The Warren Buffett letters offer a lot of investing advice. I've used that advice to assess this UK share. I've spent years reading the Warren Buffett letters. Here's a UK share I'd pick based on Buffett's approach.
Top British stocks for March 2021
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We asked our freelance writers to share the top British stocks they’d buy this March. Here’s what they chose:
Kevin Godbold: Smurfit Kappa
FTSE 100‘s
Smurfit Kappa(LSE: SKG) provides paper-based packaging solutions and occupies a niche supplying the needs of e-commerce. In February, chief executive Tony Smurfit said the outlook is
“increasingly positive”.
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The business delivered a strong cash performance in 2020, as befits its defensive credentials. There’s a multi-year record of growth in cash flow and dividends. And last year the company raised a gross €660m via a share placing to
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UK investing can seem like a challenging prospect at first for beginners. There are hundreds of funds and stocks out there on the market, and trying to pick which stocks to buy today can seem like a daunting task.
My preference is to use a diversified approach. Rather than picking just one or two stocks or shares, I think a portfolio of at least 30 stocks is the best solution. This may be difficult with an investment of just £5,000. As such, a fund may be a better option for investors with limited cash to invest. By acquiring an investment fund, investors can gain access to a diversified basket of stocks at the click of a button.
London s FTSE 100 finally succumbed to this week s jitters on global equity markets, with a fall of 2.5 per cent for the blue-chip index today.
Asian and US markets had already suffered some nervers from the spike in bond yields earlier in the week. The yield on 10-year US Treasury bills powered through 1.5 per cent yesterday - its highest level in a year and up from 0.5 per cent last August.
The tech-laden Nasdaq is 6 per cent down this week and the old-economy Dow Jones followed it last night with a 2.5 per cent fall in the last two sessions..
Frédérique Carrier, head of investment strategy, RBC Wealth Management says that investors have been concerned that higher bond yields may threaten equity valuations, which are now in excess of long-term averages.