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London Stock ExchangeGroup (LSE: LSE) reported a 26% increase in Q1 adjusted pretax profit to 130m. Revenue increased by a fifth to 300m (excluding currency), driven by a resurgent IPO market with double the number of new issues on the same period last year. Capital Markets revenue increased by 12m Read More...
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This article is the latest in a series that aims to help novice investors with the stock market. To enjoy past articles in the series, please visit our full archive. The Beginners Portfolio is a virtual portfolio, which is run as if based on real money with all costs, spreads Read More...
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Todays news that Co-Op Bank has lost another 75.8 million in the first half of the year is perhaps unsurprising. After all, it appears as though the entity is in dire straits right now, with it being forced to raise an astounding 2 billion to plug a black hole last Read More...
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History shows that the stock market tends to favour companies that are able to grow their earnings at an above-average rate. Certainly, dividends and value are also important, but when it comes to capital gains, how quickly the bottom line rises seems to be the most important attribute in the Read More...
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Even though two members of the Bank of Englands Monetary Policy Committee voted for an interest rate rise, it still seems unlikely that interest rates will hit normal levels for many years to come. That means that savers are set to experience low returns on their cash balances, which can Read More...
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Bank of Georgia Holdings (LSE: BGEO) the group behind theTbilisi-basedJSC Bank of Georgia released itsconsolidated results for the first half and second quarter of2014 this morning. At the time of writing its share price has edged up 0.12%. First-half profit was up 17% year-on-year, at a record 112mGeorgian Lari, or Read More...