Over the long haul, small-caps have historically outperformed large caps, fuelling the research highlighting the so-called 'small-cap effect' ? the idea that smaller companies offer higher risk-adjusted returns than larger ones. Unfortunately, the higher interest rate environment of recent years has proved tough for the stock market's small fry, who've spent more than a decade lagging more sizeabl

June's larger-than-expected half percentage point interest rate rise has pushed the FTSE 100 index back into negative territory for the year and triggered fears of recession among investors and market observers.Moreover, there seems little doubt the UK central bank will raise rates again at its August meeting, the only question being by how much.'It now appears that interest rates may go higher th

While the new-build property market may be going through something of a slump at the moment, anyone who has looked at the private rented sector of late will know rents are only going one way - up.Recent updates from estate agents Belvoir (BLV:AIM) and Foxtons (FOXT) have highlighted both the strength of the rental market and the significant under-supply of prime properties.With housing starts aver

Paul Cronan, chief executive and founder of Adriatic Minerals (ADT1), has sold shares in the company with a nominal value of just over £4.5 million. The transaction was made on Monday 1st October with 3 million shares being sold at a price of £1.52.Cronan is a major shareholder who owns 6.7% of the company that is focused on developing precious and base metal mining projects in The Balkans, with

The latest asking price data from property listings site Rightmove (RMV) for April indicates signs of recovery in the UK housing market.Rightmove asserted that the 1.1% monthly rise was unusually strong for the start of the spring selling season (versus 0.4% in 2018, 0.9% in 2017 and 1.5% in 2016).Ian Wilson, chief executive of The Property Franchise Group (TPFG:AIM) - one of the UK's largest esta