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. It’s no secret that the United States has a fatal love affair with speed. And our overly permissive relationship directly leads to over 11,000 deadly crashes on our roads every year. Hit by a vehicle going 20 mph, a pedestrian has an 18% chance of death or serious injury. Yet, hit at 40 mph, that same pedestrian suffers a 77% likelihood of death or serious injury. Every mile per hour counts when it…
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Image source: Getty Images Despite ongoing fears about a stock market crash, the FTSE 100 continues to break new highs. Last week Thursday (23 October), it once again cracked a new record above 9,570 points. This marked another milestone in what’s been an impressive rally, supported by strong earnings, rising energy prices, and positive investor sentiment amid a stable inflation outlook. What’s driving the rally? The stellar performance has been boosted primarily by surging oil stocks such as BP and Shell, which gained after the US imposed new sanctions on Russian oil majors Rosneft and Lukoil. These geopolitical developments lifted…
Image source: Getty Images The London Stock Exchange is filled with tremendous dividend stocks creating lucrative passive income opportunities for investors. However, very few businesses come close to spending the most on dividends than NatWest Group (LSE:NWG). With a dividend yield of only 4.6% it may not seem like the biggest dividend-payer out there. But in the last five years, shareholders have received more than £9bn in payouts. And at the same time, the bank stock’s also shot up by 314%. Combined, it means that anyone who invested £10,000 back in October 2020 is now sitting on close to £56,386…
Image source: Getty Images With UK stocks reaching record highs in 2025, several FTSE 250 businesses have been on a bit of a rampage. And yet the index as a whole has been rather lacklustre. Since the start of the year, index investors have earned a mediocre 6%. Dividends push this to 10.4%, but that’s still behind the FTSE 100’s 17.7% gain over the same period. That’s the difference between having £55,200 and £58,850 on an initial £50,000 investment. But for some stock pickers, the story’s very different. Some FTSE 250 enterprises are on fire this year. Goodwin (LSE:GDWN) shares…
Image source: Getty Images FTSE 100 tech stock London Stock Exchange Group‘s (LSE: LSEG) found its momentum again. After falling to near £80 in September, it’s soared back up to £98 in the blink of an eye. I think this may actually be the last chance for investors to snap it up below £100. Because City analysts see it going much higher over the next 12 months, or so. Why the share price fell There were two main reasons LSEG shares recently fell. One was that the stock was dragged down by the ‘AI’s going to eat software’ narrative. The…
Image source: Getty Images I believe Greggs (LSE:GRG) shares have been vastly overvalued for some time and the collapse over the past 12 months reflects a fall closer to fair value. But the big question is: where will the stock be in one year’s time? Well, I thought I’d put the question to ChatGPT. After all, artificial intelligence has come a long way in recent years. Having asked ChatGPT about several stocks over the past week, I wasn’t overly surprised by its nuanced and analyst-led response when I asked it about Greggs. The AI platform started by noting that any…
Image source: Getty Images I’m happy to report that my favourite FTSE 100 growth stock has had a bumpy few years. Why would I want it to struggle? Because it finally gave me the buying opportunity I’d been waiting for. The company in question is London Stock Exchange Group (LSE: LSEG), which sells financial data, trading and clearing services to global investors. Its shares have powered ahead for years, making them expensive and keeping me on the sidelines. Big FTSE 100 winner For a long time, they traded on a lofty price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of around 35, scaring me away. As a rule, I…
Image source: Getty Images Despite a reversal this week following withdrawals from gold-backed ETFs, gold prices are still up around 55% since the start of the year. And there are several reasons for this, including the war in Ukraine and US-China trade tensions. Investors looking for opportunities need to think about what might be coming next. And the biggest issue at the moment is the potential debasement of the US dollar. What is debasement? Debasement happens when the policies of a government or central bank cause the value of its currency to fall. And investors are concerned about the US…
Image source: Getty Images Right now, you can’t move for headlines of an AI-induced stock market bubble and impending crash. But this has got me thinking: to what extent will UK shares be able to weather the storm? Not a chance My initial response is that stocks on this side of the pond will likely sink in tandem with those in the US. After all, many of our biggest companies — those in the FTSE 100 — generate the majority of their money overseas. So, they are heavily exposed to many of the same variables and cycles as stocks elsewhere.…
Image source: Getty Images What is the best FTSE 100 stock? The ISA millionaires might want to weigh in on the subject. A recent report found there are now over 4,000 of these ISA millionaires – Britons who have invested their way to £1m or more in a Stocks and Shares ISA. While the ISAs themselves are private, sometimes brokers reveal the broad trends across all of these accounts. One report from AJ Bell did just that, showing the most held stocks inside these accounts, including the top FTSE 100 stock. Numero uno The number one ISA millionaire stock? That…