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[ad_1] Image source: Getty Images I’ve said this once or twice, but I never quite got the hype about Greggs (LSE:GRG) shares. The stock has been on two significant rallies since the pandemic, with its valuation looking incredibly stretched at points, especially for a purveyor of sausage rolls. However, things aren’t looking so rosy anymore. After the firm released a less-than-inspiring guidance, the stock fell. In fact, Greggs shares are down 32% over six months. This also means the stock’s now down 11% over five years. As such, a £10,000 investment five years ago would be worth around £8,900 today.…

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[ad_1] (Bloomberg) — BlackRock Inc., the world’s largest asset manager, now wants to be a financier for private equity and alternative investment firms. Most Read from Bloomberg Fresh off a year of almost $30 billion of deals to become a force in managing private credit, financial data and infrastructure assets, Chief Financial Officer Martin Small is starting to sketch out a plan that goes beyond investing client money to include managing capital for alternatives firms. “One of the really important things we want to grow is in the private equity space,” Small said Tuesday at the Bank of America Corp.…

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[ad_1] Investment in large-scale wind and solar in Australia has reached its highest level in six years, with $9bn in capital committed to projects in 2024, new industry data shows.According to the Clean Energy Council, financial commitments were made for 4,346MW of new renewable capacity last year. This was the highest level of investment the sector had seen since 2018, when industry was delivering on the bipartisan Renewable Energy Target.The strong result was boosted by the final quarter, which saw seven large-scale projects – totalling 1,598MW of new capacity and $2.4bn in capital investment – gain financial commitment.The Albanese government…

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[ad_1] Image source: Getty Images Earlier this week, I noticed that the Lloyds Banking Group (LSE: LLOY) share price was closing in on its 52-week high. As I write, shares in the Black Horse bank are trading at 63.68p, just 1.5% below their one-year peak of 64.67p, hit on 5 August 2024. The Lloyds share price thrashes the FTSE 100 With the bank’s stock riding high, the group is now valued at £38.63bn, more than 2.5 times its five-year low during Covid-hit 2020. The recent price strength was boosted by a strong surge since 10 January 2025, when it leapt…

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[ad_1] Chinese EV giant BYD is in talks with European automakers to create a carbon credit pool. This effort helps traditional carmakers meet strict EU emissions standards. It also helps them avoid large fines starting in 2025.Reuters reported that BYD’s special adviser for Europe, Alfredo Altavilla, confirmed the talks at an event in Italy. However, he did not provide specific details.EU Tightening Grip on Light-Duty Vehicle EmissionsThe EU aims to cut CO2 emissions from light-duty vehicles. This goal is part of their plan to fight climate change. Automakers are required to cut emissions significantly by 2025 compared to 2021 levels.…

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[ad_1] BEIJING — Chinese businesses are tapping DeepSeek’s newest artificial intelligence model to see how it can improve productivity.The Chinese AI model took the world by storm in recent weeks after showcasing its reasoning process and claims to undercut rival OpenAI’s ChatGPT on cost — despite U.S. restrictions on Chinese access to the advanced semiconductors needed to develop the tech.Eight automakers including BYD, at least nine financial securities companies, three state-owned telecommunications operators and smartphone brand Honor are among the many that have rushed in the last week to integrate with DeepSeek. Cloud computing operators Alibaba, Huawei, Tencent and Baidu…

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[ad_1] In the latest installment of Yahoo Finance’s weekly ETF Report, BlackRock Global Co-Head of Bond ETFs Steve Laipply sits down with Seana Smith and Madison Mills to talk about the ways fixed-income investors can approach the bond market (^TYX, ^TNX, ^FVX) as yields surge over January’s hotter-than-expected Consumer Price Index (CPI) data. “When you have volatile days like this, you’re really more focused on the coupons you’re clipping rather than the price action. And, so that’s something that we’ve been talking about and we’ve been expecting volatility like this,” Laipply explains, commenting on how markets are still pricing in…

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[ad_1] Introduction Welcome to the qualifying round of the 2022 US Investment Olympics. The goal of the games is simple: beat the S&P 500, either by generating higher returns or playing dirty and going for higher risk-adjusted returns.  Let the games begin! Qualifications Like the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, the US Investment Olympics are not easy to qualify for. Mutual funds are automatically barred from participation: Their fees are just too high for them to have a realistic shot against the S&P 500. Hedge funds have even higher fees and theoretically should be hedged, so they can’t compete with…

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[ad_1] The Trump trade that boosted markets at the end of last year is faltering in 2025.Moves in stocks, bond yields, and the dollar have either stalled or gone against expectations.Flip-flopping messaging on tariffs has shifted views on the direction of rates and inflation.The so-called Trump trade that boosted markets at the end of last year has floundered so far in 2025.Investor bets for President Donald Trump’s second term were rooted in assumptions that stocks would soar on lower taxes and regulation and that rates and inflation would creep up as tariffs led to higher costs for consumers. The dollar,…

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