Hopes for interest rate cuts from the Bank of England were boosted on Thursday after the UK slipped into a recession, according to the latest GDP data, sending stocks in London higher.?Confirmation that the UK is in recession has done nothing to knock UK stocks off course. An economy pushing through mud is not new news and if anything, it might encourage the Bank of England to think harder about c

Fund managers see India emerging as a consumer powerhouseObvious manufacturing and supply chain China alternativeValuations are challenging after strong stock market performanceFor a decade or more China has been the world's growth powerhouse, but India is on the rise, and analysts and fund managers aplenty believe it will become the next emerging market superstar.'Broadly, we think India is an at

Stocks in London ended lower on Friday, with interest rate worries providing a disheartening end to a strong week for equities.The FTSE 100 index ended down 8.17 points, or 0.1%, at 8,004.36. The FTSE 250 closed down 92.52 points, or 0.5%, at 20,088.93, and the AIM All-Share lost 3.89 points, or 0.5%, at 865.70.For the week, the FTSE 100 rose 1.6%, the FTSE 250 added 0.3%, though the AIM All-Share

A bit like Spotify Wrapped, where the streaming platform's final list of your most-heard songs in a year never matches your expectations, the end-of-year performance ranking of major stock indices around the world also contains a few surprises.Brazil's Bovespa index is not the outright winner for 2022 as many might have expected. It's been pipped at the post by India's S&P BSE 100 index, a country

For months investors have feared a period of stagflation and the latest round of inflation figures would suggest this fear is closer to becoming a reality. Stagflation is characterised as high inflation and low or no economic growth. Investors would be wise to look back at previous periods of stagflation to spot the winners and losers.World Bank chief economist Indermit Gill last week told Reuters

Despite healthy double-digit gains in 2021, driven by successful vaccination rollouts and recovering economies, major stock markets around the world appear to have stalled since early May.London's FTSE 100, the Standard and Poors 500, Japan's Nikkei 225 the Nasdaq 100 indices have failed so far to push on from recent highs.The exception is emerging markets with Brazil's Bovespa index up 6%, while

A fresh wave of Covid-19 is having a devastating impact on India, with the country's health system overwhelmed amid the worst second wave seen anywhere in the world during the pandemic. Despite this tragic and apparently worsening situation Indian stocks have recently resumed an upward path after a shaky month or so.One of India's major stock market indices is the BSE Sensex which has increased by

Surely every investor loves a bargain and in various ways all investors think of themselves as value investors. Sadly, what's been working for investors since the great financial crisis of 2008 is more akin to quality and growth investing. This strategy focuses on the potential growth and quality of a business and less on valuation.Value managers don't shun growth, but they focus more on the price

Shares in mineral sands miner Base Resources (BSE:AIM) soared 25.1% to 14.7p after it shrugged off the impact of the coronavirus pandemic and declared a huge maiden dividend.Base Resources said that consistent with its growth strategy, aiming to provide returns to shareholders through both long-term share price growth and appropriate cash distributions, cash not required to meet its near-term grow

Within the global investment universe, the Indian growth story is among the most exciting. An Asian powerhouse home to over 1.3bn people, a population size second only to China, India boasts highly favourable demographics with an average age of 29, implying an enormous potential market for growth for years to come.Recent tax changes could help renew investors' faith in India and in this article we

All major stock market indices around the world have risen in value so far this year apart from India where the S&P BSE 100is down 1.3%.Russia's Trading System index is top with an 11.2% gain and Brazil's Bovespa index has advanced by 11.1%. The FTSE 250 is up 6.5% thanks to sterling strength and the more international-focused FTSE 100 has progressed by 1.2%.By all rights this positive performance

Today's curtailed New Year's Eve trading session begins on a modestly positive note despite weak Chinese manufacturing figures overnight.At the open the FTSE 100 is a smidge higher at 6,734.64, consolidating the big gains achieved in Friday's recovery rally.For 2019 as a whole the picture is set to be a lot less encouraging, barring something truly remarkable before lunch.The UK stock market's fla

Shares in housebuilders fell after the Budget announcement which failed to deliver the kind of radical changes to planning or extended financial support desired by the market.Although Chancellor Philip Hammond pledged £44bn to help build 300,000 homes a year by 2020, a lack of detail has gone down poorly with investors.In particular, there was no comment on extending Help to Buy. There was also v

Shares in housebuilders are in retreat as the Budget fails to deliver the kind of radical changes to planning or extended financial support desired by the market.Although Chancellor Philip Hammond pledged £44bn to help build 300,000 homes a year by 2020, a lack of detail has gone down poorly with investors.In particular, there was no comment on extending Help to Buy. There was also vagueness in t

Stock markets across the globe are marking new highs as investors continue to focus more on how fast earnings are growing rather than how these earnings are being valued.'Growth' and 'value' investing are typically seen as being in opposition to each other and growth is on a winning streak. The US Russell 1000 Value Index has returned 9.7% in 2017 against 24% for the US Russell 1000 Growth Index.

The S&P index in the US is up nearly 270% since March 2009, making the current bull market the second strongest since World War 2, according to analysis by LPL Research.Stock markets in other parts of the world are also thriving. The DAX Xetra in Germany is up by more than 200% since 1 March 2009, according to SharePad.Over the same time period, India's BSE 100 has risen by 160%; Hong Kong's Hang

For all the twists and turns in the world during 2016, it has been a pretty good year for investors. Running the numbers on the FTSE All-Share index, 348 stocks have delivered a positive share price return, versus 267 with a negative performance according to SharePad.Fifty-six stocks in the FTSE 100 delivered a positive performance in 2016 versus 44 losers. The FTSE 100's 12.4% year-to-date gain (

Markets worldwide start the week with strong gains as the re-election of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe prompts expectations of further stimulus in the world's third-largest economy.Blue chip shares in London hit an 11-month high, adding 0.4% to 6,617, alongside similar gains across the rest of Europe.Stronger-than-anticipated US job numbers late on Friday and the Japan election result prompte

88 Energy in 633% rallyShares in Alaska-focused 88 Energy (88E:AIM) have increased by 633% in value to 2.66p since the start of February 2016 thanks to exploration success. 'Icewine#1 is in the predicted sweetspot where the volatile oil window meets the gas condensate window,' says managing director Dave Wall. (DC)Takeover battle for TangentA bidding war looks on the cards for media group Tangent

The stock market's smallest and riskiest companies have always held fascination for private investors. On the premise that 'elephants don't gallop, but fleas leap,' to borrow Jim Slater's often quoted phrase, it's easier for a tiny company to double its size, and investor's money, than for a big one. Let's face it, a blue chip company worth £1 billion will find it much harder to double or even tr