When Katie Wilson pulled off an upset win in the primary race to be Seattle’s next mayor, she set off a firestorm of speculation about whether the first-time candidate could persuade the public she was ready for office — and do it largely off the strength of a long resume as a transit organizer with no previous experience in electoral politics.Now that she’s poised to move into City Hall next month, some say the 43-year-old Transit Riders Union co-founder, renter, cyclist, bus rider, and mom has proved that running on a bold vision for transportation reform is a recipe for…
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Image source: Rolls-Royce plc It’s finally happened! The Rolls-Royce (LSE:RR) share price has begun slipping after years of uninterrupted growth. After a mind-boggling 700% rise over five years, this past month (November) saw the shares dip 10%. Does this mean it’s over for one of the FTSE 100′s longest rallies? Or could a shift in focus keep the share price rising? Let’s take a look at why Rolls has another trick up its sleeve. Nuclear ambitions Recently, Rolls has been shifting its focus away from aerospace in an attempt to boost revenues elsewhere. This ambitious new chapter in its corporate…
Image source: Getty Images Shares of Sheffield-based hydrogen energy business ITM Power (LSE: ITM) have been exploding! The price has doubled in a matter of months. Since March, the share price is up 167%. The firm has grown to such a size that it might soon be in contention to enter the FTSE 250 (it’s already bigger than many on that index). This all comes with the backdrop of an awful few years for the stock. Before this year’s run up, the shares had fallen by 96% in only four years. The current 71p share price looks like it might…
Image source: Getty Images To say 2025’s been a rough year for Greggs‘ (LSE:GRG) shares is a bit of an understatement. The once beloved UK bakery stock has seen its market-cap plummet by almost 44%, transforming a £5,000 investment into just £2,822. Slowing sales and rising costs have hampered the group’s financial performance. So it’s understandable why investor sentiment turned sour, especially given that Greggs’ shares used to trade at a premium valuation. However, with its price-to-earnings ratio now standing at just 11.4, could the market have overreacted and secretly made a stellar discounted buying opportunity? Bargain or trap? Throughout…
Image source: Getty Images I’ve been putting together a list of shares I’d like to buy when the stock market has its next meltdown. We may not see a full-on ‘crash’ any time soon, but I want to be ready to buy if volatility returns to the market and throws up some opportunities. