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The big dividend question
Tutorials UK stocks are paying higher dividend yields than at any point since the financial crisis, says John Stepek. Should you buy in?
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How the FTSE reshuffle works
Tutorials Royal Mail has been demoted from the FTSE 100 in the latest quarterly review. John Stepek explains how the decision is made.
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Does a “Dogs” investment strategy make sense?
Tutorials Buying the market’s “Dogs” – top-ten high yielders – every year is a popular strategy, but does it make sense?
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Is Aim finally coming of age?
Features The Aim market of mostly smaller companies has traditionally been seen as a bit of a backwater. Is it time to change that view? Matthew Partridge talks to Paul Latham and Richard Power of fund management company Octopus.
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Momentum investing: what it is, why it works and what to buy
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.
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CAC-40
Glossary The CAC-40 is France’s benchmark stockmarket index.
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FTSE 100
Glossary The FTSE 100 is Britain's 'blue-chip' stock index.But its makeup means it is more of a global index than a snapshot of UK plc.
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Indices
Glossary There are indices for every sort of market, but retail investors are probably most familiar with those related to stock markets.
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Market cap weighting
Glossary If an index is weighted by market cap (market capitalisation – the number of shares outstanding multiplied by the share price), it means the companies in the index are ranked by stockmarket value.
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