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Back to the dog pound: Dogs of the Footsie outperform in 2017
At the end of January, John Harrington tweaked the famous investment strategy known as the Dogs of the Dow, and applied it to UK stocks. How are the investments doing?
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Marks and Spencer Group PLC
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Marks and Spencer Group is a retailer of clothing, food and home products in the United Kingdom. The Company has 622 stores, including Simply Food franchise stores, as well as an international business.
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FTSE 100 closes lower as supertanker Tesco sinks
With US stocks tipped to open lower, the top-share index has slipped into the red
Investments and investor services
FTSE 100 finishes higher despite North Korea worries hitting US stocks
US markets open lower, but the index of blue-chip shares keeps its poise
Investments and investor services
FTSE 100 closes flat as war of words over Syria continues
AstraZeneca is under the weather after being downgraded but Shaftesbury is a hot property on bid speculation
Next sees recent post-results rally curtailed by downgrade in rating from Exane
In a note on the UK general retail sector, Exane cut its stance on the FTSE 100-listed firm back to ‘underperform’ from ‘neutral’ and reduced its target price by 5% to 3,700p after the recent “bounce”
UBS downgrades ratings for M&S and N Brown Group on worry over older consumer spending
In a note to clients, the Swiss broker’s analysts said that the most recent UBS Evidence Lab consumer survey shows “a substantial slowdown in spending expectations in the next 12 months on clothing, especially amongst the older and lower in
GSK, AT&T and Verizon join advertising boycott on Google over extremist content
Google's promise to crack down on adverts from appearing alongside extremist content has failed to reassure clients
FTSE 100 closes higher with retailer Next top riser
FTSE 100 was three points higher at 7,238, Next rises strongly.
Google's advertising scandal highlights industry-wide dilemma
Automated advertising is at the heart of the issue of marketing appearing alongside extremist content
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Beauty and The Beast smashes record for children's rated film,
Google apologises to clients over extremist content after M&S becomes latest brand to pull ads
Google plans to make changes to its technology in coming weeks to prevent extremist videos from appearing alongside advertising
Investments and investor services
FTSE 100 ends little changed as UK lines up on Brexit grid
The druggies and miners were on offer early on – although the movements were barely perceptible on a lacklustre Monday morning.
FTSE shares end lower as sterling marks 8-week low vs dollar on Brexit jitters
FTSE 100 shares closed lower on Tuesday after investors turned edgy over Brexit plans which hit banking and retail shares as well as took sterling to an 8-week low against the US dollar
BT nabs Rio Tinto’s chairman
Jan du Plessis is to step down as chairman of the mining giant as he assumes a new position on the board of BT
FTSE 100 shares tip higher, engineers in vogue ahead of Trump card
FTSE 100 stocks ended on a high on Tuesday after rangebound trading for much of the session, with engineers leading light gains
Estate agent Purplebricks raises £50mln as it takes the brand Stateside
The plan is to launch in a number of key States, it has emerged
Investments and investor services
FTSE 100 ends higher as food groups power gains on takeover battle
Around 3.15pm, the UK blue chip index was up over 21 points at 7,299, not far from the day’s peak of 7,307, and well above the day’s low of 7,253.
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UK watchdog asks for power to punish executives; government shames companies for underpaying staff
The UK watchdog for accounting and corporate governance has requested the government for the authority to take action against company directors for breaking financial reporting rules.
Selectively breeding the Dogs of the Footsie
The normally reliable investment strategy based on the "Dogs of the Dow" system has had a bad couple of years; what if we tweaked it?
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Selectively breeding the Dogs of the Footsie
The normally reliable investment strategy based on the "Dogs of the Dow" system has had a bad couple of years; what if we tweaked it?