[ad_1] Image source: Getty Images Back in December, the price of Google parent Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) was quite a bit higher than it is now. Even after some recent rises, Alphabet stock is still 17% cheaper now than it was in December. I have been looking for cheap tech stocks to buy and Alphabet is not the only one that has caught my eye. While Microsoft is close to an all-time high, Nvidia is below recent highs, and Meta is 14% cheaper than in December. These are no longer the sort of potential bargains we saw last month,…
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[ad_1] The stock market has been on a tear for much of the past decade, with annualized returns of more than 12 percent for the S&P 500 as of May 2025. Over the same time, interest rates have mostly hovered near record lows, which may have caused stock allocations to increase in retirees’ portfolios as investors chased higher returns in the stock market. So how much should you have invested in stocks once you’re retired? Here’s how to think about asset allocation during retirement and the risks of having too much allocated to equities. Need expert guidance when it comes…
[ad_1] Image source: Getty Images Lots of people dream of making riches in the stock market. Yet for a variety of reasons, many of them never get anywhere close. A lot do not even put a penny in. Yet, with the right approach and timeframe, the stock market can turn out to be a very lucrative place for some investors. Here is how someone with no prior market experience could start investing this month — and aim for a million. Setting realistic goals To be clear, I am not talking here about putting £1,000 into the stock market and it…
[ad_1] Image source: Getty Images BP (LSE: BP.) shares had a terrible time in 2020. We had the Covid pandemic and a stock market crash, but that wasn’t all. The company chose that year to announced its net-zero ambitions. Yes, one of the world’s biggest oilies planned “net-zero on carbon in BP’s oil and gas production on an absolute basis by 2050 or sooner”. That’s what it said at the time, telling us it would need a “50% cut in the carbon intensity of products BP sells by 2050 or sooner”. Might as well get the scary news out while…
[ad_1] Image source: Getty Images Billionaire investor Warren Buffett is a big shareholder in Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL). It is the largest publicly listed shareholding owned by his company Berkshire Hathaway. But over the past 18 months, Buffett has sold large amounts of his Apple stock. Should I buy some of it, especially as the price is now 21% cheaper than it was in December? Large, resilient market When investing in a business I look at how big the potential market it serves is. It does not necessarily need to be huge, but I want it to be big enough that…
[ad_1] Image source: Getty Images Bloomsbury Publishing (LSE:BMY) is a relatively recent addition to the FTSE 250. But the stock fell almost 20% after the firm’s full-year results before going on to finish the week 20% down. While the last year was a difficult one for the company in terms of its financial performance, I think there are a number of reasons to be positive. And investors might not have to wait around too long. Weak results In the 12 months leading up to the end of February 2025, Bloomsbury’s revenues climbed 5%. By itself, that’s not a bad result,…
[ad_1] Image source: Getty Images By leveraging the power of a Stocks and Shares ISA, investors can set themselves on a tremendous wealth-building journey. That’s because any capital gains or dividends earned within this investing vehicle are entirely tax-free. And while investors are restricted to adding an extra £20,000 to work each tax year, that’s more than enough to establish a substantial portfolio. Of course, it all depends on where this money’s invested. Please note that tax treatment depends on the individual circumstances of each client and may be subject to change in future. The content in this article is…
[ad_1] Image source: The Motley Fool Over the last 60 years, billionaire investor Warren Buffett has given plenty of advice to novice and expert investors alike. And by practising what he preaches, his investment firm Berkshire Hathaway has invested in a wide range of top-notch companies that have paved the way to market-beating returns. Timeless investing wisdom While there are countless lessons to be drawn from Buffett’s annual shareholder letters, the three most prominent, in my opinion, are: “Be fearful when others are greedy and greedy when others are fearful”. “It’s far better to buy a wonderful company at a…
[ad_1] Image source: Getty Images Over the last six months, the FTSE All Share has delivered a respectable 6% for holders of these UK shares. That’s even after the stock market threw a tantrum in early April following the announcement of US tariffs. However, despite this overall upward trajectory, not every constituent has been so fortunate. Some of the worst-performing British stocks in 2025 include: Videndum (LSE:VID) – down 69% Mobico Group – down 66% Petrofac – down 65% Severfield – down 64% John Wood Group – down 52% In many cases, when a stock sees more than half its…
[ad_1] The US dollar is under pressure as global investors grow increasingly wary of America’s fiscal trajectory. Once seen as a reliable safe haven, the greenback is now facing renewed skepticism, with strategists telling Yahoo Finance that capital is shifting toward undervalued currencies in Europe and Asia amid expectations of foreign stimulus and more attractive valuations abroad. The US Dollar Index (DX-Y.NYB) — which tracks the dollar’s value against a basket of major currencies including the euro, Japanese yen, British pound, Canadian dollar, Swedish krona, and Swiss franc — has dropped more than 8% since the start of the year,…