Investors are looking hard at the stocks held in funds managed by Odey Asset Management for fear they will be dumped on the market as the hedge fund tries to raise cash. While some positions have already been cut, there remain plenty of stocks where its position has not changed (yet?).The firm is restructuring following a Financial Times investigation into alleged misconduct by founder Crispin Ode

Making the decision to click the buy button and invest your hard-earned cash in a stock is an important step in an investment journey and often the most difficult part.Knowing your money is at risk inevitably makes it tricky to commit and any reticence could mean you miss exciting opportunities.To help you get over this hurdle we are going to look in detail at when you should consider buying a sto

- API first release in collaboration with Microsoft- Mirriad will work on product roadmaps- Another example of investors jumping on anything AI-relatedA tiny company on the UK stock market has just seen its share price soar by 300% after announcing a tie-up with Microsoft (MSFT: NASDAQ).Mirriad Advertising (MIRI:AIM) has built an API to link with Microsoft Azure and its artificial intelligence cap

The UK's FTSE 100 gained strength through the afternoon session on Friday to end up on the day and finish the week around 1.7% higher.At the close, the UK benchmark index was 26.10 points, or 0.4% higher at 7,136.07, just below the day's peak of 7,139.08 and well above the session low of 7,109.79.On Wall Street around London's close, the Dow Jones Industrials Average was 234 points, or 0.7% higher

The UK's FTSE 100 managed to keep its head just above water in early afternoon trade on a typically dead Friday for corporate news. At 12.30pm, the benchmark index had clung on to single-digit gains - about 0.12% - to trade at 7,118.84, putting the blue-chips firmly on track to end the week around 1.5% ahead.Tantalising investors more is the expectation of an active session on Wall Street when the

London's FTSE 100 firmed 0.15% to 7,120.45 early on Friday, with energy stocks leading the way, following the announcement of US President Joe Biden's $952 billion bipartisan infrastructure agreement.Large government spending plans once again came to the rescue of the markets, with US stocks racing ahead last night, which drove gains across Asia on Friday.US banks also passed their stress tests, a

The IPO pathway to AIM for ambitious growth start-ups remains open even just a week ahead of Christmas. Trading has kicked-off in shares of data analytics hopeful Pelatro (PTRO:AIM) on the junior market today.The company has raised £4.6m with the aid of broker FinnCap at a placing price of 62.5p, giving Pelatro an opening £15.2m market value.London-headquartered Pelatro provides what it calls 'p

The FTSE 100 is up 19 points to 7,554.13 in early trading as the leading index continues its momentum from yesterday. There is optimism that President Trump's tax reform may actually become law, which helped to boost US markets last night and have a positive effect on markets in other parts of the world.Online price comparison site Gocompare.com (GOCO) gains 6.3% to 105.3p on news its acquiring My