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The fight against obesity: what comes next for the companies currently leading the charge.

Why so-called ‘bond proxies’ like insurers have yet to live up to their billing as investors prepare for rate cuts.

Why Return on Capital Employed is a key measure investors should know.

Stock picks include a cyber-security company and a private equity trust with a charitable mission.

News

MicroStrategy set for 10-for-one share split

Stock division aims to make buying the shares easier for small investors

Feature

Weight loss 2.0: What next for the companies at the forefront of fighting global obesity

Even a small share of this booming market could be worth billions

News

McDonald’s sales drop shows customers are no longer ‘lovin’ it’

Company forced to rethink pricing as consumers cut back on dining out

News

The biggest gainer on the S&P 500 this year is up 145%, and it isn’t Nvidia

Innovative hardware firm is another AI story stock

Great Ideas

Crisis overblown, time to buy CrowdStrike

IT outage drama will pass, and growth retains exciting potential

News

Entain shares plumb four-year low after latest profit downgrade

Activists are urging change to fix poor operational performance

Week Ahead

Fed likely to leave rates unchanged this week due to mixed data

Friday’s unemployment rate will show whether it was right to do so

Great Ideas

The best-performing UK investment trust over three years isn’t tech

Literacy Capital has achieved a remarkable 47% compound annual NAV return

Week Ahead

Disney needs to deliver some turnaround magic

The entertainment giant has cut costs to combat challenges in streaming, parks and movies

News

Bumper share buyback unveiled by IT reseller Computacenter

Extended lead times among reasons for short-term pullback from expansion plans

Great Ideas

Why Unilever’s turnaround story is alive and well

Stick with the Persil-to-Sunsilk maker with margins and volume growth improving

News

No pain relief for shareholders in consumer goods group Reckitt Benckiser

Negative read-across from US court ruling sends shares to decade low

Week Ahead

Can Coca-Cola HBC serve up some upgrades fizz?

The Coca-Cola Company’s quarterly earnings beat and raised outlook augurs well

Feature

Why is Canal+ looking to list in London?

French media giant Vivendi plans to float its TV and film operation in the UK

Editor's View

Are investors asking themselves the wrong questions about rate cuts?

It’s not about the size or the timing, it’s about the fundamentals

Feature

Why are high-yield ‘bond proxies’ not outperforming the market?

Looking at the appeal of this type of stock and why it has waned of late

Dan Coatsworth

Why it’s time for gold miners to play catch-up after metal price rally

Improved selling prices and falling inflation could lead to miners trading on higher earnings multiples

Personal Finance

Dark days for active fund managers

What AJ Bell’s latest report on passive vehicles vs their actively-managed counterparts reveals

Education

Why investors should focus on ROCE and ROIC

These two metrics tell you whether a company is getting a bang for its buck