London's FTSE 100 closed higher on Friday, though stocks in New York struggled, taking little confidence from a key US inflation gauge producing no scares.The FTSE 100 index ended up 44.33 points, 0.5%, at 8,275.38. The FTSE 250 ended up 59.25 points, 0.3%, at 20,730.12, and the AIM All-Share closed up 3.10 points, 0.4%, at 805.79.For the week, the FTSE 100 lost 0.5%, the FTSE 250 fell 0.2%, while

This column has no axe to grind with Nvidia (NVDA:NASDAQ) and ? like everyone else ? it continues to be both surprised and impressed by the growth that the semiconductor specialist is generating, thanks to the competitive position it is crafting itself in providing silicon chips that power the data centres that, in turn, drive the large language models that are so important to the development of A

There's no doubt the shock departure of a star fund manager or well-followed stock picker is a red flag, but there are various reasons why successful portfolio managers choose to leave their investment management firm and therefore their funds.And, as with most aspects of investing, there are no hard and fast rules about what investors should do when their fund manager ups sticks. Much depends on

Cybersecurity industry investors have been experiencing the jitters after Palo Alto Networks' (PANW:NASDAQ) back-to-back quarters of soft guidance. It's certainly put pressure on large sector ETFs, with firm early year gains for £1 billion-plus ETFs L&G Cyber Security (ISPY) and iShares Digital Security (LOCK) all but wiped out in.Which piles the pressure on Crowdstrike (CRWD), one of cybersecuri

Prime minister Rishi Sunak's decision to call an early general election came too late for UK investors to respond, but the 'day after the night before' saw the the FTSE 100 close 30 points or 0.4% lower at 8,339 which is hard to read anything into as far as markets are concerned.A more telling reaction was the bounce in sterling, which continued its month-long advance against the euro as any chanc

How much pocket money you should pay your children is a common dilemma among parents, but new data shows how much the nation is paying its kids.The Natwest Rooster Money report shows how people using its pocket money app manage the payments and how much they pay their kids. And children have felt the effects of the cost of living crisis, with their average pocket money reducing by £5.20 a year ov

Stock prices in London ended lower on Friday, ending a downbeat week in decline, with poor UK data and US interest rate worries doing little to stoke enthusiasm.The FTSE 100 index closed down 21.64 points, or 0.3%, at 8,317.59. The FTSE 250 ended up 139.63 points, or 0.7%, at 20,770.93, and the AIM All-Share closed up 0.6%, or 5.00 points, at 810.02.It was a similar underperformance by the FTSE 10

Blue-chips in London fell on Friday as weak retail sales and further heavy falls in National Grid dented the mood.The FTSE 100 index was down 34.66 points, 0.4%, at 8,304.57. The FTSE 250 was down 9.28 points at 20,622.02, and the AIM All-Share was up 0.73 of a point, 0.1%, at 805.75.The Cboe UK 100 was down 0.5% at 828.67, the Cboe UK 250 was down 0.2% at 18,055.60, and the Cboe Small Companies w

THIS IS AN ADVERTISING FEATURE Ben Ritchie and Rebecca Maclean, Co-managers, Dunedin Income Growth Investment Trust plcIn the March budget, Chancellor Jeremy Hunt brought out a series of measures designed to revive the flagging fortunes of the UK stock market. He sought to draw investors back with a UK ISA, and measures for institutional investors. The broad principle of looking to bring in add

Stock prices in the UK fell Friday morning after retail sales came in below forecasts after a rainy April.The FTSE 100 index opened down 53.88 points, 0.7%, at 8,285.35. The FTSE 250 was down 95.18 points, 0.5%, at 20,536.12, and the AIM All-Share was down 2.37 points, 0.3%, at 802.65.The Cboe UK 100 was down 0.7% at 826.62, the Cboe UK 250 was down 0.6% at 17,972.38, and the Cboe Small Companies

£7 billion rights issueInvestment to double2023 earnings lowerMultinational electricity and gas provider National Grid (NG.) surprised the market with the launch of a £7 billion fund-raise to finance investments in its network to the end of the decade.The shares, which had enjoyed a strong run from the £10 level in April up to £11.40 last week, went into reverse falling 103p or 9% to £10.24 a

Bumper return of capitalShares climb 7% on newsTrading 'in line' this yearIt has been something of a wild ride for investors in fire safety specialist Marlowe (MRL:AIM) over the past six months or so, but today they can celebrate after the firm announced it would return a significant part of the proceeds from the sale of some of its software and service assets.The shares, which collapsed more than

3i Infrastructure (3IN) 342.5pGain to date: 8.7% When we recommended buying into private equity firm 3i Infrastructure (3IN) last summer at 315p we flagged the undervaluation of its portfolio, as shown by the sale of Dutch waste treatment and recycling firm Attero for more than 30% above its most recent valuation and 2.7 times the purchase price.We stuck with our call even when the shares dipped t

This is the first in a series of articles focused on the fundamentals of investing. Don't worry if you are relatively new to investing because the series starts at the very beginning and explains what investing is, how it works and is intended to provide a useful framework for thinking about investing.The series is not exclusively for beginners and later on it will include more advanced features s

Have US equity expectations run ahead of themselves? Certainly, for some companies, the answer seems to be yes. One of the features of second-quarter earnings season has been the number of companies that have met or ever beaten revenue and earnings expectations yet have cost share prices and investors dearly.High-growth companies including ARM (ARM:NASDAQ), Airbnb (ABNB:NASDAQ) and Shopify (SHOP:N

If we took a straw poll of readers and asked which country has the world's biggest sovereign wealth fund, the chances are Saudi Arabia and Singapore would come high up the list if not at the top.In fact, the largest is Norway's Government Pension Fund Global which has a value of more than $1.6 trillion.When the country discovered large offshore oil fields at the end of the 1960s, the government de

This year has been a struggle for Intel (INTC:NASDAQ) ? investors don't seem to be buying the optimism the chip firm has spun around its PC and data centre business, while it has thus far failed miserably when it comes to convincing the market it hasn't missed the AI (artificial intelligence) boat.Data from Sharepad shows Intel is the second-worst performer on the S&P 500 in 2024, down nearly 40%

Luxury demand slowdown weighsH1 to remain ?challenging?Wholesale revenue seen 25% lowerSlowing demand for luxury goods continues to impact Burberry (BRBY), whose shares remain firmly out of fashion with investors and cheapened 2.8% to £11.55 on the release of downbeat full-year results.And with the share price having more than halved over the past 12 months, Burberry is now ?a screaming takeover

Stocks in London were largely flat at midday on Tuesday, on the back of boosts at Burberry and Vodafone, as hopes for a summer interest rate cut were bolstered by supportive comments from the Bank of England?s top economist.The FTSE 100 index was up 5.85 points, 0.1%, at 8,420.89. The FTSE 250 was up 14.46 points, 0.1%, at 20,574.80, and the AIM All-Share was little changed at 786.60.The Cboe UK 1

Future dividend ?rebased? from 9 euro cents to 4.5 euro centsWriting has been on the wall for monthsShare price has spent more than a decade in declineNew broom management get one chance to sweep away previous aspirations and problems and reset market expectations. Chief executive Margherita Della Valle, appointed to the top Job at Vodafone (VOD) just over a year ago, has now laid out the script o