By Anne Ashworth Updated: 16:51 EDT, 26 April 2024 Breakfast cereal, detergent and 24 carat gold bars. This may not be the typical shopping list. But in recent months thousands of customers at the US cash-and-carry giant Costco have been putting one-ounce bullion bars into their trolleys. They are spending …
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By Anne Ashworth Updated: 03:23 EDT, 20 April 2024 Glamorous: Jourdan Dunn and Kate Moss apply Charlotte Tilbury lipstick Cosmetics and skincare stocks should be an easy way to beautify a portfolio. After all, these companies are players in a high-margin £230billion global market whose wares are persuasively promoted on …
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By Richard Wilson, Chief Executive, Interactive Investor Updated: 19:00 EDT, 30 March 2024 The London stock exchanges have been an engine for growth and innovation for 250 years. London has been the leading financial centre in the world for much of that time. Now, however, it is in decline. We …
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INVESTING EXPLAINED: What you need to know about scrip dividends By City & Finance Reporter Updated: 16:50 EDT, 6 October 2023 In this series, we bust the jargon and explain a popular investing term or theme. Here it’s scrip dividends. This sounds a bit Dickensian We get that, but the …
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SHARE OF THE WEEK: Moonpig set to reveal its full-year results just three months dropping out of FTSE 250 index with analysts anticipating rise in profits By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 16:50 EDT, 23 June 2023 | Updated: 16:50 EDT, 23 June 2023 Moonpig will reveal its …
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Thousands of people will gather in London this weekend for the Coronation of King Charles, the first in 70 years. This influx of people will be good news for businesses – many of which are pinning their hopes on a boost in sales over the long weekend after a tough …
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MIDAS SHARE TIPS: Transport tech firm you can really dig… Fast-growing Microlise helps JCB and its customers to maintain vehicles more effectively By Joanne Hart, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 16:52 EST, 25 February 2023 | Updated: 16:52 EST, 25 February 2023 JCB is a phenomenal British success story. …
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TEMPLE BAR INVESTMENT TRUST: Managers raise the Bar . . . as fund delivers a 76% return UK equity income-focused trust is now run by Ian Lance and Nick Purves The £840million fund has delivered a 76% return since October 2020 The big ‘bets’ fall into three camps – energy …
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What a sorry start to 2023. The UK is either in recession or heading that way, stock markets look pretty cheerless and many investors are worried about what the coming months will bring. Yet, even now, there are grounds for optimism. Inflation should come down through the year, economic conditions …
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DUNEDIN INCOME GROWTH INVESTMENT: Trust has a tight UK portfolio backed up by plenty of income By Jeff Prestridge for The Mail on Sunday Published: 16:56 EST, 31 December 2022 | Updated: 17:40 EST, 31 December 2022 Investment trust Dunedin Income Growth generates a mix of income and capital return …
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