Money Watch – Personal Finance Blog

Jim Slater once said that elephants don’t gallop. He implied that big companies may often struggle to grow because opportunities to expand may be limited. By contrast, it is reckoned that fleas can easily jump ten times their own height. The suggestion here is that investors may reap higher rewards by investing in small companies.

ADOPTING a team approach is the key to the success of Scottish Widows Investment Partnership’s (SWIP) Pan-European Smaller Companies Fund, according to investment director Rory Hammerson.

There are more television stations than ever before. For viewers it means more choice. For investors however, it means television stations aren’t the cash cows they once were.

MOST classic car enthusiasts descending on Goodwood this weekend are motivated by love, writes Teresa Hunter. But buying a vintage vehicle can be a canny investment.

ON 1 JANUARY 2007, a new investment shareholder will come into the world, and already the commercial midwives are busy painting the nursery.

A MANAGEMENT philosophy with a focus on change has helped Standard Life Investments’ UK Equity High Income Fund outperform throughout the investment cycle.

THERE’S a lot of money still lying around in the Investment Club because we missed buying back into Stagecoach as planned.

Biotech is a very risky investment area. Share prices can tumble 50% in a week. But the potential rewards are large too; so here’s a look at two of the UK’s more promising biotech companies.