Stephen Connolly

Tips Keeping an eye on young people’s spending habits can help you identify promising long-term investments, says Stephen Connolly.

By Stephen Connolly Published 12 June 20

Tips The global lockdowns have greatly accelerated changes in how we live and work. Tech stocks are set top profit – with Microsoft leading the way.

By Stephen Connolly Published 2 June 20

Tips Keytruda, Merk’s cancer treatment, is a winner. But it’s not the only reason to be bullish on the pharma group.

By Stephen Connolly Published 18 May 20

Tips Aimmune Therapeutics has produced the best treatment yet for children who have a peanut allergy.

By Stephen Connolly Published 14 April 20

Tips Value investing appears to be making a comeback, while shares on this side of the Atlantic are more appealing on metrics such as price/earnings ratios and dividend yields. Stephen Connolly picks his top ten.

By Stephen Connolly Published 16 January 20

Features Cloud computing technology helps companies manage their IT more efficiently and will also ensure that the world wide web and key innovations such as artificial intelligence fulfil their potential, says Stephen Connolly.

By Stephen Connolly Published 5 September 19

Features Cloud computing is the next big thing in tech, and IBM is an excellent way to bet on it, says Stephen Connolly.

By Stephen Connolly Published 26 August 19

Cover Story Education and training could be a $10trn business by 2030. Innovations such as e-learning and digitisation will offer huge opportunities for investors to cash in on the boom, says Stephen Connolly.

By Stephen Connolly Published 8 August 19

Features The aerospace giant’s 737 Max model has been grounded. But Boeing shares should bounce back.

By Stephen Connolly Published 7 August 19

Features The video games sector will take a great leap forward when consumers start streaming them like films and music. Stephen Connolly looks at how to invest.

By Stephen Connolly Published 27 June 19

Cover Story A portfolio of shares should be based on some large, well-managed companies with proven business models and compelling long-term prospects. These ten stocks fit the bill.

By Stephen Connolly Published 13 June 19

Features Visa, the payment network giant, is a highly profitable operator dominating the global market.

By Stephen Connolly Published 22 May 19

Cover Story Favourable demographics, an expanding global market, and resilience to economic downturns and increases in supply all bode well for the long-term future of the cruise industry, says Stephen Connolly.

By Stephen Connolly Published 9 May 19

Cover Story New sales techniques, online influencers and structural trends such as growing consumption in emerging markets all bode well for the beauty industry, says Stephen Connolly.

By Stephen Connolly Published 21 March 19

Cover Story The British gambling sector has been hit by taxes and tighter regulation. But the depressed share prices have yet to factor in the compelling long-term growth outlook, says Stephen Connolly.

By Stephen Connolly Published 31 January 19

Analysis Proxy advisers – companies that advise institutional investors how to vote when listed firms hold a ballot – are opaque, bureaucratic and inept. Time for a clampdown, says Stephen Connolly.

By Stephen Connolly Published 18 January 19

Cover Story In the wake of this year’s various corporate blow-ups, scandals and nasty surprises, shareholders could be forgiven for wondering if non-executives are doing their job. Stephen Connolly asks if that’s fair.

By Stephen Connolly Published 1 November 18

Features Sportswear giant Nike has confounded the sceptics by remaining ahead of the competition.

By Stephen Connolly Published 21 September 18

Cover Story Esports may sound like a niche hobby for computer geeks, but it’s actually a burgeoning global business that resembles the early stages of the Premier League. Stephen Connolly explains how you can profit from it.

By Stephen Connolly Published 6 September 18

Cover Story It’s not just eccentric and ultra-rich tycoons heading into space. From asteroid mining to space hotels, promising profit opportunities now lie off-planet. Set your sights on the stars, says Stephen Connolly.

By Stephen Connolly Published 9 August 18

Tutorials Momentum investing – buying what has already gone up in price in the belief that it will keep doing so – shouldn’t work in theory. Yet in real life, it does. Stephen Connolly looks at why – and what to buy.

By Stephen Connolly Published 15 June 18