The investment is well worth making as the operational gearing means that cash profit could surge to £4.2mn on £4.6mn of ...

Investment trust discounts as a whole have not widened, at least as things stand: the sector, excluding 3i Group (III), was trading at an average discount of 15 per cent as at 16 April, roughly in ...

IBM beat earnings, margins improved, but shares down 7 per cent after-hours. Today sees Alphabet, Intel Bristol-Myers, PepsiCo and Procter & Gamble report earnings. Alphabet is key – ad revenues and ...

Ongoing investment in new capacity is also providing a strong tailwind, enabling the business to enhance operational efficiencies, margins and profits. For good measure, surplus land is being sold to ...

The approach involves paying out a percentage of portfolio net asset value (NAV) as income each year, allowing trusts to focus on total returns rather than solely holding high-yielding shares. It can ...

The other source of reassurance is in the portfolio’s investing style. In a world of US exceptionalism and turbocharged capital growth, dividends could be dismissed as a relic. But in moments of ...

In the three months to March, total revenue dropped 9 per cent to $19.3bn (£14.5bn), driven by a 20 per cent drop in automotive revenue. Analyst consensus forecast was for $20.1bn in sales, according ...