Rupert Hargreaves

Last year was a “huge frustration” for BlackRock World Mining (LSE: BRWM), say managers Evy Hambro and Olivia Markham in their annual report. The trust produced a total return of -12.7% and a net asset value (NAV) return of -10.7% […]

On 30 September 2024, Ratcliffe-on-Soar, the UK’s last coal-fired power plant, shut off its last operating unit, Unit 4, for the last time. The shutdown marked the end of 142 years of coal-fired power generation in the UK and a

The continual drip, drip of companies being taken over or delisted from the London Stock Exchange, and the lack of a pipeline to replace them, is making it increasingly challenging to find exciting, undervalued opportunities there. That means it’s even

Emerging-market (EM) equities have struggled to get the attention of investors over the past five years. Since 2020, the MSCI Emerging Markets Index has underperformed the MSCI Developed Market Index by a total of 45%, according to JPMorgan. Virtually all

Data has become the world’s foremost growth industry. Every day, the world creates 2.5 quintillion bytes of data, and the pace of creation is only accelerating. The sheer scale of data creation poses a challenge for the world in 2025.

The business of recruitment can be brutal. The desire for fees is paramount and recruiters are the first to feel the brunt of an economic downturn. Trading is highly cyclical as businesses usually put hiring plans on ice as soon

The initial public offering of Smithson Investment Trust (LSE: SSON) was one of the biggest launches the investment trust sector has ever seen. Backed by Terry Smith, the manager of the £22.5 billion Fundsmith Equity Fund, Smithson had no trouble

Elon Musk’s SpaceX became the most valuable private company in the world earlier this month when it launched its latest share buyback. The company and its investors plan to spend $1.25 billion repurchasing shares from employees at $185 a share,

Companies have three different ways of using profit or excess capital generated from the business. The first is reinvesting money into the company if the potential return on invested capital is attractive. This will vary from firm to firm and

European stocks have struggled this year thanks to the continent’s economic troubles. European equities are now trading at the most significant discount to their US counterparts since at least 2003. The 12-month price-to-earnings (p/e) multiple of the MSCI Eurozone index