TRUST WATCH: Montanaro UK Smaller Companies

MONTANARO UK SMALLER COMPANIES: Industry veteran Charles Montanaro seeks to outperform rival Numis By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:51 GMT, 27 March 2020 | Updated: 21:51 GMT, 27 March 2020 WHAT IS IT? Run by Charles Montanaro, an industry veteran, its goal is to outperform the Numis Smaller Companies Index.  WHAT DOES THE … Read more

Long-term recovery bets – but only for the brave

Family, friends and colleagues, separated by the lockdown, are often ending video chat sessions with the phrases, ‘Stay well!’ and ‘See you on the other side.’  We are all wondering how life will look when we do meet again, trying to assess the impact on relationships, businesses and the economy.  The stock market rally earlier … Read more

PUNT OF THE WEEK: Self-storage group Lok’n’Store 

PUNT OF THE WEEK: Lok’n’Store is one of the UK’s biggest self-storage groups with more than 30 sites By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:51 GMT, 27 March 2020 | Updated: 21:51 GMT, 27 March 2020 WHAT IS IT? Lok’n’Store is one of the UK’s biggest self-storage groups with more than 30 sites, most … Read more

Genedrive skyrockets after claiming it can ‘quickly’ ramp up coronavirus testing kit output

Genedrive shot up more than 150 per cent this week after it said it could ‘quickly’ ramp up production of its coronavirus test. The diagnostics firm has been discussing with suppliers its plans to increase output to 10,000 new kits per hour. This would make the product ‘a material revenue generator for the company and … Read more

Investment guru Anthony Bolton says he has started buying shares again

‘At these prices there are really interesting opportunities’: Investment guru Anthony Bolton says he has started buying shares again Bolton said investors should not ‘get more bearish as the market goes down’  He gave up fund management in 2014 to focus on music and philanthropy The Life and Death of Alexander Litvinenko opera is set … Read more

Gold coins at online-only Spink auction sell for up to £65,000

Collectors and investors appear to have flocked to gold coins as a safe haven buy amid stock market turbulence caused by coronavirus, with some at a behind closed doors auction this week selling for triple their estimate. More than 500 lots of coins dating from the Iron Age all the way through to 2008 went … Read more

How to survive a stock market meltdown: Experts share their top tips

Investors watching in horror as the value of their pensions and investments plummet will be wondering what on earth to do. Here, Money Mail has asked eight influential experts who have invested through previous crashes to share their top tips on surviving the coronavirus pandemic-hit stock market.  Investors watching in horror as the value of … Read more

Funds to recession-proof your investment portfolio

The UK economy is highly likely to fall into a recession due to coronavirus and people being told to stay at home, with some experts saying it is now ‘imminent’. Markets continue to be rocked by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and the economic problems it is causing around the world, with both the FTSE 100 … Read more

SMALL CAP SHARE IDEAS: AIM trio wade into battle against coronavirus and lung disease

Financial markets might be in turmoil but one group of AIM-listed small caps has seen their value climb significantly. Synairgen, Faron Pharmaceuticals and Tiziana Life Sciences are all working on drugs either to help cure lung disease or alleviate the symptoms. And as the coronavirus crisis has spread, developments of new respiratory therapies have become … Read more

What should you do with your investments as markets fall? Five financial gurus respond

Between them, they have racked up nearly 130 years working in the City, managing investment funds worth billions of pounds on behalf of investors – through thick and thin. Five hugely experienced fund managers who passionately believe that stock markets reward long-term investors, however painful the present may be. We asked them for their views … Read more