Investing Why rent controls won't work – as the energy price cap failure provesThe Telegraph - By Adam WilliamsEverybody would like lower energy bills and bargain rents. But given political interference has not led to more resaonable gas and electricity charges, why does London mayor Sadiq Khan think he can deliver
Investing £2.5bn investor: 'Americans have stopped drinking beer and have switched to cannabis'The Telegraph - By Harry BrennanFunds are designed to distribute your money across a range of investments to spread risk and tap into more than one successful business. But some have a strict investing style, own just a handful of stocks
Investing Questor: after the shock of Royal Mail’s dividend cut, a rather more reassuring updateThe Telegraph - By Richard EvansQuestor Income Portfolio: ‘Nothing has changed’ was the company’s message to shareholders this week. But there was a surprise lurking in Premier Oil’s statement It was a blow for this column when in May
Investing Can riskier 'alternative' pensions solve the NHS crisis?The Telegraph - By Harry BrennanSavers are being urged to be cautious of risky “alternative pensions” touted as a solution to the NHS crisis, which has seen senior doctors turn down extra shifts and waiting times soar. Consultants have
Market Trends Want early warning of the next bear market? Monitor these four stocksThe Telegraph - By Taha LokhandwalaInvestors became nervous earlier this month after European chemicals company BASF warned that its sales for the rest of 2019 would not be as high as previously thought. This sparked fears over a slowdown
Investing Questor: the 28pc fall in this trust’s share price is not all that it seems, so hold onThe Telegraph - By Richard EvansQuestor investment trust bargain: Symphony International is certainly risky but special dividends and the huge discount offer hope for investors Our suggestion in June 2017 that readers buy Symphony International,
Hargreaves Lansdown Hargreaves Lansdown best-buy list under fire as 'embarrassing' changes pile upThe Telegraph - By Jonathan JonesHargreaves Lansdown has changed 10pc of its active funds best-buy list after only six months with the high turnover brandished "embarrassing" for the firm's research department. The fund shop revamped
Stocks The perfect number of stocks to hold in a portfolio – it's more than you thinkThe Telegraph - By Harry BrennanInvestors who have long been puzzled over the right number of stocks to include in a portfolio could be shocked after new research suggested a very high figure. Research from Vanguard, the fund house invented
Investing Questor: why you should buy this brick maker even while house building is comatoseThe Telegraph - By Richard EvansQuestor share tip: house building may be ‘bouncing along the bottom’ but brick making is hard to break into and seems immune from technological change Alastair Mundy is one of Britain’s most prominent
Peer-to-peer Investors in failed peer-to-peer firm Lendy could get just 7pc of their money backThe Telegraph - By Adam WilliamsInvestors who ploughed thousands of pounds into the failed peer-to-peer platform Lendy could see as little as 7pc of their money returned, administrators have warned. Lendy collapsed into administration
Investing British stocks 'as cheap as they were in the Nineties'The Telegraph - By Taha LokhandwalaBritish shares are as cheap as they were more than two decades ago as investors' lack of faith in British companies has kept prices low. An exodus of money from Britain following the EU referendum has
Investing Buy-to-let fightback: use these four tricks to beat crippling tax risesThe Telegraph - By Sam MeadowsOne in five landlords is planning to sell at least one property in the face of the Government’s assault on the buy-to-let sector, according to the National Landlords Association (NLA). But those investors
Neil Woodford Neil Woodford’s demise: could this create a crisis of confidence in active funds?The Telegraph - By Jonathan JonesNeil Woodford's fall from grace could have much wider implications for how investors pick their fund in future, according to some, including his peer and fellow star manager Nick Train. Investors became
Investing Questor: with a yield of 5pc and profits poised to recover, 888 looks worth a puntThe Telegraph - By Russ MouldQuestor share tip: the online gambling firm has a powerful platform for expansion into global markets This column’s previous punts on the betting industry, in the form of JPJ Group and William Hill, have
Investing £400m investor: 'We shunned British stocks and our returns went up'The Telegraph - By Sam BarkerSome investors are happy to spend plenty of time managing their portfolio of funds, whereas others prefer a more hands-off approach. The £395m Brunner Investment Trust sets out its stall for the latter
Investing One in four investors stuck with assets they cannot sellThe Telegraph - By Harry BrennanA quarter of investors are stuck with assets they want to sell but cannot easily get rid of, research shows. Unlisted shares are the most commonly held of these “illiquid” assets, followed by debt investments
Diageo Questor: like a good Scotch at the back of the drinks cabinet, Diageo seems to get better with ageThe Telegraph - By James AshtonQuestor share tip: it is a dependable stock but the price has risen sharply, so readers should wait for an opportunity to buy more cheaply It has been a case of trebles all round for Diageo this year.
