In 1990, economists won a Nobel Prize for identifying the risk of having an overly correlated portfolio. However, in 2024 the stock market put that risk aside as it became historically concentrated ...

Even with a "brutal" push to hit neutral cash, as one supplier described it, Vistry will also end the year with significantly higher net debt than forecast ...

Aviva (AV.) is set to buy Direct Line (DLG) for almost £4bn in cash and shares, having struck a preliminary deal earlier this ...

Ajay, a 71-year-old with 25 years of investment experience, finds himself in such a scenario. He is in a reasonably comfortable position: a combination of the state and defined-benefit workplace ...

So while some big ups and downs, a still-hefty share price discount and a series of major bets on future trends all mean that Scottish Mortgage (SMT) never spends long out of the spotlight, other ...

Next Monday brings confirmation of third quarter GDP figures for the UK. Recent data has been underwhelming: preliminary data showed growth of just 0.1 per cent, dragged down by a contraction in ...

In short, niche, high value companies are available to buy for UK investors, and some of them could become interesting special situations next year.

Dan Jones hosts the final podcast of 2024, discussing investment trusts, a bowling alley operator and US prospects for the year ahead ...

Names like NatWest and Rolls Royce have generated huge gains this year Some funds now look heavily exposed to these winners Amid worries over the health of the London Stock Exchange, the FTSE 100 ...

Welcome to the week ahead, our summary of the forthcoming key company announcements. Companies are no longer obliged to notify the London Stock Exchange (LSE) of results and trading updates, so this ...