LONDON -- A popular way to dig out reasonably priced stocks with robust growth potential is through the "Growth At A Reasonable Price," or GARP, strategy.
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June 19 - News - Comments
LONDON -- You don't need to be investing for long to understand that some shares are a wilder ride than others.
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June 19 - News - Comments
Certain conditions from the European Commission were attached to the U.K. government's £17 billion bailout of Lloyds in the aftermath of the 2008-09 financial crisis.
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June 18 - News - Comments
LONDON -- One of Warren Buffett's famous investing sayings is "be fearful when others are greedy and greedy only when others are fearful" -- or, in other words, sell when others...
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June 12 - News - Comments
LONDON -- I'm always searching for shares that can help ordinary investors like you make money from the stock market.
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June 10 - News - Comments
LONDON -- Strong equity markets and an improving economy have seen share prices rise to new highs.
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June 10 - News - Comments
I'm on the hunt for companies that still look cheap, based on their long-term earnings potential.
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June 5 - News - Comments
LONDON -- The recent bullish optimism continued to run out of steam, and the FTSE 100 suffered its second weekly fall in a row, ending the week at 6,583 points and finishing below...
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June 3 - News - Comments
LONDON -- Dividend income accounts for around two-thirds of total returns, the actual rate of return taking into account both capital and income appreciation.
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May 30 - News - Comments
Lloyds Banking Group PLC (ADR) (NYSE:LYG) has made a bottom-line loss in each of the last three years, the loss for the latest year to December 2012 being 1.3 billion pounds.
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May 28 - News - Comments
LONDON -- In my previous pick-of-the-sector report, I went for GlaxoSmithKline in the pharmaceuticals sector, and today I'm turning my attention to the banking industry.
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May 15 - News - Comments
LONDON -- Thomas Moore is an investment director at Standard Life Investments.
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May 13 - News - Comments
LONDON -- With the mining sector falling after fresh Chinese statistics put pressure on commodities prices, the FTSE 100 has fallen back from last week's five-and-a-half-year...
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May 13 - News - Comments
LONDON -- The FTSE 100 has had a great week, smashing through records to set a new five-and-a-half year high of 6,638 points during Friday, and closing the week a few points down...
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May 12 - News - Comments
LONDON -- J Sainsbury plc (LON:SBRY)'s released its preliminary results for the year to March 16, 2013 this morning, and reported good sales and profit growth, with "significant...
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May 9 - News - Comments
LONDON -- Shares in Lloyds Banking Group PLC (ADR) (NYSE:LYG) shot up 4.5% in early trade, to 55.90 pence, following its announcement of a huge increase in year-on-year first...
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April 30 - News - Comments
Although Britain's foremost share index has risen 9.6% so far in 2013, I believe many London-listed stocks still have much further to run, while conversely, others are overdue...
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April 5 - News - Comments
LONDON -- Shares in Lloyds Banking Group PLC (LON:LLOY) are 10% off their high for the year. They are now just 2% more expensive than they were back at the beginning of 2013.
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April 3 - News - Comments
LONDON -- The threat of being forced to raise more capital has weighed on banks since last November, when the Financial Policy Committee pronounced that U.K.
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April 2 - News - Comments
LONDON -- It's more than five years since Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc (ADR) (NYSE:RBS) (LSE:RBS) and Lloyds Banking Group PLC (ADR) (NYSE:LYG) were bailed out by the British...
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March 20 - News - Comments
LONDON -- The shares of leading U.K.
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March 19 - News - Comments
LONDON -- If you're interested in building a profitable, diversified portfolio, then you will often need to compare similar companies when choosing which share to buy next.
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March 18 - News - Comments
LONDON -- There's been a distinct change of mood music about prospects for sale of the government's holdings in Lloyds Banking Group PLC (ADR) (NYSE:LYG) and Royal Bank of Scotland...
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March 12 - News - Comments
LONDON -- Are you perplexed by the banks' results? Suspicious of big improvements in "adjusted," "underlying," and "managed" performance when tucked away in the small print are...
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March 7 - News - Comments
LONDON -- There are thousands of companies listed on the London Stock Exchange. At any one time, I deem that only a few are worth owning.
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March 5 - News - Comments
LONDON -- Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc (ADR) (NYSE:RBS) and Lloyds Banking Group PLC (ADR)(NYSE:LYG) were both forced into humiliating tax-payer funded bailouts during...
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March 4 - News - Comments
LONDON -- Lloyds Banking Group PLC (ADR) (NYSE:LYG) is due to announce its annual results on March 1.
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February 25 - News - Comments
LONDON -- Some private investors won't give professional fund managers the time of day. Not me. In fact, I follow eight pros closely.
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February 21 - News - Comments
Shares of oil explorer Tullow Oil have fallen almost 20% in the last year.
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February 16 - News - Comments
LONDON -- Most investors, like most journalists, hate admitting their mistakes.
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February 14 - News - Comments
LONDON -- The FTSE 100 is continuing its upward climb, having gained 16 points, or 0.25%, to reach 6,354 by 8:15 a.m. EST.
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February 13 - News - Comments
LONDON -- Data supplied by online stockbroker Selftrade shows that in January, these stocks were three of the most frequently sold.
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February 4 - News - Comments