Our reader has substantial savings but wonders if focusing on income is holding him back. Dave Baxter finds out ...

The FTSE 100 hit 9,200 as mining stocks took up the baton and ran on Friday morning following a third straight record close on Wall Street. Glencore, Antofagasta and Anglo American all rose 2-3 per ...

One company worth examining is Equinix (US:EQIX), a California-based multinational that specialises in internet connectivity and co-location centres. It essentially offers space within data centres, ...

As results season winds down, Dan Jones and team discuss a property group’s results, alternative ways to find bargain stocks and Novo Nordisk vs Eli Lilly ...

With an excellent record of investing in quality growth companies, the fund bets big on the continent’s return to form ...

So far this year, investment in artificial intelligence (AI) data centres has contributed more to US economic growth than all consumer spending combined. Even if there is still some scepticism about ...

Most important is anti-blood-clot medicine Eliquis, which is due to lose patent exclusivity in 2026. Eliquis emerged last year as Pfizer’s top-performing drug, having grown rapidly to bring in $7.4bn ...

The Federal Reserve, by contrast, has left rates unchanged since last December, refusing to lower them in a succession of meetings. But this week’s steady US inflation data may now be the trigger to ...

Copper miner Antofagasta (ANTO) revved up its interim profits through higher gold and copper production, resulting in a mid-year payout twice that of last year. The cash profit was $2.2bn (£1.6bn), ...

The pound hit a month high after better-than-expected GDP figures, Wall Street keeps hitting record eyes and all eyes are on US President Donald Trump’s meeting with his Russian counterpart tomorrow.

Even so, small caps aren’t the only way of generating top returns. The best-performing Japanese fund over five years, Nomura Japan Strategic Value (IE00B3W35Q81), has a large-cap focus, while some ...

Directing effort towards high-margin and growing businesses is a sound strategy, although sometimes that entails shedding some heritage. One recent example is retailer WHSmith (SMWH), which announced ...