In some ways, markets had little to digest in the immediate wake of the Budget, as so much of the chancellor of the exchequer's speech had made its way into the newspapers the previous weekend.Rishi Sunak did come up with a couple of surprises all the same, in the form of the superdeduction for capital investment and his plan for eight freeports, designed to boost the UK's trade flows in a post-Br

As the UK continues to step lightly through the coronavirus pandemic's social distancing minefield, many investors have turned their back on the small cap space. This is a mistake.We can understand why small caps might not appeal to everyone at the moment, given this space can include unproven business models and fragile balance sheets. It can also be harder to sell small cap shares when you want

Investors are concerned about what Brexit means for their portfolios and how to navigate the current tricky markets. There's no magic bullet, but investors should make sure there aren't any risks lurking in their portfolios that they aren't aware of. One step they can take is to check the level of gearing in any investment trusts they own.Borrowing to invest is also known as gearing, or in other w

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 more cash, amounting to just under £8bn. The remainder predominantly came from new investment trusts floating on the stock market as a way of raising money to fund their

Nobel Prize winning economist Robert Shiller reckons the best way of assessing value in forward looking markets is to look to the past.In 1988 he popularised the cyclically-adjusted price to earnings (CAPE) ratio, also known as the Shiller PE, to help investors decide if a stock, sector or market is trading at a premium or discount to its historical value.Whereas a price to earnings (PE) ratio is