Watches of Switzerland’s shares slumped after a profit warning in January and are down 39 per cent year-to-date. They have ...

This year to 30 September has seen the MSCI World (£) index rise 13 per cent, the FTSE All-Share index 9.9 per cent while the ...

A London financier is working on a listed cobalt vehicle that will aim to repeat the success of uranium investment play Yellow Cake (YCA), betting on higher prices for the energy metal as competition ...

Gold has had a good run. The price per ounce has risen around 40 per cent on the year, reaching a new high of $2,700 at the ...

The first trust, Fidelity China Special Situations (FCSS), is included shortly after Chinese equities have benefited from the announcement of significant monetary and fiscal policy stimulus. Questions ...

European stocks are mixed to flat this morning after a lacklustre session on Wall Street yesterday. Deutsche Bank shares fell despite profits rising 31 per cent, while Lloyd's share rose a bit as it ...

Tim Martin opened his first pub in 1979. It was called Martin’s Free House. Within a year, he’d changed the name to JD Wetherspoon (JDW), famously after a teacher who’d told him he’d never amount to ...

Lloyds Banking (LLOY) delivered better-than-expected third-quarter profits and reaffirmed guidance for the full year. The ...

The prize fund rate on Premium Bonds will be reduced to 4.15 per cent from the current 4.4 per cent from the December draw. The highest-paying easy-access savings account available on the market, ...

UK inflation cooled to 1.7 per cent in September, down from 2.2 per cent in August. This means that the UK economy is now undershooting its 2 per cent inflation target for the first time since 2021.

HSBC (HSBA) has announced a major shake-up of its global operations, further separating the UK and Hong Kong and rearranging the structures around the 221,000-plus global employees within the group.

It is not just people who can be neurotic though. When companies take out debt they invest the money in the expectation that the capital will generate enough future returns to cover the interest. It ...