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[ad_1] Image source: Getty Images Anyone who invested in Adobe (NASDAQ:ADBE) stock over the last five years is likely disappointed. While the share price hasn’t collapsed, an 8% increase versus the S&P 500‘s 117% is definitely underwhelming. However, while the stock price hasn’t moved much, the underlying business has continued making progress. And subsequently, shares are now trading at around half their historical valuation on a price-to-earnings basis. So does this mean Adobe’s a screaming buy right now? Let’s take a look at what the experts are saying. Growth on the horizon As of May, there are 41 institutional investors…

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[ad_1] Image source: Getty Images Rapid market growth means Britons now have thousands of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) to choose from. These span a variety of different asset classes and sub-sectors, allowing investors to effectively tailor their portfolios and capitalise on different growth opportunities. Gold ETFs have enjoyed especially strong interest over the past year as metal prices have exploded. But here’s another top commodity-based fund I think’s worth considering in June. Going grey Compared with gold, platinum’s price gains have been fairly modest in the year to date. Since 1 January, bullion’s leapt 23.1% in value and printed repeated record…

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[ad_1] Image source: Getty Images Games Workshop (LSE:GAW) is one of my top passive income stocks. The dividend yield might only be 3%, but the company has increased its distribution by an average of 23% per year since 2014. Despite this, the share price fell 5% in a day on Friday (23 May) when the firm issued its preliminary results for the year 2024/25. I thought the report looked good, so should I buy more for my portfolio? Growth Over the last 10 years, Games Workshop has achieved some eye-catching growth numbers. Revenues have climbed 342% – and the latest…

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[ad_1] (Bloomberg) — Most Read from Bloomberg Israel’s central bank is set to keep interest rates on hold for the 11th time in a row, amid increased military operations in Gaza and an uptick in inflation. The Bank of Israel will maintain its base rate at 4.5% on Monday, according to all analysts polled in a Bloomberg survey. The announcement will come against the backdrop of an acceleration in annual inflation. The rate rose to 3.6% last month from 3.3% in March. The April reading was the highest in eight months — barring January, when there was an hike in…

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[ad_1] Image source: Getty Images The last 12 months have been a market-beating ride for shareholders of Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META) stock. The social media and advertising enterprise has been exploring new technologies in recent years like artificial intelligence (AI) and the metaverse. While the latter hasn’t played out as well as management hoped, the group’s foray into AI has been delivering some pretty impressive results. Meta doesn’t disclose the exact revenue or profit figures from its AI products. However, a quick glance at the group’s performance since 2022 perfectly demonstrates the return on investment AI has provided. Following the privacy…

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[ad_1] Image source: Getty Images Back in the 2020 stock market crash, I feared Rolls-Royce Holdings (LSE: RR.) shares might fall to nothing. I saw a very real chance the company could go bust with the aviation halt seriously hurting its business and a huge debt mountain building. I got that wrong, didn’t I? The Rolls-Royce share price has soared 785% in the five years that followed. It’s a combined result from the stunningly fast development of Covid vaccines coupled with a first class workforce. And, of course, the drive that CEO Tufan Erginbilgiç has brought to the company. To…

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[ad_1] Image source: Getty Images BP (LSE: BP) shares used to be a portfolio must-have. In the second half of the 20th century, it was one of Britain’s biggest and brightest FTSE 100 blue-chips. A constant stream of dividends underpinned countless retirement incomes. The 21st century has been less kind. BP ended 1999 trading at 622p. Today, the share price sits below 360p. That’s a 42% drop over 25 years. It’s been hit from everything from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster and subsequent compensation blitz, to growing pressure on fossil fuel firms to decarbonise.  Management zig-zagged on strategy. The pivot…

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[ad_1] Image source: Getty Images Few companies have come close to delivering the returns generated by Palantir Technologies (NASDAQ:PLTR) stock over the last 12 months. The data analytics enterprise has seen its market-cap explode by 470% in just the last 12 months as management secures strategic government contracts and demand for its artificial intelligence (AI) solutions surges. So anyone who put £5,000 to work this time last year is now sitting on a pretty impressive £28,500 hoard. But could this be just the tip of the iceberg? More growth on the horizon In 2024, Palantir generated around $2.8bn in revenue.…

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