I have read about two interesting UK companies listing on the US stock market recently via special purpose acquisition companies, also known as Spacs. If I wanted to invest in a company like online car seller Cazoo or electric vehicle maker Arrival, can I do that now it is listed on the US stock market. … Read more
My father is aged 89 and approaching 90 this month. Can you please tell me if he is too old to invest in shares? Tanya Jefferies, of This is Money, replies: He is not too old, but there is more to it than that. We asked stockbroker Killik & Co to explain what to consider … Read more
More than half of small companies used Covid Bounce Back loans to adapt and invest in their business By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 00:01 BST, 5 April 2021 | Updated: 00:01 BST, 5 April 2021 More than half of small companies used Covid Bounce Back loans to adapt and invest in their … Read more
Woodford savers in new worry over ‘curious’ deal to invest their money into little-known US firm By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 21:53 BST, 1 April 2021 | Updated: 21:53 BST, 1 April 2021 Link’s decision to invest more of Woodford victims’ money in a little-known firm called Mafic has been branded ‘very … Read more
How we invest in companies helping the planet: Jupiter Green manager Jon Wallace discusses the exciting ideas it backs on the INVESTING SHOW By This Is Money Published: 08:33 GMT, 26 March 2021 | Updated: 08:33 GMT, 26 March 2021 Jupiter Green invests in companies that put solving environmental problems at the core of their … Read more
We publish our podcast every Friday to the player on This is Money, above, and on Apple Podcasts (iTunes) and on the podcast platforms Audioboom and Acast, both of which allow you to listen on desktop, mobile, or download an app. We also now publish to Spotify. To download the Apple Podcasts app if you … Read more
Deciding to invest is a matter of personal choice. Some swear by it and point to decades of data showing stock market investment is the best way to make long-term inflation-beating gains; others are dead against and argue they will not gamble their money, pointing to three hefty stock market crashes since 2000 for evidence. … Read more
Why do people invest directly in shares rather than letting a fund manager do the work for them? For some it is because they think they can beat the market and the manager, for others it’s the attraction of owning a direct stake in a company, and for many share investors it comes down to … Read more
Being the owner of a holiday letting business or guest house in Britain has been a financially depressing state of affairs during the past year. Repeated lockdowns mean that bookings have had to be postponed or cancelled while people stay at home, barring a surge when the economy was opened up last summer. But has … Read more
Twenty-one years ago, it was the bursting of the technology bubble that sent share prices plunging – at a stroke depleting the wealth of hundreds of thousands who had enthusiastically invested their Isas in the dotcom story. Today, there is a fear among some financial experts that another stock market bubble has formed that could … Read more