[ad_1] Image source: Getty Images Despite the recent strong FTSE 100 rally, plenty of UK stocks are still trading at bargain valuations. I’ve picked out three that are flying but look cheap. Should investors consider buying them today? The first that springs to mind is Barclays (LSE: BARC). Its share price is up 51% over 12 months, and almost 175% over five years. Barclays shares are soaring I’d expect a stock with that profile to be expensive as a result, but Barclays has a trailing price-to-earnings ratio of just 9.11. That’s well below today’s FTSE 100 average of around 18.…
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[ad_1] Microsoft boosts its carbon removal strategy with a major soil-based credit purchase, bringing its total from Indigo Ag to 100,000. The transaction supports regenerative agriculture, channeling tens of millions of dollars to U.S. farmers. The deal highlights growing corporate confidence in soil carbon as a scalable and verified climate solution. Microsoft has acquired 60,000 soil carbon credits from Indigo Ag, its largest such purchase to date. This follows a previous buy of 40,000 credits, signaling continued momentum in Microsoft’s push for diversified carbon removal solutions. The credits, issued in April by the Climate Action Reserve, are part of Indigo’s…
[ad_1] Image source: Getty Images Before I invest any hard-earned money in a stock with the aim of securing long-term passive income, I like to run through a few checklist items. Not everything will come out tops on every one. But the more passes than fails the better, and it helps me sort my options into some kind of priority. I’ll run through it today with a stock from my candidates list, National Grid (LSE: NG.) Check 1: dividend Is a dividend essential? Anyone who bought Rolls-Royce Holdings shares in 2020 could sell some for cash now. And they’d potentially…
[ad_1] Image source: Getty Images Any mid-cap stock that jumps in value over a short amount of time will always grab my attention. But there are two examples from the FTSE 250 that have really taken me by surprise lately. Electrifying performance! Shares in electricals retailer Currys (LSE: CURY) have been on an absolute tear over the last 12 months, rising 73%. In 2025 alone, they’re already up 34%. That’s hugely impressive considering the index as a whole is barely in positive territory. It goes down as yet another example of how stock-picking has the potential to be far more…
[ad_1] Image source: The Motley Fool When it comes to investing, one of my top rules is never to bet against Warren Buffett. I did this five years ago (sort of) and it worked out very badly. A £10,000 investment in Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRK.B) shares from May 2020 has a market value of around £27,436 today. So what was I thinking when I sold my shares back then? Growth For context, five years ago saw the depths of the Covid-19 pandemic. And at the annual shareholder meeting, Buffett said two things that I thought were concerning. The first was that…
[ad_1] KUALA LUMPUR (May 28): Nasdaq-listed Ispire Technology Inc has secured Malaysia’s first and only nicotine manufacturing licence, allowing it to start producing nicotine products immediately in a state that has banned vape sales since 2016.The US-based e-cigarette and cannabis vape company announced the interim licence approval in a May 22 filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, though details were limited. Ispire had earlier opened a 31,000 sq ft factory in Senai, Johor, through its unit, Ispire Malaysia Sdn Bhd. A March 2025 investor presentation stated that production at the plant began in February 2024 with up to seven production…
[ad_1] Tariffs have reclaimed the economic spotlight. But with their timing and magnitude uncertain, investors are on edge. A fascinating history of tariffs and their effects on investment returns is provided by Baltussen et al in a recent Enterprising Investor blog. This blog takes a complementary approach to exploring their possible implications for returns. Tariffs change relative prices. Just as large changes in oil prices pushes up energy costs compared to other goods, tariffs make imports relatively more expensive. In economics’ parlance, tariffs are “supply shocks.” And because price adjustment is costly to firms in the short run, import prices…
[ad_1] A home is seen for sale on April 24, 2025 in Austin, Texas.Brandon Bell | Getty ImagesMortgage rates rose for the third straight week last week to the highest level since January, but some homebuyers were undeterred.Mortgage applications to purchase a home climbed 2% compared with the previous week and were 18% percent higher than the same week one year ago, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s seasonally adjusted index.This as the average contract interest rate for 30-year fixed-rate mortgages with conforming loan balances, $806,500 or less, increased to 6.98% from 6.92%, with points decreasing to 0.67 from 0.69,…
[ad_1] Image source: Getty Images It may surprise you to hear that the 114th largest company listed in the UK is Lion Finance Group (LSE:BGEO), formerly known as the Bank of Georgia Group. As its ranking suggests, it’s a constituent of the FTSE 250 — the 101st-350th largest companies on the stock exchange. However, it’s not hard to imagine this bank even reaching the FTSE 100 one day. The stock’s surged 630% over the past five years, and is up 72% over the past 12 months. Could it really happen? A Georgian bank on the FTSE 100 would be impressive…
[ad_1] Image source: Getty Images Aviva (LSE: AV) shares idled for years, but now it looks like they were only biding their time before the big push. Blue-chip FTSE 100 insurers are admired for the dividend income they pay, rather than share price growth. So we have to sit back and marvel at Aviva, which has delivered both in spades. Is this now a growth stock? The Aviva share price is up just over 27% in the last 12 months. Throw in the trailing yield of 5.8%, and the total return is close to 33%. Aviva hasn’t simply ridden a…