BT CEO snaps up 400,000 sharesGSK CEO offloads £2.3 million sharesPoolbeg Pharma chairman ups his stakeAllison Kirkby CEO of BT (BT.A) has bought 400,000 shares at 107p for a total value of £428,000 on 20 February.The move comes as the telecoms giant announced that it was offloading its iconic ?BT Tower? in London?s Fitzrovia to MCR for £275 million.The company announced Kirkby?s appointment la

Stocks in London were down at the close on Tuesday, amid disappointing manufacturing data from both the US and the UK.The FTSE 100 index closed down 11.72 points, 0.2%, at 7,721.52. The FTSE 250 ended down 177.83 points, 0.9%, at 19,511.80, and the AIM All-Share closed down 1.77 points, or 0.2%, at 761.55.The Cboe UK 100 ended down 0.3% at 770.31, the Cboe UK 250 closed down 1.2% at 16,966.88, and

BT finance chief sells £200,000 worth of stockMcBride non-exec buys £32,000PayPoint CEO buys £231,000BT FINANCE CHIEF SELLSSimon Lowth, chief financial officer of BT (BT.A), offloaded £200,000 worth of shares in the UK telco on 13 December.Vodafone (VOD) and BT shares fell this week following news the telecoms regulator has proposed banning inflation-linked price rises in the middle of custome

When music streaming platform Spotify's (SPOT:NYSE) announcement of a return to profitability was immediately followed by plans for further job cuts - its share price jumped more than 7%.There's nothing investors like more than hearing an executive team has their fingers wrapped tightly around a company's' purse strings.Costs have become a major issue over the past year and even as inflation cools

Predators continue to swoop on the UK stock market's undervalued prey and a number of consumer-facing firms have drawn bids or flagged takeover interest since Shares addressed the mergers and acquisitions theme on 16 November.High-profile targets include Hotel Chocolat (HOTC:AIM), City Pub Group (CPC:AIM) and Musicmagpie (MMAG:AIM), and given the lowly valuations currently ascribed to UK consumer

BT and Aurelius circling MusicmagpieRedde Northgate/Halfords merger talks rumouredAnalyst sees some logic in proposed tie-upsPotential bids for two unloved stocks have come out of the blue and from unexpected suitors to boot, as the UK takeover machine continues to whir.Shares in Musicmagpie (MMAG:AIM) fluttered 30% higher to 25p after the refurbished electronics seller confirmed it is in early st

Stock has jumped 23% in a week to all-time recordQ3 earnings smash forecasts with more to come in Q4AI tech in data centres helping drive booming demandInvestors have been racing to buy shares in Arista Networks (ANET:NYSE) more than any other US stock this week. The stock has jumped 23% in the past few days, taking the share price to an all-time $211.68 high, which means the valuation has increas

According to Charlie Munger, Warren Buffett's highly respected colleague and co-manager of Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B:NYSE), 'All intelligent investing is value investing, acquiring more than you are paying for.'Or, as Howard Marks of Oaktree Capital Management puts it, 'It's not what you buy, it's what you pay, and success in investing doesn't come from buying good things but from buying things we

Sky-high interest rates and unruly inflation make the future direction of the economy more uncertain than usual. It is certainly no time to be complacent.Against such a tough backdrop now is a good time for investors to take stock and consider if the income they expect from dividends in their portfolios are safe.Investors are often attracted to the highest yields, but this can indicate markets do

Most investors don't buy small caps through an index, it's much more of a stock picker's playing field. This is why opportunities can be spotted even in the face of lacklustre performance overall.While fund managers have been calling the turn for smaller companies all year with little success, Shares believes it has uncovered a good investment opportunity to buy into a fantastic 'made in the UK' t

Stock falls 5% to 74.54p, lowest since 1996Long-mooted Three UK tie-up will create Britain's biggest operatorVodafone is FTSE 100's second worst one and three-month performerMobile network Vodafone (VOD) is getting hammered again, which comes as no surprise, since the stock has gone ex-dividend today. The share price is -5% at 74.54p. Even so, shares in the company have been the FTSE 100's second

There is no hotter area to invest in today than artificial intelligence, or AI as it is commonly known. Ever since OpenAI's ChatGPT took the world by storm, investors have been racing to find winners from this explosive trend.Corporate leaders, meanwhile, have been scrambling to prove to investors that they are harnessing the technology to drive revenue growth, improve operational efficiency, and

London stock prices were mixed early Tuesday after a similarly indecisive session in New York and weakness in Asia, as US politicians continue to fight over terms for raising the federal government debt limit.The FTSE 100 index opened down 10.12 points, 0.1%, at 7,760.87. The FTSE 250 was up 12.74 points, 0.1%, at 19,286.08, and the AIM All-Share was up 0.47 of a point, 0.1%, at 808.68.The Cboe UK

Growing confidence that US politicians will manage to avoid a destructive government debt default was giving share prices a boost globally on Thursday, though a fall in BT shares was holding back the FTSE 100 in London.The large-cap index opened up 35.60 points, 0.4%, at 7,758.83. The FTSE 250 was up 32.84 points, 0.2%, at 19,248.29, and the AIM All-Share was up 0.79 of a point at 809.99.The Cboe

As small shareholders, most of us hold our investments in what is known as a 'nominee' account whether it is through a platform or through a broking firm.Having a nominee account safeguards our investments while at the same time it reduces costs and increases efficiencies for the broker or platform.However, a persistent criticism of nominee accounts is the lack of opportunity for small shareholder

- Significantly misses $3 billion cash flow forecast- Falls 60% year-on-year to $1 billion- Investors own AT&T for income, but is 5.6% yield enoughQuestions about cash flows are never welcome from stocks known for paying hefty dividends, so it is no surprise that income investors hammered AT&T (T:NYSE) overnight.Despite beating EPS (earnings per share) estimates, the stock tumbled more than 10% on

Gordon retired in his late 50s after a successful career in media planning including a period working for The Sunday Times. He is a big fan of investing and calls his SIPP (self-invested personal pension) 'my family's future'.Dividing his time between a rented flat in Mexico City and a house in the UK, Gordon's investment journey stems from his interest in the general management of companies, thei

Many people believe that cash is a safe way of saving, but when it comes to the long term, cash is not king. Over the past two decades average UK savings rates have been going one way - down. Since about 2012, average interest on cash savings have been about 2% a year or less.This decline could be managed during the years of low inflation but emerging from the pandemic has turned all that on its h

Here's the good news for investors in Vodafone (VOD) and BT (BT.A): over the past 20 years the pair have paid out a cumulative 362p combined in dividends per share.For someone holding 1,000 shares in each company the dividends paid add up to £1,682.90 for Vodafone and £1,992.30 for BT. The bad news is that over the same timeframe the shares have fallen 21.6% and 23.6% in value respectively.This

BTThe telecoms group needs to start providing some answers if it is to keep shareholders on sideTelecoms group BT (BT.A) has a mountain to climb if it is going to keep shareholders satisfied with its third quarter update on 2 February and its promised price hike.The firm's Q2 results raised more questions than they answered, according to analysts at Berenberg, such as whether the growth in average