Secure Trust Bank PLC (LON:STB) is reducing its dividend to £0.16 on the 26th of Septemberwhich is 20% less than last year's comparable payment of £0.20. This means that the annual payment will be 5.4% of the current stock price, which is in line …
By buying an index fund, investors can approximate the average market return. But if you choose individual stocks with prowess, you can make superior returns. Just take a look at SRG Global Limited (ASX:SRG), which is up 33%, over three years, soundly beating the …
The simplest way to invest in stocks is to buy exchange traded funds. But investors can boost returns by picking market-beating companies to own shares in. For example, the National Australia Bank Limited (ASX:NAB) share price is up 16% in the last 1 year, …
Every investor in PYC Therapeutics Limited (ASX:PYC) should be aware of the most powerful shareholder groups. Generally speaking, as a company grows, institutions will increase their ownership. Conversely, insiders often decrease their ownership over time. I quite like to see at least a little …
There's no doubt that money can be made by owning shares of unprofitable businesses. For example, although software-as-a-service business Salesforce.com lost money for years while it grew recurring revenue, if you held shares since 2005, you'd have done very well indeed. Having said that, …
Even if it's not a huge purchase, we think it was good to see that Peter Done, the Independent Non-Executive Director of Centuria Office REIT (ASX:COF) recently shelled out AU$101k to buy stock, at AU$1.69 per share. That purchase might not be huge but …
It is usually uneventful when a single insider buys stock. However, When quite a few insiders buy shares, as it happened in Mercia Asset Management PLC's (LON:MERC) case, it's fantastic news for shareholders. While we would never suggest that investors should base their decisions …
For many, the main point of investing is to generate higher returns than the overall market. But every investor is virtually certain to have both over-performing and under-performing stocks. At this point some shareholders may be questioning their investment in Empiric Student Property plc …
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. For example, we sympathize with anyone who was caught holding Evolve Education Group Limited (NZSE:EVO) during …
Harvest Technology Group Ltd (ASX:HTG), might not be a large cap stock, but it saw a significant share price rise of over 20% in the past couple of months on the ASX. Less-covered, small caps tend to present more of an opportunity for mispricing …