Hello Share Squelchers. This glittering website likes to keep you bang up to date. And the talk of the City these days is Artificial Intelligence. It's time that this traditional old punter looked at this big talking point of the moment and I suggest you take a gander at this exciting firm.
Hello Share Swipers. There are some giant companies not as well known to investors as others. That's often because they deal with trade rather than the public at large. One such outfit is Footsie member RELX (REL).
Back in late October here, I concluded that RELX (REL) - despite changing its name from Reed Elsevier a number of years back - was a ‘well run business with continued progress in academic, legal and scientific (predominately online) journals and textbooks’ even if the events business, unsurprisingly, remained a bit of a mess. However, I still did not see a share price that I yet found attractive. Prices have moved since from just under £17 a share to now about £18 a share. So what to think now following the publication of full-year 2020 results?
Call me a complete weirdo, but there is something about the name RELX (REL) which completely gets on my goat. There are a couple of reasons for this, but the only one I am going to share with you is that I thought the old name of Reed Elsevier is far classier. I wonder what the bill was (way back in 2015!) for thinking up the new name? All I know is, when you (still) have to provide a pronunciation guide ("REL-EX" if you were wondering), it ain't a good look. Anyhow, the 'X-factor' of just sticking the twenty-fourth letter of the alphabet at the end of a logical name is so...2015 but I have to grudgingly admit that the company - which describes itself as a 'global provider of information-based analytics and decision tools for professional and business customers' - is a good 'un...
Hello Share Chunkers. Sometimes it pays to look at companies which seem to do what few other outfits provide. In other words, a niche company. There’s a perception that niche firms need to be small. But that’s not so with today’s choice for your further consideration.








