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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
Neil Woodford suffers another blow as Eddie Stobart ousts its boss and suspends share trading Neil Woodford owns 23 per cent of the haulage group The suspension of Stobart shares means Woodford and other investors will not be able to buy or sell any of them By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 22:00 BST, … Read more
Barclays and Royal Bank of Scotland hammered with share of £71m fine by the Swiss watchdog over currency rigging Citigroup, JPMorgan and MUFG Bank are the other three banks implicated Switzerland’s WEKO said it uncovered ‘several anti-competitive practices’ By Press Association Published: 11:56 BST, 6 June 2019 | Updated: 12:09 BST, 6 June 2019 Barclays … 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
Amanda and Mitch Feltmann knew their first child was struggling in the womb. Their 20-week scan showed she was underweight, and by week 26 they confirmed she had intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR), a poor growth caused by placental insufficiency. They held out hope, but a day before Amanda’s scheduled induction, in September 2018, her waters broke, … 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
When Adrian Neal’s beloved dog Poppy had to be put to sleep, he was grateful his pet insurance would at least cover her vet bills. But despite paying more than £1,500 in premiums over eight years, the father-of-four was told he could claim just 80p. Adrian, 50, is just one of scores of readers to … Read more