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Inform your next share deal with the latest news and analysis on world markets, industries, currencies and more.
The value of investments can fall as well as rise, and you may get back less than you invested. Past performance is no guarantee of future results
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What are the most popular shares held by IG clients at the start of 2019?
Many investors carry out an annual review of their portfolios, and to assist with idea generation we have compiled the top 30 investments held by IG’s UK clients. -
Will AIM stocks recover in 2019?
London’s AIM market had its worst month in ten years in October. Selling across the spectrum has seen an indiscriminate mark-down of stocks that could provide most gains when the turnaround comes. IGTV’s Jeremy Naylor sat down with AIM portfolio manager Chris Boxall, from Fundamental Asset Manage... -
Buy and hold explained: is it really the winning strategy?
Buy and hold is a simple investment strategy to implement, but it is not infallible – there is plenty that could go wrong. We examine the pros and cons. -
Dividends: not always a welcome source of income
Many investors follow dividend strategies. However, tax and market pricing can make them costly to implement. -
What is share dealing?
Share dealing explained When you buy a share, you are buying a sliver of ownership in a company. As such, you become a part-owner (or shareholder) of the company. Share dealing is the buying and selling of shares in the hope of earning a profit. There are two sources of returns for shareholders... -
Growth vs value stocks: which have the highest returns?
What are growth stocks and how can you find value stocks? Here are a few ways to identify both of these. We look at previous trends to see which had the highest returns during different stages of the economic cycle. -
AIMing for quality: tax benefits help drive a boom in the AIM stock market
The records are tumbling on London’s junior stock market, AIM. There are increasing numbers of billion-pound companies and dividends are increasingly common. Tax benefits are just one reason for AIM’s success. -
How to pick the best dividend stocks
If you are looking for a steady stream of income from your investments, you should be looking at dividend-paying stocks. Here we explain how to find companies that pay out a large portion of their earnings via regular and sustainable dividend payments. -
Funding Circle IPO: everything you need to know
Peer-to-peer lender and fintech firm Funding Circle has listed in London as part of it plans to accelerate its international expansion and steer the evolving regulatory journey that the industry finds itself on. We have a look at the Funding Circle IPO and how it has performed since listing. -
Highest yielding dividend stocks in the UK
High-yielding dividend stocks in the UK are not hard to find. In fact, the top five dividend payers — Shell, HSBC, BP, British American Tobacco and GSK — account for almost half of all the FTSE 100’s income. Here’s our rundown. -
What is the FTSE 100 P/E ratio – and does it really matter?
The FTSE 100’s price—to—earnings (P/E) ratio is very closely looked at. However, the headline number can be very misleading. -
Investing in electric cars
Everybody wants to invest in the ‘next big thing’. And right now, that ‘big thing’ seems to be electric cars. Here’s how to get exposure to the sector in your investment portfolio.
