Future (FUTR)

Investors who prefer to entrust capital allocation decisions to a professional money manager as opposed to buying individual stocks are exceptionally well served by the FTSE 350. Within its ranks, you’ll find a highly-diverse batch of investment trusts spanning all the key asset classes. Shares’ number-crunching reveals a grand total of 57 investment trusts within the FTSE 350 – that is ...

We recently reported on the sell note from Stockviews which blew a hole in the share price of publishing firm Future (FUTR). The company is on the comeback trail this morning as it announces full year results will be ahead of expectations thanks to ‘good audience growth’ in the Media division and a strong contribution from its acquisitions. Its shares are up 8.4% to £10.50. It has ...

Shares get off to a flying at the start of the third quarter, with Asia and Europe sharply higher today after US and China agree to resume trade talks. Donald Trump offers to put a break on new tariffs and eases restrictions on tech company Huawei. The UK is strong across the board, with house builders up 2.6% and industrials up 1.8%. Oil majors are strong gaining 2% as crude prices gain after ...

Shares in publishing group Future (FUTR) are in free-fall, down by nearly a quarter at 944.5p, since equity research firm Stockviews posted an aggressive sell note on the company on Monday night. We recently published an in-depth look at the company in the wake of its ascent to the FTSE 250. We ultimately concluded that the share price was too high, although we were positive on the business as ...

Magazines as a format emerged to serve people’s interests and hobbies, and they have developed over time to cover everything from politics and gardening to photography. The industry has gone through significant change in recent years because of people’s increasing reluctance to hand over hard-earned cash for a glossy print product. In 2018 figures from ABC showed sales and advertising for ...

The latest quarterly shuffling of the deck in the FTSE 100 list of blue-chip companies and the FTSE 250 index of mid-cap stocks sees a significant amount of change. To qualify for inclusion in the FTSE 100 index a stock needs to meet certain liquidity requirements and have a sufficiently large market capitalisation to rank in the top 100 companies. Stocks which fail to meet these criteria ...

Its easy to get sucked into the noise about uncertainty in the UK created by Brexit and the impact this is having on the markets. This is clearly a live issue, and no-one would deny it is having a tangible impact on market and business confidence. However, there are still lots of excellent and thriving companies listed in London. The upcoming FTSE reshuffle, when stocks are promoted to or ...

After a week dominated by ongoing tariff talks between the US and China and their impact on global trade, Brexit worries have again resurfaced to drag on UK investor sentiment. The UK's benchmark gets off to a shaky start to early trading on Friday, declining around 16 points to 7,337, but the market mood is not being helped by new emerging threats to FTSE 100 food delivery business Just Eat ...

Nine months into 2018 and we’re still outperforming the market with our top picks of the year. Nonetheless, a 3.1% average gain versus 0.3% loss from the FTSE All-Share only calls for a celebratory orange juice and lemonade rather than high quality champagne. Earlier gains have been reduced thanks to notable weakness in Alliance Pharma (APH:AIM) in recent weeks plus Dixons Carphone’s ...

London’s FTSE 100 is off to a strong start on its first trading day of the autumn, bid up 47.5 points to 7,480 on Monday after enduring a difficult month of August. In corporate news, Scottish broadcaster STV (STVG) skips 4.6% higher to 410p after inking a four-year strategic partnership with Virgin Media which will see Virgin TV customers in Scotland have access to fully regionalised ...

Future (FUTR) 500p Gain to date: 26.6% Original entry price: Buy at 394.88p, 21 Dec 2017 Specialist media outfit Future (FUTR) has announced a discounted rights issue to fund the acquisition of the bulk of Purch, the publisher of online computer hardware magazine AnandTech. The $135.2m deal is being funded by a £105.7m fully underwritten rights issue at a 30% discount (based on the ...

Our top picks for 2018 have on the whole enjoyed a superb second quarter, reversing the first quarter’s losses to now stand significantly ahead of the market. The average gain from the portfolio is now 8.4% versus a mere 0.6% from the FTSE All-Share over the same period. This is a dramatic turn of events considering we were down by 8.4% on average at the end of Q1. As a reminder, towards the ...

Future (FUTR) 520p Gain to date: 31.7% Original entry price: Buy at 394.88p, 21 Dec 2017 The continuing transformation of specialist media outfit Future (FUTR) is reflected in an impressive set of first half results (17 May). Well-known titles in Future’s portfolio include Techradar and Total Film. Having developed a transferable platform, the company’s strategy under chief ...

Our top picks for 2018 are lagging the broader market at the end of the first quarter. Our portfolio of 10 stocks has an average loss of 8.4% versus a 6% decline from the FTSE All-Share. While this is a disappointing start, our selections were designed to be held for at least a year, so we remain hopeful that some of the laggards will pick up as the year progresses. Before we look at the ...

The FTSE 100 opens down by 27 points to 7003.66 despite a Wall Street rally overnight. The market seems to be wary over US president Donald Trump’s continued tariff war rhetoric with China as both countries continue to add to their list of tariff targets. Advertising giant WPP (WPP) sheds 3.2% to £10.82 on news it's appointing an independent council to investigate an allegation of misconduct ...

The markets have started the New Year in a bullish manner with a repeat of the same trend seen in 2017: mid and small caps are outperforming larger companies. Many of you may assume high market levels make it harder to find decent investment ideas. In reality we’re still finding plenty of stocks well worth buying at current levels. The key is taking a long term view of a company and ...

Niche publisher Future is positioned for growth and the likely resumption of dividends in 2018 illustrates how the business has regained strength Investors should back Future’s (FUTR) continuing transition from old fashioned operator in the structurally challenged publishing industry to an innovative global platform for specialist media. Interest in the story is picking up, helped by the ...

Welcome to our top share picks for the year ahead. Keep reading to discover 10 companies which we believe will enjoy decent share price gains over the coming 12 months. You will find a mixture of growth, value and recovery situations; all have an exciting investment proposition.   AB DYNAMICS (ABDP:AIM) An excellent way to play the thriving electric vehicles industry We ...

The FTSE 100 is down 12.73 points to 7,402. This follows a mixed session in the Asian markets and a tentative start to trading on Wall Street after the Thanksgiving break. In corporate news London Pride brewer Fuller, Smith & Turner (FSTA) is up 0.9% to 974p on release of a solid set of results to 30 September. The company’s adjusted pre-tax profits are up 4% to £23.8m with adjusted ...

The decision earlier this month by Tesco (TSCO) to reinstate dividends after a two year absence represents a major turning point in its recovery story. It suggests the company’s turnaround, following an accounting scandal and slump in earnings, is making good progress. Recommencing dividends or indeed paying dividends for the first time is a very positive signal for ...