[ad_1] Image source: Getty Images Ceres Power Holding (LSE: CWR) topped the FTSE 250 in October with a storming 90% price jump. Most of the gain even came before the company rejoined the FTSE 250 on 30 October. What a way to make a comeback! Ceres develops fuel cell technology, and has had a few false starts so far. The share price is still down about 80% since its five-year high in early 2021. So what’s behind this new potential kickstart? It’s the same thing that’s powered Nvidia to a $5trn market-cap. We’re talking artificial intelligence (AI). Fuel cell boost…
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[ad_1] There has not been a stock like Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) in history. That may sound like a bold claim, even given the chip company’s 1,294% gain in value on the stock market over the past five years. But it is true: Nvidia is the first listed business ever to achieve a market capitalisation of $5trn. That has been the stuff of dreams for many long-term Nvidia stockholders, I am sure. But could there be a catch? Is this a bubble set to implode? First, consider the Nvidia price itself, aside from the wider market (though in reality they are…
[ad_1] Over recent days, Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) stock hit a new all-time high. In fact, Amazon’s long-term performance has been nothing short of spectacular. Its share price gain means that $1 invested in Amazon when it listed in 1997 is now worth over $2,800. Sure, there are still no dividends. With that sort of price gain, though, I doubt many shareholders are bothered. In fact, they may well prefer Amazon to keep doing what it has been doing with its spare cash: investing it in further business growth, rather than using it to fund dividends. Having recently hit an all-time…
[ad_1] Image source: Britvic (copyright Chris Saunders 2020) Diageo (LSE:DGE) shares have lost more than half their value since the turn of 2022. Not only is this bad in itself, but during this time the FTSE 100 index has jumped around 30%. In other words, investors could have made far better returns elsewhere in the FTSE 100 over this period. And for the record, I’m speaking from (painful) experience, as I owned Diageo in my own Stocks and Shares ISA until the start of this year. However, since I pulled the plug, shares of the spirits giant have fallen another…
[ad_1] Private markets, once outlier investments with a manageable set of underlying financial instruments, are growing more complex with each passing quarter. These markets now sit at the center of institutional portfolios and have evolved into a sprawling ecosystem of private credit, continuation funds, royalties, and infrastructure with assets exceeding $17 trillion. The breakneck pace of new strategies and new structures has created a deluge of information and data even the best-resourced limited partner (LP) teams struggle to process. Amid this scale and complexity, most LP teams still rely on fragmented workflows: spreadsheets, PDFs, scattered notes, and disjointed data platforms.…
[ad_1] Image source: The Motley Fool Warren Buffett is into his final quarter as CEO at Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.B). And Berkshire’s third-quarter update shows its cash climbing to a record $382bn. The cash mountain has been growing for some time, as Buffett has been a net seller of stocks. It seems that continued into Q3, and we should have details of the quarter’s major trades by 14 November. An easier natural disaster season than last year helped the insurance sector. And underwriting income climbed 216% from the same quarter a year ago, to $2.37bn. Once again, Berkshire didn’t buy…
[ad_1] Image source: Getty Images With so many things — including our very own FTSE 100 — hitting fresh record highs in 2025, it was inevitable that concerns about markets overheating would arise. So, I decided to ask ChatGPT which stocks are the most vulnerable to a crash. The AI bot’s top four suggestions were as follows: Royal Dutch Shell Glencore Barclays Melrose Industries But I think the fifth name put forward is particularly interesting. Surely some mistake? British Airways owner International Consolidated Airlines (LSE: IAG) shares have taken off in 2025. We’re talking about a gain of 40%. It’s…
[ad_1] Image source: Getty Images The Palantir (NASDAQ:PLTR) share price pushed up, hovered around parity, and eventually pushed down in after-hours trading on Monday 3 November. The share price action followed the company’s third-quarter earnings. The company impressively beat expectations, but clearly not by enough to impress the market — this is weird phenomenon that has become more common since the AI boom. To be precise, Palantir reported third-quarter earnings per share (EPS) of $0.21, beating estimates by $0.04, on revenue of $1.18bn — up 62.6% year over year and $90m ahead of expectations. Those are really good figures. But…
[ad_1] Image source: Getty Images Even the most casual observer of FTSE 100 stocks can’t have failed to notice the rise and rise of Rolls-Royce in recent years. Its shares have pretty much doubled in value again in 2025. But there are other members of the UK’s top index that make this incredible return look a bit less impressive. Massive growth Telecommunications and mobile money specialist Airtel Africa (LSE: AAF) is one example. Its stock has now appreciated by almost 150% in the year so far. A fair proportion of this only came at the end of October, following a…
[ad_1] Image source: Getty Images One of my standout passive-income stocks remains Phoenix Group Holdings (LSE: PHNX). Passive income is money made with little effort on the part of the investor, of course. From 2020 to 2024 inclusive, it respectively generated annual average dividend yields of 6.8%, 7.5%, 8.3%, 9.8%, and 10.6%. Over the past year, its dividend yield has fallen somewhat. This is because a stock’s yield moves in the opposite direction to its price. And in Phoenix’s case, its price has jumped 42% from its 13 January one-year traded low of £4.75. Nonetheless, it is still yielding 8%…