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Finding genuine growth stocks: how the experts do it
Thursday 28 Nov 2024Identifying genuine growth stories is not easy but can be extremely rewarding. Nvidia (NVDA:NASDAQ) may be the ultimate growth stock example now but who was flagging its potential 10 years ago when revenue and profit was just a fraction of what it is today and when the widespread application of AI...
Is the US stock market just too hot to handle?
Thursday 21 Nov 2024Markets seem to approve of the election of Donald Trump as the 47th US president. The S&P 500 has hit a record high in the wake of the election result, crossing over the 6,000 mark for the first time. This latest bump comes on the back of an exceptional run for US stocks, which has put other...
The UK takeover market has seen a surge of activity in the last few years
Thursday 21 Nov 2024If it seems as though each week brings news of yet another takeover offer for a UK firm, the actual figures from the ONS (Office for National Statistics) are quite mind-boggling. Aside from the number of listed companies being bought, either by ‘inward’ investors or domestic buyers, hundreds of...
The £1 billion profit club: Discover the titans of UK retail
Thursday 21 Nov 2024To date, a small, exclusive club of UK retailers have exceeded £1 billion in annual profits, a high street elite that includes Tesco (TSCO) , Marks & Spencer (MKS) and Kingfisher (KGF) . Some may view this £1 billion figure as merely symbolic, but breaching this barrier is no mean feat and...
Investing in the US: how buying actively managed funds compares with stocks
Thursday 14 Nov 2024The US stock market is the biggest in the world and the listing domain of globally-renowned companies including Apple (AAPL:NASDAQ) , Nvidia (NVDA:NASDAQ) and Amazon (AMZN:NASDAQ) , which makes the market an extremely attractive proposition for UK-based investors. The US equity market’s sheer size...
Investing for Trump 2.0
Thursday 14 Nov 2024The result of the US presidential election has created shockwaves in the financial markets and beyond and I’m sure raised questions about your own portfolios. That’s understandable and arguably this was among the more consequential elections of recent times. However, the occupant of the White House...
What the market will be watching when Nvidia reports
Thursday 14 Nov 2024In early September, shares in Nvidia (NVDA:NASDAQ) tanked. In just eight days, more than $400 billion of market cap vanished, leaving investors wondering what to do. To help, Shares took an in-depth look at the AI (artificial intelligence) chip designer and concluded that investors’ best bet was...
The pros and cons of investing in gold and where the price could go next
Thursday 07 Nov 2024Gold has had a great year. Spot prices hit another all-time high (30 October) of $2,781 per ounce, based on Bloomberg data, chalking up 35% gains so far in 2024, having broken through the $2,600 level in September for the very first time. That trumps global equities, based on the FTSE World Index’s...
Why the UK stock market could get a new look in 2025
Thursday 07 Nov 2024Recent changes to the UK’s listing rules should lead to a host of new names joining the FTSE 100 and FTSE 250 indices in the new year, generating more interest in the UK stock market and putting more companies on the radar of investors. This matters to investors whether they own UK stocks directly...
Can education media group Pearson win the AI battle?
Thursday 07 Nov 2024Publisher Pearson (PSON) has gone through many incarnations during its 180-year history from starting out as a civil engineering business to the owner of The Financial Times to its current focus on education. The company is going through change once again with the appointment of new CEO Omar Abbosh...