Alex Newman

Our writers put out lots of smart calls in 2023 – but one backfired in a big way

In 2024, you don’t need to be a hedge fund giant to find useful edges beyond financial statements

Despite a tricky year for markets, they had a much better 12 months than last year

For decades, stockpickers have struggled to beat ‘the market’. We look at the signs that point to better times for active investing

Three years and a motion picture later, the meme stock legacy is largely meaningless

This outperforming screen shows that you can splice value, quality and growth into a coherent stock screen

Faith in equities is cemented even from a relatively small sample size, but that doesn't mean everything

IC contributor and Britain's first Isa millionaire petitions Parliament to hand 4,400 state schools £5,000 of NatWest shares each

It is still beating the benchmark over the long term but recent performance is concerning

A new book makes the case for corporate America’s use of cash distributions for shareholders