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 ...

Following a tough day of trading yesterday with worries over the direction of US interest rates, UK stock markets rebounded in early trade on Friday. The UK’s leading FTSE 100 index is up 0.65%, or 46.55 points, to 7,174.71. While the FTSE 250, considered more representative of the UK economy, is up 0.9%, or 173.25 points, to 19,378.45 having been fuelled by a takeover bid for one of its ...

XPS PensionS (XPS) 181p Gain to date: 11% Original entry point:  Buy at 163p, 31 August 2017 The pensions actuarial, consulting and administration business previously known as Xafinity has published a decent set of full year results with £64m revenue and £17.9m adjusted pre-tax profit, the latter beating stockbroker Zeus’s £17.3m forecast. Its results were helped by the ...

I like the great new look for the magazine but I am surprised you have not featured Expansys (XPS:AIM). It is 41% owned by Peter Jones, massively undervalued and well worth a review, I would have thought. I would appreciate your thoughts. Daniel Corby, via email   James Crux replies: Thanks for your kind comments on the magazine. Rest assured online consumer electronics retailer ...

News that German operations will not breakeven until 2016 or 2017 fuels the downwards trend in Domino's Pizza (DOM), falling 8.8% to 547p. It has scaled back new store openings in the country and plans to turn most of its corporate stores into franchise operations. Respected chief financial officer Lee Ginsberg has resigned after a decade with the business. He tells Shares that Domino's was worth ...