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Is now a good time to...
The FTSE 100 has become unloved and unwanted by an increasing number of investors. I guess you can’t really blame them. After all, the FTSE 100 has grown from 6,900 in 1999 to 7,500 today, which is less than a 10% capital gain over 22 years. By any reasonable stretch of the imagination, that’s a
What needs to happen for the...
Image source: Getty Images Over the last 12 months, the Tesco (LSE:TSCO) share price has delivered some impressive gains, climbing 27% to just over 400p. That’s almost three times what the FTSE 100 has delivered over the same period. But can Britain’s largest supermarket continue to climb from here, potentially even reaching £5 per share?
Gold Prices Reach Record Highs Amid...
In North American trading, gold prices climbed to all-time highs of $2,956 per ounce, while the U.S. dollar fell and Treasury yields declined. The market is in the middle of one of gold’s longest bullish streaks, with prices up for eight weeks. Investors have confidence in gold as gold-backed ETFs have seen the most net inflows since 2022,
AIM – Perfect storm now drawing...
AIM is set to outperform the All Share for remainder of CY2025 The perfect storm that hit London’s AIM following peak-Pandemic in Q2 2021, has seen the index tumble by an extraordinary 60% relative to the FTSE All Share leaving it trading almost 40% below its 10-year average. Total listings have thinned down to just
Soooo, 2020…What A Crazy Year!?
‘It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it
Nvidia and Foxconn are reportedly in...
In a significant move that could redefine the landscape of artificial intelligence (AI) server manufacturing, Nvidia (NYSE: NVDA) and Foxconn are reportedly in discussions to deploy humanoid robots at a new Foxconn factory in Houston, Texas. This facility is set to produce Nvidia’s advanced AI servers, including the highly anticipated GB300. The potential integration of
Is the FTSE 250 expensive today?...
Unlike the FTSE 100, the FTSE 250 has put in a pretty decent performance over the last couple of decades. Since it peaked in 2007 (at the end of the early 2000s credit bubble), the FTSE 250 has just about doubled and since its peak in 2000 (at the end of the dot-com bubble) the
2 profitable penny stocks that are...
Image source: Getty Images While most investors keep a close eye on the FTSE 100, some overlooked penny stocks are quietly having an even better year. So far in 2025, the Footise’s been fairly steady, led by familiar heavyweights. Rolls-Royce shares are up an impressive 66%, with only Babcock and Fresnillo ahead among the blue-chips.
Oil Markets Respond to OPEC+ Production...
Brent crude prices recovered Friday, surging close to 3% after lingering around $71 a barrel since Russia hinted OPEC+ might rethink its output plans. Before the market’s rapid bullish response had been weeks of falling prices since mid-January, when concerns about oversupply and economic growth prospects first weighed on traders’ minds. Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak
Gambler. Follower. Researcher. Craftsman. Which are...
by Ed Croft, Founder & CEO of Stockopedia If you’re anything like me, you probably didn’t start investing with a perfectly thought through plan. You may have looked at fund managers and thought you could do better. Maybe you invested in funds, but were disappointed by the results. You wanted more control, higher returns, a
