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Close Brothers has suspended its dividend: Should I sell?

by John Kingham | May 24, 2024 | The Analyst, zNewsletter

If you aren’t familiar with Close Brothers, it’s a FTSE 250 bank that was founded in 1878. It had (until recently) a long track record of progressive dividend growth and I added it to the UK Dividend Stocks Portfolio in 2017. Thanks to the pandemic and an ill-judged...

Are public inquiries too expensive?

by Dr Gerard Lyons | May 24, 2024 | The Economist, zNewsletter

Two issues linked to the public finances have come to the fore in the wake of the Blood Scandal inquiry. These economic issues are clearly secondary to the wider safety and public policy concerns, but let’s address them here. One is the cost of public inquiries; the...

A Letter From Paris: The Rivoli experiment

by Andy Watson | May 20, 2024 | The Fund Manager, zOtherDiversions

The centre of Paris, like many cities in old Europe, was not designed for the motor car. Napoléon Bonaparte conceived the arcaded Rivoli walkway in 1802, naming it after his victorious battle near Turin. In 1855, the east-to-west Rivoli artery was finally finished by...

Britain is not as broken as everyone seems to think

by John Bryson | May 20, 2024 | The Professor, zNewsletter

According to many politicians and commentators, the UK is in a very sorry state. Ahead of the general election expected this year, Labour leader Keir Starmer has pledged to “fix broken Britain”. He has spoken of his vow to “usher in a decade of national...

52-week high and falling fast!

by Alan Carter | May 20, 2024 | Head Of Research, zEditor's pick, zLead Article

Bloomberg company news continually tells me that real estate shares are hitting a 52-week high. You’d have thought that was good news, and in a way, it is. But it rather masks the fact that the FTSE 100 and the FTSE All Share Index have also not just hit their 52-week...

A Letter From Paris: The Rivoli experiment

52-week high and falling fast!

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