Stocks

The simplest way to invest in stocks is to buy exchange traded funds. But one can do better than that by picking better than average stocks (as part of a diversified portfolio). For example, the Card Factory plc (LON:CARD) share price is up 89% …

What trends should we look for it we want to identify stocks that can multiply in value over the long term? Ideally, a business will show two trends; firstly a growing return on capital employed (ROCE) and secondly, an increasing amount of capital employed. …

While it may not be enough for some shareholders, we think it is good to see the TI Fluid Systems plc (LON:TIFS) share price up 29% in a single quarter. But over the last half decade, the stock has not performed well. After all, …

The board of Record plc (LON:REC) has announced that the dividend on 9th of August will be increased to £0.0313, which will be 15% higher than last year's payment of £0.0272 which covered the same period. This will take the annual payment to 5.1% …

Team17 Group (LON:TM17) has had a rough three months with its share price down 4.3%. However, stock prices are usually driven by a company’s financial performance over the long term, which in this case looks quite promising. In this article, we decided to focus …

Long term investing works well, but it doesn't always work for each individual stock. It hits us in the gut when we see fellow investors suffer a loss. Imagine if you held Costain Group PLC (LON:COST) for half a decade as the share price …

Investors are often guided by the idea of discovering 'the next big thing', even if that means buying 'story stocks' without any revenue, let alone profit. Unfortunately, these high risk investments often have little probability of ever paying off, and many investors pay a …