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Avoiding bad stocks boosts investment returns more than increasing good stock hit rates
A Podcast and a Substack I read both made mention of a book called “What I Learned About Investing from Darwin” by Pulak Prasad. In particular they both chewed over a section about investment success rates and how to improve them. In an investors universe of stocks there are good ones and bad ones. GoodMore Read more
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Marks and Spencer stock price down 5% after what seems to be a positive third-quarter update
Marks and Spencer (LSE: MKS) released its Christmas trading report for the 13 weeks to the end of 2023 today at 7am. At the time of writing the Marks and Spencer share price is 264.7p, which is 4.70% below yesterdays closing pice of 277.7p. A slump in price suggests the report was bad, or atMore Read more
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December has been a good month for the FTSE 100 lending credence to the idea of a Santa Claus rally.
The Santa Rally is said to lift stock markets in the run up to Christmas. Does the FTSE 100 benefit from the season of goodwill? More Read more
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For the second week running, Petrofac is the UK’s most shorted stock
It’s probably not a good sign if a stock is shorted. Find out which UK stocks are the most heavily shorted as of Friday, 8 December, 2023More Read more

