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Pet ownership has grown due to the pandemic. That’s good news for animal health stocks, says Dr Mike Tubbs

The pandemic has exacted a huge human and financial toll, but it has also transformed scientific research in ways that will deliver huge benefits for …

Environmental risks to our future are very real. There are four reasons to be optimistic, but all will have long-term consequences for the economy and…

Luxury goods is an industry that thrives on conspicuous consumption. It's had a surprisingly good pandemic, and there are plenty of reasons to expect …

A region that was once an innovation desert is changing rapidly. Billions of dollars of venture capital funding and the impact of the pandemic are cre…

The 1986 deregulation shook up the banks, but the all-in-one model that it created is bad for customers and investors. Specialists do a better job – a…

Last year’s chip crunch brought home how dependent the world is on these tiny pieces of silicon. Chipmakers are rushing to build new factories. Will t…

We’ve got used to a world without war between major powers, but that era is coming to an end as Russia threatens Ukraine and China eyes Taiwan. Buy de…

Financial technology – from apps to APIs to the cloud – is rapidly transforming financial services. This will spell doom for some incumbent firms, whi…

The rapid development of Covid-19 vaccines has already saved many lives and made huge profits for a few pharmaceutical firms. Investors should keep an…

Balancing quality and price is the key to successful investing, says Richard Beddard – both poor-quality stocks and overvalued top-notch ones are risk…

The government has started to roll out its plans for switching us over from fossil fuels to hydrogen and renewable energy. Should investors buy in? St…

Xi Jinping’s vision for the future of China is very different to the past. Stricter social control and the slow struggle to tackle problems in the eco…

A diverse range of stocks you can buy and keep forever should be a core part of any equity portfolio, says Dr Mike Tubbs. He selects his nine favourit…

Rail transport suffered a severe blow in the pandemic. But while post-Covid-19 working patterns may reduce revenue, trends in technology, long-distanc…

Our enduring need for oil and gas heralds a boom in exploration and production, says Andrew Hunt.

Cyberattacks are rampant, yet companies and governments have been slow to wake up to the need to bolster their digital security. That spells opportuni…

Universities are innovation incubators and often launch businesses involved in fast-growing fields ranging from biotechnology to artificial intelligen…

Inflation need not be a worry unless it is driven by labour market shortages. Unfortunately, writes macroeconomist Philip Pilkington, that’s exactly w…

Higher life expectancy and surging asset prices have proved a boon for the baby-boomer generation, which has accumulated vast wealth. Younger generati…

Jeremy Grantham, who has a history of getting big calls right, fears slumps in several wildly overpriced markets (including UK property). He tells Mer…

Outsourcing has seen more than its fair share of blunder and scandal, to the benefit of neither shareholders nor voters. Yet slow but steady improveme…

Gold has had a grim year, but the backdrop for the traditional safe haven and store of value remains auspicious. There is scope for the price to jump …

Finding an income that keeps pace with inflation is getting harder, but real-estate investment trusts (Reits) can help. Look for a mix of growth and b…