Image source: Getty Images Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOG) was a big stock market winner this week after the company’s Q3 earnings report on Wednesday (29 October). But not all is well in Silicon Valley. By contrast, Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META) saw its share price go the opposite way. And this tells investors something very important about the outlook for artificial intelligence (AI) stocks. Still growing, still spending Alphabet reported revenue growth of 16% in Q3. But the real highlight was its Google Cloud division, where sales came in 34% higher than the previous year. As a result, the firm increased its capital expenditure…
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Editor’s Note: This article was originally published in Transportation Alternatives’ Vision Zero Cities Journal. Transportation Alternatives is dedicated to fighting for better walking, biking, and public transit in New York City. “BICYCLIST HIT, KILLED BY VEHICLE ON THE NORTHEAST SIDE”, read the KSAT News headline on April 2, 2025. Tragic headlines like this are all too familiar in San Antonio and serve as a stark reminder of why we at the City’s Transportation Department do this work: to eliminate traffic deaths.To move this mission forward, we have crafted The Bike Network Plan (BNP), which was adopted by our City Council on January 30, 2025.…
Image source: Getty Images Generating a passive income from buying UK shares is my favourite way of building wealth over time. But that does not mean I just slavishly look for stocks with the highest yields. This is particularly the case when looking in the lower-tier FTSE 250 index, which tends to exhibit more volatility than the FTSE 100. Trading update One company that has caught my attention recently is asset management giant Aberdeen (LSE: ABDN). The woes affecting the business have been well documented. However, I am becoming increasingly optimistic about its prospects after years in the doldrums. Improving…
Image source: Getty Images FTSE 100 shares have a reputation for being less exciting than their S&P 500 counterparts. But I think a lot of investors have an exaggerated view in both directions. Outside a handful of explosive tech names, there’s not much growth coming from US stocks right now. And the UK has more in the way of exciting opportunities than you might think. Growth stocks Outside the collection of stocks known as the Magnificent Seven, earnings growth has been pretty weak recently. Analysts at JP Morgan are expecting growth to fall to around 3% in Q4. Source: JP…
Ankara (dpa) – Federal Chancellor Friedrich Merz offered to Turkey that he would like to deepen bilateral relations. “We as Germans and Europeans need to strengthen our strategic partnerships. And this definitely has to include a good and even deeper partnership with Turkey,” he said in a joint press conference with Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara. “Let us make even better use of the enormous potential offered by our relations in the months and years ahead,” Merz said. The Federal Chancellor described the connection between Germany and Turkey as “uniquely broad and deep”. Merz promised Erdogan that Germany would be…
Image source: Getty Images Billionaire investor Warren Buffett has long stated he has little interest in gold. As a value investor, he’s often highlighted that despite its popularity, gold’s an unproductive asset that doesn’t generate any cash flows. Yet since the start of 2025, prices have surged 56.4%, from $2,601 per ounce all the way to a record $4,069. And that’s after the shiny yellow metal suffered a sudden drop in recent weeks. So is Buffett wrong? I don’t think so. Demand for gold’s driven by fear, not fundamentals. And while it’s performing well as a short-term hedge against inflation,…
Image source: Getty Images Legal & General (LSE:LGEN) shares are one of the hottest passive income stocks in the FTSE 100 right now. The insurance giant’s taken the lead with the highest dividend yield in the UK’s flagship index at a staggering 8.9%. By comparison, the average currently sits closer to 3.1%. And in terms of income, that’s the difference between earning £1,780 and just £620 a year from a £20,000 initial investment. However, as experienced income investors know, a high yield isn’t always a good thing. That’s because the higher the payout, the greater the chance of a dividend…
Image source: Getty Images Over the last 24 months, the value of my Self-Invested Personal Pension (SIPP) has soared. Whereas it was worth five figures two years ago, it’s now comfortably in six-figure territory. Now, regular contributions have definitely played a role in the growth of my account – I’ve been disciplined here. But the real gains have come from my investments, some of which have generated prolific returns. A legendary growth stock Let’s start with Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA), because it’s currently showing huge gains in my SIPP. Over the period in question, it has risen around five-fold. So, it’s…
Image source: Getty Images Nearly three years since ChatGPT’s launch sparked an AI-fuelled stock market frenzy, chipmaker Nvidia has become the first company to reach a $5trn valuation. Astonishingly, this figure matches Germany’s GDP. Naturally, investors are drawing parallels between today’s stock market and the dot-com bubble that popped in 2000. So, are we witnessing speculative mania, or is this just the dawn of the AI growth story? Since it was the catalyst for the hype, I thought it fitting to ask ChatGPT itself. Boom, euphoria…panic? The chatbot immediately flagged signs of a possible bubble. ChatGPT cited AI companies’ extremely…
Image source: Britvic (copyright Evan Doherty) I see the possible benefits of long-term investment very clearly. Still, it is not always easy to think for the long term. Right now there look to be some great short-term opportunities fizzling in the market. So should I really be spending my time investing in a US stock that potentially has a long road ahead of it to persuade Wall Street that it deserves a higher valuation? I think the answer is yes. After all, that is precisely what long-term investing is all about. The US stock in question is yoga wear retailer…