Every Tuesday, we get an expert to answer your financial problems or consumer disputes – you can WhatsApp us here or email moneyblog@sky.uk. Today’s problem is…I was driving from Portsmouth to Guildford when my vehicle suddenly lost power in the fast lane of the M275. I managed to coast to the hard shoulder of an elevated section of the motorway. I called RAC and told them I was not in a safe place, but they took almost four hours to come rescue me and tow my vehicle. While I was waiting, two other vehicles collided while trying to avoid my broken down car. I…
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Kazatomprom, the world’s largest uranium producer and Kazakhstan’s national atomic company, has released its financial and production results for the first half of 2025. Despite reporting a sharp fall in profits compared to last year, the state-owned miner is sticking to its production guidance for the year and maintaining a cautious but stable outlook for the future. Kazatomprom’s Profit and Revenue Decline in H1 2025 Kazatomprom’s consolidated revenue for the first half of 2025 was 660.2 billion tenge ($1.2 billion), down 6% from 2024 due to lower sales volumes. This shows Kazatomprom kept costs under control and improved core profitability…
Image source: Getty Images Investors holding Filtronic (LSE:FTC) in their Stocks and Shares ISA portfolios have been pretty happy lately. The stock’s up 87% so far in 2025, and 1,500% over five years. Elon Musk gets a lot of bad press these days, but his satellite and space exploration company SpaceX has undoubtedly been great news for Filtronic shareholders. Indeed, the share price jumped another 8% today (26 August). The question now is, does surging Filtronic stock still merit consideration for an ISA? Record order For those unfamiliar, Filtronic makes specialist radio frequency technology for the space, aerospace and defence,…
Image source: Getty Images Some FTSE 250 stocks are on higher forecast dividend yields than the best in the FTSE 100 these days. NextEnergy Solar Fund (LSE: NESF) is one, topping mid-cap dividends with a cracking 12%. NextEnergy has lifted its annual dividends every year since floating in 2014. And forecasts show it edging up to 12.3% by 2027. Future dividends can’t be guaranteed. And the high yield is partly due to a 34% share price fall over the past five years. I can see a few possible reasons for that. Shifting sentiment Enthusiasm for alternative energy stocks has worn…
Metals recyclers are at loggerheads with the British steel industry over a call to limit lucrative scrap exports so steel can be reused by UK furnaces.The British Metals Recycling Association (BMRA) claims a ban on scrap steel exports to less wealthy countries could cost £5bn in lost economic activity and as many as 20,000 jobs. Steelmakers in the UK are keen to retain the metal to melt down into new steel.The bulk of the 5.6m tonnes of steel made in the UK in 2023 was made in Port Talbot and Scunthorpe, in carbon-heavy blast furnaces that rely on iron ore…
Image source: Getty Images The Bunzl (LSE: BNZL) share price has had a tough ride in 2025, down 24% since the start of the year. But it’s been picking up a bit in the past couple of weeks. And on Tuesday (26 August), the stock gained 4% in early trading on the back of a relatively upbeat first-half report. April brought a profit warning, based on toughening conditions in the firm’s North American markets — with revenue softness, operating margin pressure, and “amplified challenges specific to our largest business, which primarily services foodservice and grocery customers.” Bunzl lowered its 2025…
Image source: Sam Robson, The Motley Fool UK NIO (NYSE:NIO) stock‘s jumped 37% in just seven trading days. Now at $6, this means the Chinese electric vehicle (EV) firm’s up 51% over the past year. Zooming further out however, the share price is still 67% lower than it was five years ago. Not great. I’ve long thought that NIO was a candidate for a barnstorming comeback, assuming it can turn profitable. Here, I want to take a look at why the stock is up and whether the investment case has improved enough to warrant me taking a position. Why’s NIO…
Image source: Getty Images A Self-Invested Personal Pension (SIPP) is the perfect vehicle for long-term investors. That’s because the money can’t be accessed until age 55 (57 from April 2028). The benefit is that compounding can happen over many years, with SIPPs eliminating the temptation to sell shares to fund something (cruise holiday/Christmas/new car, etc). As Charlie Munger said: “The first rule of compounding is to never interrupt it unnecessarily.” Of all the shares in the FTSE 100, I reckon Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust (LSE: SMT) is the most suitable for a SIPP. Here are five reasons why. 1. Long-term perspective Scottish…
Image source: Getty Images One of the most appealing things about the UK stock market is its reputation for generous dividends. Right now, there are plenty of shares trading on low valuations while offering chunky yields. For income-focused investors, that combination can be particularly attractive. To gauge whether a share is undervalued, I usually start with ratio metrics such as price-to-earnings (P/E) or price-to-sales (P/S). A low multiple compared with peers can often signal that the market’s overlooking a stock’s potential. The trick, of course, is figuring out whether there’s a realistic path to recovery. With that in mind, here…
Image source: Getty Images Shares in Greggs (LSE:GRG) have fallen around 20% over the past three years. A £10,000 investment made in August 2022 would now be worth around £8,000, with the share price under pressure from a mix of slowing growth, rising costs, and macroeconomic challenges. Slowing growth While total sales and store openings have continued to grow — with the portfolio now extending to more than 2,600 locations — like-for-like (LFL) sales momentum has weakened sharply. Greggs reported 13.7% LFL growth in 2023, but this slowed to just 2.6% by the first half of 2025. For a business that has…