The ex-dividend day is the first day on which it is no longer possible to buy the shares and qualify for the dividend. Ex-days are almost always a Thursday. The record date is usually one day after ...

Barclays’ version of the cyclically adjusted price/earnings (CAPE) ratio – which compares price with inflation-adjusted earnings averages over 10 years – has the MSCI UK index looking cheap relative ...

Below-the-radar small-cap investment trust Baker Steel Resources Trust (BSRT:50p) offers investors exposure to valuation upside from a concentrated portfolio of 16 holdings in the natural resources ...

Beating the US equity market is no mean feat. The S&P 500 has made a sterling total return just shy of 80 per cent over five years, putting it well ahead of other major indices such as the FTSE Europe ...

The fortunes of Howden Joinery (HWDN) have been closely watched by readers of this publication for some time. It might have something to do with the varied trajectory of the group’s share price since ...

The share price dipped amid wider industry concerns but this company’s smart new strategy means investors now have an attractive entry point ...

The general feeling is that central bank rate increases have already peaked. Banks have profited to an uncommon degree through the accumulation of lending-based income, at least by comparison to the ...

Newspaper distributor Smiths News (SNWS) saw revenue and profits decline in the first half of its financial year. Group sales only dipped by 2 per cent to £540mn, but adjusted operating profit had a ...

BHP’s non-binding proposal, as it stands, is to hand Anglo investors 0.7097 BHP shares for each one they own, providing Anglo de-merges and then distributes to them its majority stakes in Anglo ...

Michael Taylor added the shares to his portfolio following the announcement and is looking for specific signs before deciding when to cash in or when to buy more ...

The housing business mitigated most of the shortfall from the credit hire unit, which reported a 25 per cent drop in pre-tax ...

London is well past the time for regarding the loss of any individual technology company as a misfortune. To lose as many as ...