[ad_1] Image source: Getty Images Michael Burry’s latest 13F reveals short positions in Nvidia and Palantir (NASDAQ:PLTR). Together, these seem to make up almost 80% of Scion Asset Management’s portfolio. Investors, however, need to be careful with interpreting this. My guess – and it is a guess – is that this isn’t the all-in bet against artificial intelligence (AI) stocks it looks like. Put options The two largest positions in Scion’s quarterly filing are put options. These give the holder the right to sell a stock at a certain strike price before a specified expiry date. Puts on Nvidia (66%)…
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[ad_1] Image source: Getty Images Rolls-Royce (LSE: RR.) shares have been an incredible investment recently. Anyone who bought them three years ago has made over 10 times their money! Could ChatGPT help us find the next multibagger? I put it to the test by asking it for five shares that could be the ‘next Rolls-Royce’… Rolls-Royce’s huge gains Before I list ChatGPT’s stock picks, it’s worth looking at how Rolls-Royce managed to generate such huge returns for investors in the space of three years. Ultimately, several factors led to the gains. First, the stock was well and truly out of…
[ad_1] Image source: Getty Images I asked ChatGPT to pick me a portfolio of five UK dividend shares. And just to make things interesting, I’m going to compare that with a portfolio of five income stocks selected by me. Starting today, I’ll track both, see what happens, and report back with the results in due course. I’m not putting my own money behind what ChatGPT says, but I’ll be keeping score. The portfolios Right then, let’s get to it. The rules are pretty straightforward – dividends are reinvested back into the shares of the companies they came from and the…
[ad_1] A boundary-pushing researcher and artist is using the power of sound to make communities more welcoming to people outside cars, and sparking a conversation about how tactical urbanism can engage all the senses to become a more powerful tool to reimagine public space.In a recent article published in City, Venice-based academic, musician, and sound artist Nicola Di Croce documented his 2022 effort to reimagine the sonic environment of Montreal’s Place de La Paix, in direct collaboration with residents themselves — and why other communities should add an auditory dimension to their “tactical urbanism” projects.Usually credited to Mike Lydon and…
[ad_1] Image source: Getty Images Growth stocks are typically defined as companies with higher-than-average earnings growth and a high return on equity (ROE). Unlike income stocks, they focus on reinvesting funds into the business rather than rewarding shareholders. Identifying stocks with decent growth potential can be more difficult than income stocks, as they don’t offer a strong indication of returns, like dividends. Choosing the best ones requires an extensive understanding of global market trends and careful analysis of company financials. Recently, London Stock Exchange Group announced it was working with Anthropic to bring financial data access to its artificial intelligence…
[ad_1] Image source: Rolls-Royce plc In October, the Rolls-Royce Holdings (LSE:RR.) share price fell 1.9%. At first glance, this seems pretty unremarkable. But when you consider this was only the seventh month-on-month fall since October 2022, it appears to have more significance. During 30 of the past 37 months, the aerospace and defence group’s share price has gone up. At the end of September 2022, its shares were changing hands for 69.59p. Today (4 November), one would cost around £11.40. That’s an astonishing increase of 1,538%. However, it’s now fallen during two of the past three months. Admittedly, not by…
[ad_1] Image source: Getty Images UK shares aren’t exactly known for trading at ambitious multiples. But some of the lowest valuations can be found outside the FTSE 100 and the FTSE 250. The Alternative Investment Market (AIM) was set up to support businesses in their early growth stages. A lot of the time though, investors systematically overlook these opportunities. Alternative investments The requirements for listing on AIM are lower than the main UK markets. So it provides opportunities for companies – and investors – that they wouldn’t otherwise have access to. Often though, AIM-listed companies get overlooked by institutions. One…
[ad_1] Image source: Getty Images The S&P 500 is full of world-class companies that have been brilliant long-term investments. In this index, it’s not hard to find companies that have returned 20% or more per year for investors over the last decade. Here, I’m going to highlight two high-quality S&P 500 companies I’ve been building positions in recently and plan to hold for the long term. These stocks have been excellent investments lately and I’m backing them to boost my retirement portfolio significantly over the next decade. A global transportation powerhouse First up, we have Uber (NYSE: UBER). It’s the…
[ad_1] Image source: Getty Images Food retailers and producers like Tesco (LSE:TSCO) can be the most reliable shares out there for passive income. As with any stock, they face internal and external threats that can impact profitability. Yet, the stable nature of food demand — we all need to eat regardless of any economic, political, or social crisis that comes along — means dividends on such shares can be far more resilient over time. That said, this FTSE 100 operator’s dividend record has been chequered over the last decade, as the chart below illustrates: Source: dividenddata.co.uk Plunging sales, balance sheet…
[ad_1] Image source: Rolls-Royce plc There’s really no contest — Rolls-Royce (LSE: RR.) shares have been the best FTSE 100 stock to hold in recent times. We’re talking about a 1,500% gain in just five years. But if history is any guide, every party must come to an end at some point. No share price heads upwards in a straight line, at least for very long. Does it make sense to say that investors are now holding a ticking time bomb? The only way is up (again)? At face value, the answer seems clear. Momentum is a powerful force in…