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Investors now have certainty and they will cheer it by sending shares higher this morning. Even if the exit poll’s prediction of an 86-seat Tory majority is out by some way, a big Conservative win is now assured. Thanks to the pledges made by the party’s candidates to vote Boris …

Text size Getty Images The U.K. election could give Boris Johnson the ammunition he needs to secure a Brexit deal, sending a basket of undervalued domestic stocks soaring. British politics remains unpredictable, as the last election and the 2016 European Union referendum demonstrate, but the opinion polls point towards a …

Questor Income Portfolio: the company admits that it could make a loss next year and everything now depends on the success of its belated – and risky – restructuring Questor’s decision in December 2016 to tip Royal Mail has not proved to be our finest hour. To start with all went well: …

Games Workshop shares hit a record high a quarter of a century after making their market debut after the miniature wargame manufacturer forecast a sharp increase in profit. The maker of Warhammer fantasy figurines led the FTSE 250 risers and closed almost a fifth higher at £53.75, up 869p. In …

Questor Income Portfolio: the prospect of a hard-Left government rightly instils fear in investors. But what is a suitable course of action? Does a possible Corbyn government represent an existential threat to our portfolio? In theory, any business based or listed in Britain is at some risk from a hard-Left government. …

Although it is seen as a relatively hard form of Brexit by excluding UK-wide … transport stocks (especially rail operators) and also Royal Mail (RMG. Source link

Both Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc and Lloyds Banking Group Plc's … giant's earnings per share, Jefferies analyst Ed Mundy said in an email. Source link

Questor Income Portfolio: several of our holdings have fallen during this week’s bout of pessimism but we have no reason to fear for our income The stock market took a severe tumble on Wednesday and some of our stocks bore the brunt: Lloyds Banking Group and Legal & General both lost 3.3pc …

Coming up today Next, says Hargreaves Lansdown’s Emilie Stevens, “remains defiant in the face of the high street storm”. The company recently bucked the sector trend by upgrading its forecasts after rising sales. The retailer – like many of its rivals – is trying to move more of its sales …

Questor Income Portfolio: we have a heavy domestic bias, which is doing us no favours when it comes to share prices, although our income is holding up nicely As it is the first Friday of the month we publish today our performance table for the Income Portfolio. It tells a …