Investing 'This could finish off buy-to-let': landlords and renters lock horns over no-fault eviction banThe Telegraph - By Adam WilliamsBrandon Taylor has been a landlord in Lowestoft, Suffolk, for 35 years. In that time the sector has been transformed beyond recognition, but now Mr Taylor fears that its future is in doubt. Earlier this
Prudential Thousands of savers locked into Prudential property fund for up to six monthsThe Telegraph - By Richard EvansThousands of pension savers with money in a property fund run by Prudential have been locked in for up to six months while the managers seek to raise cash to meet redemption requests. The fund affected
Stocks How to retire at 55 and live off dividends: the ultimate plan for a 40-year-old saverThe Telegraph - By Sam Barker and Laura MillerFor most people in their 40s, the prospect of retiring may have started to appear over the horizon but is still decades away. But the good news is that retiring could be a lot closer than many think, careful
Investing Sterling slumps: what will happen to the pound with a no-deal Brexit or a Jeremy Corbyn government?The Telegraph - By Taha LokhandwalaThe pound dipped below $1.25 this week as the prospect of a “no deal” Brexit hardened but forecasters have suggested the pain for holidaymakers and importers could worsen depending on what happens behind
Labour Party Questor: can the Aim share tax perk survive as Labour and Tories are given ammunition to axe it?The Telegraph - By Richard EvansQuestor Inheritance Tax Portfolio: two reports, one for the Government, the other for the Opposition, cast doubt on the future of the IHT exemption Our Inheritance Tax Portfolio owes its existence to generous
Investing Which president has been best for investors? The answer won't make Donald Trump happyThe Telegraph - By Harry Brennan and Taha LokhandwalaPresident Donald Trump has repeatedly claimed that he is to thank for the recent rally in US stocks, which have reached their highest point in market history. Mr Trump has repeatedly drawn parallels (see
Investing Questor: when Google and Amazon run out of steam, this trust should take up the paceThe Telegraph - By Richard EvansQuestor investment trust bargain: while all Wall Street’s momentum is in growth stocks, BlackRock North American Income takes the opposite approach The received wisdom is that if you want to invest in
Investing Tiny band of just 77 stocks drives markets to record highsThe Telegraph - By Taha LokhandwalaJust 77 giant companies are responsible for global stock markets’ record-breaking levels this year, suggesting that most businesses are actually struggling. While indices such as the S&P 500, which tracks
Hargreaves Lansdown 'Woodford prisoners' finally able to leave Hargreaves LansdownThe Telegraph - By Harry BrennanInvestors who found themselves "double-locked" into the suspended Woodford Equity Income fund and Hargreaves Lansdown can now transfer to a rival stockbroker – but will still face exit fees if they switch,
America First America first? It is when it comes to picking consistent fundsThe Telegraph - By Jonathan JonesOnly 15 funds have made positive returns every year for the past decade – and all have heavy exposure to the American stock market, Telegraph Money research has found. Investors' hunger for funds that
Investing Questor: ‘This blast furnace firm is a slow burner but my feeling is that it will overachieve’The Telegraph - By Richard EvansQuestor share tip: RHI Magnesita makes ‘refractories’, which protect furnaces from heat, and the newly merged firm has scope for cost cuts and price rises Unless you work in heavy industry you probably
Hargreaves Lansdown Woodford prisoners 'unacceptably' blocked from leaving Hargreaves LansdownThe Telegraph - By Harry BrennanWoodford prisoners are being locked into Britain’s biggest broker while also being trapped in the suspended Equity Income fund, it has emerged. Richard Wilson, CEO of fund shop Interactive Investor, has
