaba rallied 8.5 per cent on reports of a partnership with Apple to develop AI for iPhones in China. BYD, the EV ...

Barratt Redrow (BTRW), Close Brothers (CBG), BHP (BHP) and CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income (CYN) Barratt and Redrow are back with the combined entity, Barratt Redrow (BTRW) reporting half-year ...

PZ Cussons' (PZC) shares gained 7 per cent as the Carex and Imperial Leather owner returned to statutory profit in the first half despite a double-digit drop in revenue.

Smiths Group (SMIN) was already in the process of hiving off its medical division when Paul Keel became its chief executive in May 2021. He left three years later. Pay was rumoured to be the reason, ...

We make lots of big decisions in life. Some of them are exciting: setting up a business, getting married or starting a family. Some are rather sadder: getting a divorce or spending an inheritance from ...

In our recent reviews of the UK and EU markets, we found the soft drinks markets to be the strongest segment, with the spirits sector the weakest, as consumer spending patterns undergo a material ...

Even so, Karp is excited about what he describes as a “revolution” and warns “some people can get their heads cut off”. He likely means metaphorical heads, and, if that’s the case, they are already ...