Image source: Getty Images The Palantir (NASDAQ:PLTR) share price pushed up, hovered around parity, and eventually pushed down in after-hours trading on Monday 3 November. The share price action followed the company’s third-quarter earnings. The company impressively beat expectations, but clearly not by enough to impress the market — this is weird phenomenon that has become more common since the AI boom. To be precise, Palantir reported third-quarter earnings per share (EPS) of $0.21, beating estimates by $0.04, on revenue of $1.18bn — up 62.6% year over year and $90m ahead of expectations. Those are really good figures. But the…
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Image source: Getty Images Even the most casual observer of FTSE 100 stocks can’t have failed to notice the rise and rise of Rolls-Royce in recent years. Its shares have pretty much doubled in value again in 2025. But there are other members of the UK’s top index that make this incredible return look a bit less impressive. Massive growth Telecommunications and mobile money specialist Airtel Africa (LSE: AAF) is one example. Its stock has now appreciated by almost 150% in the year so far. A fair proportion of this only came at the end of October, following a (very)…
Image source: Getty Images One of my standout passive-income stocks remains Phoenix Group Holdings (LSE: PHNX). Passive income is money made with little effort on the part of the investor, of course. From 2020 to 2024 inclusive, it respectively generated annual average dividend yields of 6.8%, 7.5%, 8.3%, 9.8%, and 10.6%. Over the past year, its dividend yield has fallen somewhat. This is because a stock’s yield moves in the opposite direction to its price. And in Phoenix’s case, its price has jumped 42% from its 13 January one-year traded low of £4.75. Nonetheless, it is still yielding 8% —…
Image source: Getty Images Palantir Technologies (NASDAQ:PLTR) stock has arguably been one of the highest-profile success stories of the artificial intelligence (AI) revolution, alongside Nvidia. Since ChatGPT was unleashed in late 2022, Palantir shares have skyrocketed more than 2,500%! But in recent days, Michael Burry has been warning about an AI bubble. He’s famous for spotting and profiting from the 2008 housing bubble (memorably portrayed in The Big Short movie). In fact, Burry has put his money where his mouth is and has bet against both Palantir and Nvidia. According to regulatory filings, his hedge fund has bought put options that…
Image source: Getty Images I asked ChatGPT to pick a dividend share that might suit a cautious investor aged 60 looking for income without taking too much risk. As retirement approaches, most investors won’t want to gamble with their capital. I was curious to see what artificial intelligence (AI) might produce, but I wasn’t at all surprised by the answer. ChatGPT doesn’t have a brain of its own, it simply summarises what’s on the web. So its choice was always going to be one of the big FTSE 100 income stocks that investors generally rate. And so it proved, as…
Image source: Getty Images The BP (LSE: BP.) share price has bounced back strongly after hitting a three-year low in April. With Q3 results out today (4 November) showing further signs of improvement, I believe investors are starting to regain confidence in the company’s future prospects. Q3 numbers BP reported an underlying replacement cost profit of $2.2bn, down around $200m from the previous quarter. The decline was largely due to a higher tax rate. Its refining division was the standout performer, delivering around $100m higher profit. That strength was driven by improved realised refining margins and the lowest level of…
Image source: Getty Images In the FTSE 100, the Associated British Foods (LSE: ABF) share price is in the spotlight today (4 November), after the company announced it may split Primark and Food into two separate businesses. So, could this be the tonic that unlocks long-term shareholder value? The results The headline number from ABF’s FY25 results was a 13% drop in operating profit to £1.7bn, mainly due to a collapse in sugar prices. This sent the sugar division into loss-making territory. As a result, free cash flow more than halved to £648m, highlighting the impact on the group’s cash…
Image source: Rolls-Royce Holdings plc Rolls-Royce’s (LSE: RR) share price is trading its highest-ever levels. Consequently, some investors may think that the shares cannot possible rise any further. Others may think they have developed an unstoppable bullish momentum. What I think is that it is value, not price, that counts. The former is whatever the market will pay for a stock at any given time. But value reflects the true worth of the underlying business fundamentals over time. In Rolls-Royce’s case, I think the firm has been underpromising on what it can deliver in its forecasts. Consequently, I think that…
Image source: Getty Images. More and more Britons are using artificial intelligence (AI) models to save and invest. So I’ve jumped on board and asked ChatGPT — by far the world’s most popular AI platform — which FTSE 100 stocks I should consider buying. The answers it gave were interesting. But they were also deeply troubling. Let me explain why. AI boom The number of people who are using the likes of ChatGPT to hit their financial goals is staggering. According to Lloyds, “more than 28m UK adults are now turning to artificial intelligence to help manage their money”. Interestingly,…
If you own BP (LSE:BP.) shares like me, you’ll probably have taken an interest in the oil and gas producer’s third quarter (Q3 2025) results released this morning (4 November). In some respects, there should be no major surprises. That’s because the group always releases a pre-trading statement update – two or three weeks in advance — that gives a high-level overview of what to expect. The key numbers are the realised prices for the oil and gas that it sells. Its margin is also important. As a rule of thumb, a $1 movement in Brent crude affects the group’s…