Vistry CEO shows confidence with latest buyTracsis director snaps up over £33,000 sharesChurchill China director sells up after flat full year revenuesVISTRY CEO BUYS OVER 23,000 SHARESGreg Fitzgerald, CEO of UK housebuilder Vistry (VTY) has bought 23,172 shares at £11.80 for a total value of £273,545.46 on 29 April.Fitzgerald?s move can be seen as a vote of confidence in the housebuilder after

Firm closes eight bars to stem future lossesMacro headwinds and increase in national living wage biteBest festive trading in four yearsShares in premium bars and gastro pubs operator Revolution Bars (RBG:AIM) crashed 22% to 4.2p after the company said it is closing eight of its least profitable bars to reduce future site losses.Investors peered past positive festive trading and focused instead on

There were several trends in the UK stock market this year which, if you managed to identify them, served you well.Most obviously, although it may not have seemed it at the index level, large-cap stocks generally performed better than small- and mid-caps, although for the lucky few the small-cap space has been rife with takeover activity.In terms of sectors, aerospace and defence topped the FTSE 3

- Profit warning as travel disruptions hit confidence- Expectations rebased to bottom end of range- Closing some sites on Mon and Tues to manage energyShares in premium bars and pubs group Revolution Bars (RBG:AIM) fell 33% to 4.9p on Tuesday after warning full year profit would miss market expectations.Despite record Christmas corporate pre-booked party revenue up 10.3% on the same period in 2019

The robots are coming. No, this is not a re-run of Orson Well's infamous 1938 'War of the Worlds' Halloween radio show prank, but it could be a solution to a productivity conundrum with which mature economies have been grappling for decades.Experts are calling automation an investment megatrend, including analysts at Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, JPMorgan and Pictet. And thanks to the emergence o

With engineering software company Aveva (AVV) poised to exit the stock market thanks to a takeover, it will mean losing the UK's largest 'tech' firm by market value, at £9.15 billion.Aveva has been majority owned by French industrial group Schneider Electric (SU:EPA) since 2017 and this shareholder now wants the whole business.That's a slightly different bid situation to most of the other tech ta

Are you looking for the next big thing? Rather than risk all your money on a single stock, intellectual property investor IP Group (IPO) will give you exposure to a portfolio of promising companies, each with a bright idea and the potential to make big money in the future.Not everything will be a success in its portfolio, but it only needs a handful of winners each year to make shareholders happy.

This year's new VCT (venture capital trust) offer season, where investors can apply for new shares and enjoy immediate tax benefits, is in full swing. Each year, VCTs seem to attract money faster than the previous year, meaning interested investors need to act fast once offers go live, although it is important to understand all the risks involved before making an investment decision.Experts believ

Constructed last December from shares in UK, European and US markets, Shares' 'Stock picks for 2021' portfolio was based on high conviction in 12 companies for the year ahead. While more than half of them have subsequently done well, there were a handful of disappointments.The net effect is a decent 8.6% return excluding dividends - that's higher the historical average 6% to 7% from equities inclu

UK stocks traded higher on Wednesday after free-to-air broadcaster ITV (ITV) and retailer Marks & Spencer (MKS) both reported upbeat earnings results.At midday the FTSE 100 traded 29 points or 0.4% higher at 7,303 points early on, while the FTSE 250 firmed 0.35% to 23,448.93.China continued to offer evidence of mounting inflationary pressures as factory gate prices saw their biggest increase since

UK stocks opened higher on Wednesday after free-to-air broadcaster ITV (ITV) and retailer Marks & Spencer (MKS) both reported upbeat earnings results ahead of the release of crucial US inflation data later in the day.The FTSE 100 traded 0.36% higher at 7,299.87 points early on, while the FTSE 250 firmed 0.35% to 23,448.93.China continued to offer evidence of mounting inflationary pressures as fact

The FTSE 100 closed Monday's trading session 0.4% lower at 7,203.83 points as US stocks slipped, energy prices continued to surge following weak Chinese data overnight and UK investors fretted over a potential November interest rate rise.China's gross domestic product grew at a relatively measly 4.9% in the September quarter amid supply bottlenecks and property developer Evergrande's woes.Travel c

London's FTSE 100 traded 0.3% lower at 7,214.80 points by midday on Monday, extending its earlier losses, as investors reacted to weak Chinese growth announced overnight.China's gross domestic product grew at a relatively measly 4.9% in the September quarter amid supply bottlenecks and property developer Evergrande's woes.Moreover, property construction in China continued its decline and factory o

The UK equity market started Monday's trading session on a negative note, as the market digested the implications of third quarter Chinese economic growth slowing at a faster rate than had been anticipated.In the third quarter, the Chinese economy grew by 4.9% year on year, versus an anticipated 5.2%. Moreover property construction in China continued its decline and factory output recorded its wea

Despite a fuel crisis, ongoing inflation worries and the end to the furlough scheme, Shares' top picks for 2021 continue to outperform the wider stock market.But while the FTSE All-Share index ultimately did very little during the third quarter, adding just 44 points, or about 1.1%, our 12-stock selection continued to present us with successes and challenges aplenty.Half a dozen of our picks have

TRACSIS (TRCS:AIM) 988pGain to date: 56.8%Original entry point: Buy at 630p, 23 December 2020Investors who followed our Tracsis (TRCS:AIM) pick for 2021 at the end of last year should be sitting pleased, with the share price setting new records in recent days and the stock now up 57% since we said to buy.We predicted last December that 2021 could be a big one for the transport infrastructure and a

UK stocks represent a 'once in a generation' opportunity for investors, say fund managers. After years dogged by political and economic uncertainty, and soggy stock market performance, this is a welcome change of mood music.'UK equities are on a 30 year low versus peers, and we see this as a once in a generation opportunity to get involved in some fantastic businesses,' said Rory Bateman, manager

Every December Shares selects a group of stocks to own for the year ahead. The selection for 2021 have performed well with an average share price gain of 15.2% over the past six months compared with a return of 11.9% for the FTSE-All Share index.Although the list isn't intended to be a portfolio, to calculate the return we have assumed that each holding has an equal weighting.The hit rate or numbe

The UK's major shares closed Friday fractionally in the red but held above 7,000 in a relatively quiet end to the trading week.The benchmark FTSE 100 nudged 0.02% lower to close at 7,018.05 after strong UK retail sales data and a preliminary reading of the UK Composite Purchasing Managers' Index hit its highest level since it was launched in 1998 at 62.0, matching the forecast in a Reuters poll of

The UK's major shares drifted into the red by midday on Friday on profit taking and more inflation worries after a gauge of British economic growth hit its highest level on record in May.The benchmark FTSE 100 nudged 0.09% lower to 7,013.61 after a preliminary reading of the UK Composite Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) hit its highest level since it was launched in 1998 at 62.0, matching the fore