Shares in blue chip indices in London and Paris traded mostly higher on Monday morning, as investors await flash UK purchasing managers' index data to be out shortly.The FTSE 100 index opened up 48.13 points, 0.6%, at 8,693.31. The FTSE 250 was up 103.68 points, 0.6%, at 20,022.05, and the AIM All-Share was trading up 2.90 points, 0.4%, at 692.02.The Cboe UK 100 was 0.4% higher at 869.01, the...

Even today?s market giants started out small. Microsoft (MSFT:NASDAQ) may now be the world?s largest company with a $3 trillion valuation which rivals the GDP of some major global economies but it began life as a start-up founded by Harvard College drop-out Bill Gates and his childhood friend Paul Allen. Few then would have predicted its global domination today.While we are not expecting the...

Cannabis stocks have been through the classic stages of the hype cycle - rallying on expectations for big things and crashing as they don't live up to earlier promises. Many investors have lost interest but some are still holding out for a rebound thanks to pockets of positive news.A good example is medicinal cannabis supplier Celadon Pharmaceuticals (CEL:AIM) which jumped as much as 124% on...