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A company’s shares are always worth more to a controlling investor than to the likes of you and me

Lowering the income portfolio’s yield threshold immediately produces some promising candidates – not least Henry Boot

Car dealers are lookers by name – at least one is – but not by appearance. Yet they may have hidden virtues

The way that stock market indices are calculated is distorting the notion of a good income stock

Special dividends are becoming common place. So here’s a rational way to assess their investment merits

Here’s a simple but effective way to spot a recession before it shows up in the official data

Fixed-interest stocks can be tempting, but their high yield is not all it seems

Two companies under threat might fill a gap in the Bearbull Income Portfolio

Companies’ capital spending is like any other good thing – you can have too much of it

Fast-growing means ‘tough to forecast’, a risk that may be acceptable but has to be acknowledged