Average rents in the UK are rising: will landlords benefit from profitable returns?

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It’s good news for landlords. Rents are rising - something that will go some way to help property investors who have been hit by a tax crackdown. In the latest statistics released this week, rents rose at their fastest rate for six months…

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…

GO USA! Why low oil prices hurt the stock market – but won’t lead to a US recession

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Stocks are having their worst start to a year in history, partly because of a plunge in the price of oil, but few economists see a repeat of the 2008 crisis ahead Wall Street is drowning in oil. Stocks are having their worst start to a year…

This one major stat shows how investors think Britain’s property prices are going to crash

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Figures from the Investment Association (IA) this week gave the biggest indication yet that a property crash could happen very soon. Property funds saw a net retail outflow of £119 million ($171 million) in February. According to the…

CLIMBING! FTSE 100 slides but AIM stocks make progress

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Africa-focused stocks were to be found at opposite ends of the greasy pole Aim stocks were upholding the honour of UK shares at the open, offsetting losses on mid-caps and blue-chips. The FTSE 100 index was down 13 points at 6,143 3after…
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…

STOP! Trump tells NYT he would consider halting purchase of oil from Saudi Arabia

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Republican front runner said if elected he would end the arrangement unless Saudi Arabia provided troops to fight Islamic State Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump has said he would consider stopping US oil purchases from Saudi…
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.…

ALL FOR SHOW! Are bonds too expensive? Fund manager’s tips on how to invest in the fixed income minefield

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Fixed income has been a tough place to be invested over the past five years, with mainstream equity markets making impressive gains This is especially true of developed market government bonds, many of which pay a yield that is below inflation…

Student accommodation shortage attracts A$1.2bn investment in Aus, NZ

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A shortage of student accommodation in Australia is attracting large scale tranches of foreign capital, with two major property investments worth a collective A$1.2bn announced in the last month. Brisbane-based Blue Sky Alternative Investments has…

Private equity players pile into forecourts

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Private equity and institutional investors dominated the forecourt property market in 2015, taking stakes in four of the top five independent retailers, according to Barber Wadlow’s latest market update. The influx of private equity…