Tag Archive: shares

  1. The Markets

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    Why have markets been rising?

    Well this is always a conundrum, and explanations from the great and the good abound everywhere. However, there is one aspect that is often ignored, as most seem to follow what the institutions and private investors do as they chase their fashion fads into various asset classes of the day. They often overlooked issue is what the companies actually do themselves. It seems that in the US there has been a growing propensity just for companies to buy their own shares back. With the cost of debt being pretty cheap there is a logic for companies to buy some of their own stock back, reducing the number of shares in issue and thus increase earnings per share for investors – oh yes and improve the value of the executive stock options as well!

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  2. The privitisation of The Royal Mail

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    The privitisation of The Royal Mail saw small investors being favoured over large. Savers who applied for up to £10,000 worth of shares in Royal Mail have ended up with fewer shares than they wanted.

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  3. The Markets

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    One of these things is not like the other… If you find yourself humming that old Sesame Street standard when you think about financial markets and world economies, you’re probably not alone.

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  4. If You Can Keep Your Head When All Around You Are Losing Theirs….

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    It has been quite a year for stock markets. In the past 12 months shares have soared to record highs; higher than the tech boom in 2001 and higher than the credit bubble of 2008.

    But let’s not get carried away. Being disciplined with an investment strategy is as important when times are good as when times are bad, but in some ways the excitement of a rising market makes it harder. Here are three things that investors should remember while they are enjoying a rising market – and what we do about each one.

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