If you’d invested in: TUI Group and BAT

If you’d invested in: TUI Group and BAT
Tui revealed an 11.7% rise in annual turnover to €18.5bn, as well as 12% growth in underlying earnings to €1.1bn.
16 Mar 2018
Holding tobacco stocks for income? Neil Woodford is too – but maybe you should both sell

Holding tobacco stocks for income? Neil Woodford is too – but maybe you should both sell
Tobacco stocks have long provided some of the best and most regular dividend payments around. But, says Merryn Somerset Webb, that may not last much l…
2 Jun 2015
Shares in focus: How our tips have fared this year
Shares in focus: How our tips have fared this year
It's been a tough year for stocks. Phil Oakley looks back over the share tips he made in 2014 to see how they have fared, and what investors should do…
30 Dec 2014
Neil Woodford may be a star fund manager – but he’s wrong about tobacco stocks

Neil Woodford may be a star fund manager – but he’s wrong about tobacco stocks
Star fund manager Neil Woodford recently revealed that of his top ten holdings, three are tobacco stocks. But that doesn't mean you should follow his …
14 Jul 2014
Retreat from risk: buy stocks with moats
Retreat from risk: buy stocks with moats
A moat represents a castle’s first line of defence against intruders. An ‘economic moat’ does the same thing for a company – and it’s a critical featu…
1 Jul 2014