Image source: Getty Images The best time to buy shares is often when they’re trading at a discount. But sometimes there are good reasons why stocks fall sharply. WH Smith‘s (LSE:SMWH) stock crashed 42% on Thursday (21 August). I don’t think a £30m error justifies a £570m drop in the company’s market value, but that might not be the end of the issue. What’s the problem? The issue is the way WH Smith accounts for rebates and incentives from suppliers. Instead of spreading these over the life of the contract, it had booked them all immediately. As a result, the…
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Image source: Getty Images The Lloyds Banking Group (LSE: LLOY) share price has soared more than 50% year to date. Often when I see that happen, I’m looking for possible overvaluation and thinking whether it’s time to sell. And when it tops off a five-year spell that’s seen the shares treble in value, I do start to get a bit nervous. It’s tempting to look even further back, and realise that UK bank stocks are still way down on where they were before the 2008 financial crisis. In 2007, Lloyds shares reached over 400p. And we might even think we…
What would it take for the world of urbanist YouTube to better reflect the actual world of city-dwellers and the movement to make our communities more livable?For today’s Friday Video, we’re getting a little meta with this great analysis from Banks Rail, who breaks down why it’s imperative to give young people, women, and creators of color a bigger platform in the online urbanist conversation.Best of all? He went out and trained a group of talented New York City kids to make urbanist videos of their own, and gave them a space to share their creations with the world. They…
Image source: Getty Images With the US trade outlook shifting under renewed tariff threats from Donald Trump, investors may be rightly concerned that global stock markets are overheating. After all, tech valuations in particular look stretched, and the S&P 500 has surged well beyond its historical earnings multiple. However, this just means we need to look harder for undervalued stocks. With that in mind, here are two small-cap stocks that don’t appear undervalued. Synectics: solid growth, attractive value Synectics (LSE:SNX) delivered a 35% rise in first-half revenue to £35.5m and a 59% jump in adjusted earnings per share (EPS) to…
Image source: Getty Images Share prices often move most dramatically when companies release their quarterly earnings. And Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA) stock’s Q2 earnings are due on 27 August. That’s when investors find out whether a company’s outperforming, underdelivering, or simply meeting expectations. And when a company has rallied 30% year to date, like Nvidia, the bar for results day is set extremely high. Analysts expect revenue of $45.94bn and non-GAAP earnings per share of $1.01. For context, last quarter, Nvidia delivered $44.06bn in revenue — more than $800m ahead of estimates. Yet even that blowout wasn’t enough to spark a rise…
Image source: Getty Images The FTSE 100 continues to tear steadily higher in 2025, hitting new record peaks this week. At 9,280 points, the UK blue-chip share index has risen 12.4% since 1 January. Yet the Footsie remains a great place to pick up bargains, in my opinion. Whether based on price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio, price-to-book (P/B) multiple, or dividend yield, many quality companies continue to trade cheaply following years of underperformance. With this in mind, I believe Taylor Wimpey (LSE: TW.) is a high-yield dividend share that demands serious attention right now. At 9.2%, its forward dividend yield soars above…
Stock exchange market concept, Hand trader touch on digital tablet with graphs analysis candle line on the table in office, diagrams on screen. The FTSE 250 can be a great place to go hunting for growth shares. Comprising hundreds of top companies, this index of UK mid-cap shares gives diversified exposure across a range of industries. Investors must be mindful that growth stocks can be volatile when economic conditions worsen. What’s more, the FTSE 250 is also packed with businesses that are dependent on a strong British economy, creating some geographical risk. Still, investors can aim to manage this risk…
The Trump administration said Friday that it had taken a 10% stake in Intel, President Donald Trump’s latest extraordinary move to exert federal government control over private business. The United States will not seek direct representation on Intel’s board and pledged to vote with the current Board of Directors on matters requiring shareholder approval, “with limited exceptions,” according to a joint release from the Trump administration and Intel. The move also comes as the United States vies with China in the race to dominate the artificial intelligence industry.Trump also announced the deal on his Truth Social platform Friday, praising the…
Malaysia’s ban on exports of unprocessed rare earth metals this week signals that the Southeast Asian country has a realistic shot – on its own terms – at feeding the mineral-hungry United States amid its strained trade ties with the world’s dominant supplier, China, according to analysts.Kuala Lumpur will bar exports of unprocessed rare earth minerals, which are globally prized raw materials used in a range of electronic hardware, to keep supplies onshore for investment in downstream industries, a Malaysian official said this week.The country’s minister of investment, trade and industry, Tengku Zafrul Abdul Aziz, told the Malay Mail news…
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