Category
3 articles
While the FTSE 100 hogs the headlines, UK small caps are being valued as if a domestic downturn is already certain. The contrarian case is not to buy the index — it is to hunt for cash-generative companies the City has stopped covering.
UK investors keep hiding in utilities, staples and other so-called defensives, but 2026’s macro backdrop is exposing the cracks in that trade. Here are five popular ‘safe’ names with exposed flanks — and three boring sectors quietly generating cash while the crowd looks elsewhere.
Cash ISAs are reassuring, tax-free and deeply British. They are also increasingly a place where real returns go to do very little. With 2026 savings rates no longer flattering and inflation still chipping away, it is time to separate genuine safety from expensive inertia.