Preview: BT RESULTS > Thursday 30 October > INTERIMS - BT (BT.A) 369.4pThere's been plenty of mass marketing for internet and call packages as the broadband wars intensify, British Sky Broadcasting (BSY), TalkTalk (TALK), Virgin, they've all... 23 October 2014
Deflation threat brushed off After trillions of dollars of quantitative easing, is it really possible deflation could be back on the agenda? Amid all the selling, one number that has attracted surprisingly little attention is the US government deficit, which... 23 October 2014
Finding the right Chemistry The FTSE All-Share Chemicals' performance is tied closely to the wider global economy. This is largely as a corollary of its linkage with commodity and energy prices. It should not come as a surprise that market expectations for... 23 October 2014
Get best of Brittain Following a carefully planned handover, Georgina Brittain is the lead manager on the JPMorgan Mid Cap (JMF) investment trust and she and colleague Katen Patel have a clear mandate and an equally distinctive style.'When I began (in... 23 October 2014
Dignity's defensive draw In the teeth of the savage sell-off, shares in funeral services provider Dignity (DTY) remain in an uptrend. Amid the equity markets panic, investors are keen to harness its defensive qualities and dependable cash-generation.... 23 October 2014
Fired Up The sharp decline in the oil price since June has put commodities back on the mainstream news agenda as investors speculate where energy, metal and food prices are headed next. The direction of oil, copper, wheat and other... 23 October 2014
Fitbug's retail buzz Online personal health minnow Fitbug (FITB:AIM) has bagged its biggest retail deals to date, sending its shares 350% (1.33p) higher to 1.7p. US retail giant Target (TGT:NYSE) and UK supermarket Sainsbury's (SBRY) will stock the... 22 October 2014
Amino cash conundrum Set-top box manufacturer and IPTV interface designer Amino Technologies (AMO:AIM) could face calls to return cash to shareholders as it struggles to find an efficient use of its near £20 million surplus.The Cambridge-based company... 16 October 2014
BTG poised for growth Drug developer BTG (BTG) has resolved a major risk to its future earnings following the settlement of a court case (10 Oct).The FTSE 250 member successfully upheld its claim that a drug made by Mexican outfit Bioclon infringed its... 16 October 2014
Time for a health check Investors' patience has been truly tested in the past few weeks with big declines across the stock market. While the performance of all the major UK indices leaves a sour taste, such events do act as important reminders to run a... 16 October 2014
Empowering investors Corporate governance has received much attention over the past few years, not least in the Kay Review. Much of its attention was given to institutional shareowners, but the need to have an engaged and active personal shareowner... 16 October 2014
Playing the long game This week our series on portfolio construction turns full circle with a look at how our sixth and final age group, a 15-year-old, could think about planning their financial future. As with the other five portfolios, this is not... 16 October 2014
Vietnamese appeal 'Vietnam is bigger than Germany, and soon it will be more important than Germany too,' says Jeurg Vontobel who can't resist a friendly dig at his Swiss-German compatriots as he outlines the investment case for VietNam Holding... 16 October 2014
Investing in global brands UK investors are spoiled for choice when investing overseas. A significant proportion of the FTSE 100's companies earn all or most of their earnings abroad, meaning there is plenty of diversification to be had simply trading in the... 16 October 2014
Market Wobbles Stock markets around the world are getting cheaper by the day. According to numbers crunched by Shares, most of the world's most significant financial indexes are smack bang in the middle of a hefty slump. Investors need to be... 16 October 2014