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Sirius investors face a stark choice over Anglo deal – MIDAS explains what you should know By Joanne Hart for The Mail on Sunday Published: 11:55 GMT, 24 February 2020 | Updated: 11:55 GMT, 24 February 2020 For small shareholders, Sirius Minerals has been one of the greatest disasters in living memory. More than 80,000 … Read more
MERCHANTS: Investment trust rewards investors with 4.8% income and growth as it benefits from UK shares on the rise £700m fund invests in UK stocks and is on track for 38 years of dividend growth Over the last 12 months it has returned 21% Only 3 rival UK equity income trusts have delivered better total … Read more
MIDAS SHARE TIPS UPDATE: Our whistleblowing tip Law Debenture is sprinting ahead By Joanne Hart for The Mail on Sunday Published: 10:52 GMT, 4 February 2020 | Updated: 10:52 GMT, 4 February 2020 Law Debenture is an unusual beast, combining an investment trust with a professional services business that provides advice to pension schemes, helps … Read more
AVIVA UK LISTED EQUITY INCOME: The fund that aims to deliver returns through thick and thin By Jeff Prestridge for The Mail on Sunday Published: 22:00 BST, 23 November 2019 | Updated: 11:11 BST, 25 November 2019 Fund manager Chris Murphy has worked in the City for more than 30 years – running money both … Read more
A full year has passed since Midas reviewed the Dogs of the Footsie portfolio, assessing the performance of the ten highest-yielding shares in the FTSE 100 index. Back then, the yields seemed little short of extraordinary, especially compared to the desultory 1-2 per cent savings rates on offer from banks and building societies. As the … Read more
JP MORGAN JAPANESE: Portfolio that avoids cyclical stocks helps this trust rise above the threat of recession Nicholas Weindling has managed investment trust for nearly 12 years He skips cyclical stocks, which are prone to sharp share price falls Weindling prefers to hunt down ‘new types’ of company he believes will thrive By Jeff Prestridge … Read more
MIDAS SHARE TIPS: AFH, the firm offering finance for the over-50s, could give YOUR investments a brighter future By Joanne Hart for The Mail on Sunday Published: 22:00 BST, 11 May 2019 | Updated: 16:47 BST, 14 May 2019 The UK is growing older. Around 40 per cent of the British population is over 50 … Read more
Go to the BT corporate website and the company says it uses ‘the power of communications to make a better world’. The firm’s 20 million-plus customers and 750,000-plus investors may not agree. Customers, including me, have to put up with disjointed call centre service and ineffectual engineers. Investors, again including me, have seen the shares … Read more
MIDAS SHARE TIPS UPDATE: Egg-free bakery chain Cake Box has a winning formula with turnover set to rise By Joanne Hart, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 21:17 GMT, 13 April 2019 | Updated: 10:10 GMT, 15 April 2019 Bakery: Cake Box was founded by cousins Sukh Chamdal and Pardip Dass in 2008 One in 20 people … Read more
Simple touch: Morses Club agents use tablets to make form-filling easier Doorstep lenders are a controversial bunch, often criticised for charging too much and harassing late-payers. Their reputation has been further tarnished by high-profile revelations about payday lenders, offering fast bucks online but forcing borrowers to pay extortionate amounts of interest in return. The payday market … Read more