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Five easy steps to picking the best investment trusts

With 404 investment trusts trading on the UK stock market, investors wanting to put their money into this space are spoiled for choice. The hard part is boiling down the selection to a more manageable number so you can undertake...

15 March 2018
Record year for investment trusts securing new cash

Investment trusts raised a record amount of money in 2017 at £11.9bn, up 75% on the previous year according to research by stockbroker Numis.The bulk of the money came from existing investment trusts issuing new shares to raise...

25 January 2018
A world of opportunity with investment trusts

Investing in a single country fund typically involves a higher degree of risk than a more diversified alternative but it has the potential to deliver some spectacular returns.Single country investment trusts are available for the...

13 April 2017
Why buy an investment trust at a premium?

It goes against the grain to pay more for an investment trust than the underlying net assets are actually worth, but sometimes it can make a lot of sense. The most highly rated trusts tend to experience heavy demand and normally...

23 March 2017
The way to play Japan

There are any number of ways UK investors can gain exposure to Japan, the world's second largest developed economy. There are plenty of open-ended and closed-ended funds to choose from but for us one investment trust stands out. It...

16 February 2017
Using the Z-score to find the cheapest trusts

One of the key points to check when buying an investment trust is the discount or premium to net asset value (NAV). It always feels like a bargain if you can buy the shares for less than the underlying portfolio is worth, but it is...

09 February 2017
VPC's lower risk route into P2P

The internet has revolutionised many areas of the financial services industry. One such innovation is enabling retail investors to directly lend their cash to fledgling companies or individuals through peer-to-peer...

22 September 2016
The quest for yield

My two-year-old son had some bad news recently. From October he will be earning 25% less interest on any money gifted from relatives that he stashes in his Junior Cash ISA. Danske Bank's (DANSKE:CHP) decision to start paying 3% for...

18 August 2016
Profit from valuation anomaly

Investors nervous about potential weakness in the UK economy may have panicked over the past month since the Brexit vote and sold some of their holdings.Many investment trusts regularly trade below the market value of their...

21 July 2016
Fishing for mid cap bargains

As a result of its vote in favour of leaving the EU, the UK is probably heading towards a recession'. That warning from Julius Baer's chief economist Janwillem Acket provides a good clue as to why the FTSE 250 has travelled in an...

07 July 2016
Bagging European bargains

As Shares goes to press, the EU referendum verdict is hours away. The outcome, whatever your voting persuasion, will shape the UK's economic destiny for decades to come.While European economies will feel an impact, whether the UK...

23 June 2016
Why price matters

Alarm bells are ringing at popular investment trust Lindsell Train (LTI). Its valuation has become remarkably expensive, meaning prospective investors should stay clear and existing investors should consider taking profit.Its...

09 June 2016
Lifting the lid on Mercantile

As the EU referendum vote draws ever closer (23 June), its consequences are an inevitable talking point for investors. Guy Anderson's views on the topic are largely similar to most of the portfolio managers and investment...

26 May 2016
Banking on 50 in a row

There's many a sweet tune played on an old fiddle was my sainted grandmother's defence of the virtues of age and her homespun wisdom might well have been tailor-made for the Bankers Investment Trust (BNKR).Founded in 1888 - making...

14 April 2016
Play the European recovery

Is 2016 the year European stocks start to outperform the US again? It is, according to HSBC, who spent the tail-end of 2015 telling investors who don't have any money in Europe, to consider putting some there and telling those who...

04 February 2016
InfraRed's income edge

With the Bank of England base rate stuck stubbornly at 0.5% investors are having to work hard to generate a meaningful yield from their savings pot.And while UK inflation remains in negative territory for now, history suggests that...

03 December 2015

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