For investors, will therebe more rewarding trips than Saga can offer? Phil Oakley investigates. Saga began life in 1950, when itsfounder Sidney de Haan bought ahotel in Folkestone and ...

With the yields on government and highly-rated corporate bonds looking meagre, and stock markets hugely volatile, where can you get a half-decent return without taking on lots of risk? The good ...

Value investing buying cheap shares, or shares that trade at less than their intrinsic value works. So why doesn't everyone do it? It comes down to the way people's minds work. Lots of people want ...

Phil Oakley worked as an investment analyst for banks and asset managers for 13 years. He is now a freelance journalist. Get the latest financial news, insights and expert analysis from our award ...

The Squeeze: Rates are rising and so are share prices. Is this a new norm or a precursor to a fa ...

The year has thrown up more than a few nasty surprises for investors, but learn to read the warning signs and you can sidestep potential hits from the market, says Phil Oakley. It's been a calm ...

Right now it seems that every other week another household name goes and lists its shares on the stock exchange. This week it's the AA. But there'll be another along shortly, no doubt the London ...

The point of investing is to get the best returns possible on your money. So it makes sense to buy companies that make high returns on the money they invest themselves those who make a decent ...

The retailer has long proved the doomsters wrong it's likely to keep doing so, says Phil Oakley. Newsagent group WH Smith has become adept at proving the doomsters wrong. Its shares have been a ...

Sales are growing at the branded foods maker, but the good news is priced in, says Phil Oakley. Premier Foods is Britain's largest branded food producer. Its key brands include Hovis Bread ...

De La Rue is the world's largest commercial printer of banknotes. It provides governments and central banks with top-quality banknote paper, printed banknotes and security features to stop ...