Is momentum investing in doubt?

Momentum investing has done badly recently, raising the possibility that investors have finally wised up to it Defensive investing does well over time; high-beta investing does not Have investors wised up? This is the question posed by the recent underperformance of my momentum portfolio, which comprises the 20 shares that …

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These 5 FTSE 100 stocks have crashed in a month!

Since peaking in mid-August, the FTSE 100 index has taken a breather recently. On 13 August, the Footsie hit its 2021 intra-day high of 7,224.46 points. As I write, it hovers around 6,989.93 points, down almost 235 points (-3.2%) from its summer peak. Most of this weakness has occurred over …

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