LONDON -- The FTSE 100 (FTSEINDICES:^FTSE) didn't move much last week, putting on a modest 37 points to end the week at 6,584.
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September 15 - 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
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 18 - News - Comments
Worldwide demand for Aggreko plc (LON:AGK)'s generators saw the company's shares rise from just under 500 pence at the beginning of 2009 to a peak of 2,400 pence by last September...
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June 14 - 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 13 - News - Comments
LONDON -- The shares of Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc (LON:RBS) slumped 21 pence, or 6%, to 305 pence during early trade this morning after the bank revealed the forthcoming...
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June 13 - News - Comments
LONDON -- After a strong showing last week, the FTSE 100 (INDEXFTSE:UKX) has gone on to even greater things, climbing another 98 points (1.5 %) to end this week at 6,723, setting...
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May 19 - 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 -- Taxpayer-backed Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc (ADR) (LON:RBS) is due to report its first-quarter results on Friday, the bank's first update since announcing an incredible...
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May 2 - News - Comments
LONDON: We're firmly into reporting season for the quarter ending March 31, and we'll be learning how the three months went for a number of important FTSE 100 companies.
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April 28 - News - Comments
LONDON -- In one month's time, Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc (ADR) (NYSE:RBS) will announce its results for the first three months of 2013.
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April 8 - News - Comments
LONDON -- Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc (ADR) (NYSE:RBS) is back in the headlines again, thanks to a new round of lawsuits from investors.
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April 5 - 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 -- 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 -- 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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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
If BP plc (LON:BP) shares were to rise 20% from here, the company's share price would be 540 pence.
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March 6 - News - Comments
Yet, there are companies around that are priced such that you're paying less than 1 pound for every 1 pound of their assets.
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March 6 - 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 -- Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc (ADR) (LSE:RBS) (NYSE:RBS) is due to announce its annual results on Feb. 28.
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February 24 - News - Comments
LONDON -- If a previously struggling business recovers, the market is forced to reassess its convictions. This can result in buyers piling in and the shares rising sharply.
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February 15 - 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