Latest articles by Alice Gråhns
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If you'd invested in: Hunting and Exillon Energy
Features Energy services provider Hunting is growing revenues, while oil explorer Exillon continues to struggle.
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CYBG's big bid for Virgin Money
Features Clydesdale and Yorkshire Bank is aiming to snap up Virgin Money. Will the merged firm be more of a threat to the big banks? Alice Gråhns reports.
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Jeffrey Gundlach: gold to explode
Features No need to predict the rising price of gold – the market will prove it soon enough.
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Google’s Alphabet soup
Features The internet giant is splashing cash on opaque and strategically questionable ventures. For now it is getting the benefit of the doubt, says Alice Gråhns.
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If you'd invested in: Rio Tinto and Tate & Lyle
Features Rio Tinto, the world’s second-largest mining firm, recently declared a record dividend, while experts expect Tate & Lyle's earnings per share to decline.
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Investors excited by Vietnam - the “mini-China”
Features Vietnamese stocks have produced the best gains in Asia so far this year, with investors enticed by Vietnam’s ‘mini-China’ story”.
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Mark Mobius: US stocks could fall by 30%
Features All the indicators point to a looming 30% fall in the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average, says investor Mark Mobius, founder of Mobius Capital Partners.
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If you'd invested in: Victrex and Pennon Group
Features Victrex, which manufactures high-performance plastic, has seen it share price soar, while water utility and waste-management firm Pennon group's shares have plunged.
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The wonders of Iceland
Features A single road will take you on a spectacular tour of this beautiful island, says Alice Gråhns.
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Why it pays to be in stocks
Tutorials Investors should tune out day-to-day noise and focus on the long-term trend, which means sticking with stocks and reinvesting your dividends.
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Jonathan Ruffer: Get ready for more
Features Jonathan Ruffer of Ruffer Investments reckons the recent volatility in share prices is just the beginning.
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Netflix defies gravity
Features The online-video giant’s strategy of splurging on new programmes is paying off – for now, at least. Alice Gråhns reports.
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Nouriel Roubini: Trade wars are a negative sum game
Features Investing guru Nouriel Roubini reckons that if America launches a trade war, there won't be any winners.
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If only you’d invested in: Hiscox
Features Hiscox is a group of companies that operate in the insurance markets in the UK and Europe. In February it reported reduced profits for 2017.
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Novartis’s risky punt
Features The Swiss drug giant is making a very expensive bet on AveXis, an American gene-therapy company. Will it be worth the risk? Alice Gråhns reports.
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Thailand turns Japanese
News With inflation remaining stubbornly low, there is something of Japan a quarter of a century ago about Thailand.
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Terry Smith: Ignore global events
Tutorials Fund manager Terry Smith thinks basing your investment decisions on global events is a waste of time.
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Tesla loses its magic touch
Features Tesla is producing too few cars, running out of cash and facing legal trouble. Founder Elon Musk’s flippant attitude isn’t helping. Alice Gråhns reports.
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If only you’d invested in: Croda International
Features Croda International makes a wide range of speciality chemicals, including ingredients for skin-care, hair-care and cosmetic products.
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Oil has reached a ceiling
News Stocks may be having a hard time of it this year, but oil is faring better.
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Mario Gabelli: buy baseball
Features Mario Gabelli, founder, chairman and chief executive of GAMCO Investors, thinks investors should own a piece of a baseball team.
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The rout in retail stocks
Features High street bellwether Next is just the latest big name to hit trouble. It has made mistakes, but is also grappling with sector-wide problems. Alice Gråhns reports.
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M&A boom is another sign of a top
Features Global dealmaking in 2018 has already exceeded the $1trn mark, the fastest start to a year on record. But is the M&A boom morphing into a bubble?
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If you'd invested in: Huntsworth and Vectura
Features After a difficult few years, media group Huntsworth has restructured and seen its share price double.
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