Knowledge Builder

This guide explains how short selling works with a worked example & why it's all over the news right now.

The value investing strategy has been around for decades. We explore what it means, what value stocks are and where this all comes from.

It's not just sports that have promotion and relegation. The FTSE indexes get a quarterly shake-up and in this guide we explain how it works.

AIM is a market operated by the London Stock Exchange featuring smaller companies. We explain it's key features here.

Investing for growth is an investment strategy where investors seek to grow their money over the long-term. We explain how it works here.

We explain all the basic things you need to know about dividends. From what they are to how to earn them.

We explain what the term director dealing is, the impact that they can have on a company's share price and their importance to investors.

If the company is a Public Limited Company (plc) listed on the stock market then it’s share prices can go up or down. Find out why.

In this article, we explain what the FTSE All-Share Index is, why it's important and how it's performed over the years.

We explain what it means to be a defensive stock and what it means to be a cyclical stock.