Do TV and Film Investments Make Money?

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Trends in television The introduction of video-on-demand (VOD) services including Amazon and Netflix has revolutionised the way we watch TV. They are each gaining millions of new subscribers each year and produce ever more of their own award-winning…

BE ON GUARD! How much cash should your portfolio hold?

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Understanding the multiple roles cash has to play in investment portfolios can help investors overcome the often-criticised downside of holding cash. For example, money currently earns very little yield and it remains subject to inflation risk. For…

Savers are being tempted by complex ‘structured products’

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SAVERS looking to get more from their money may have been tempted by complex investments called “structured products”. Often seen as a halfway house between cash and shares, they aim to deliver a better return than savings accounts while…
Ready to blow!

READY TO BLOW? Stock market more volatile than in any other post-election period since 1987

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The FTSE All-Share index has been more volatile over the past year than during any other post-election period since 1987, research has found. The Share Centre, the broker, has totted up the number of times the index either gained or lost…

BEWARE! Brexit will put UK plc revenues at ‘significant’ risk

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A British vote in favour of leaving the EU next month will have a “significant” impact on the revenues generated by the UK’s largest companies, potentially damaging investor returns in the process. UK-listed companies collectively generated…

FTSE 100 defensive favourites could face years of underperformance

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Mean reversion is one of the most powerful forces in investing. The idea that over time valuation multiples will revert to the mean, or simple average. Right now the valuation multiples in the consumer staples sector are near record…
Danger

DANGER! Why The FTSE 100 Is In Danger Of A Horrible Correction

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Another week, another baffling rise for the FTSE 100 (INDEXFTSE: UKX). Britain’s foremost index stepped above the 6,400-point landmark for the first time since early December on Tuesday, taking total gains in the past three months to 13%. Despite…
Waterfall

FREEFALL! Why FTSE 100 needs a miracle

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We'd given criteria for a possible drop to 6,100 in our feature at the start of this week and, to be honest, April had finished with a fairly optimistic note. So, it was with horror we watched the FTSE 100 scraping the bottom of the barrel all…

SHOULD BE DOING MORE? FTSE 100 has underperformed for more than a decade

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This year FTSE 100 has broken records left right and centre.  The index smashed through the 7,000 barrier, set numerous record highs and ended the first quarter of this year as its best level in the last two years. It all sounds quite impressive.…

FTSE 100 DRYING UP? Barely 20% of funds have managed to turn a profit after the FTSE peak

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It's been a year since the FTSE 100 reached its historic peak of 7,122. As soon as the stock market broke the 7,000 marker, bullish experts started placing their bets for when it would make 7,500 or even 8,000. Instead, what followed was an…

GOT ENOUGH? How much cash should your portfolio hold?

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Understanding the multiple roles cash has to play in investment portfolios can help investors overcome the often-criticised downside of holding cash. For example, money currently earns very little yield and it remains subject to inflation risk. For…