Financials

Hargreaves Lansdown (HL) first appeared on the site back in late June. Shares of the investment platform provider traded for around 1,660p back then, which is around 12% higher than last week’s closing price. They started the year at over 1,905p apiece. Although that performance does not look very good,…

HSBC (HSBA) has struggled badly since it last featured on the site at the end of April. At the time, shares in the Asian banking giant changed hands for around 425 pence apiece. I thought that represented an okay long-term deal, but the market thinks not. The shares go for…

Hargreaves Lansdown (HL) stock has delivered great returns over the past decade or so. The investment services giant, well known for its integrated fund and share dealing platform, went public back in mid-2007 at 160 pence per share. My screen shows a current share price of circa 1,660 pence. Chuck in…

I have received a few requests from European readers of The Compound Investor to cover more continental stocks. I shall try to do so on here, starting with German insurance giant Allianz (ALV). Suffice to say, Allianz is a corporate monster. Its €1,000,000M asset base makes it one of the largest insurance companies…

Asian banking giant HSBC (HSBA) has had a tough decade. Truth be told, that was true even before COVID-19 created what looks like an economic meltdown. Its share price had gone sideways at best, making the dividend the only major source of shareholder returns. Real returns could easily be negative…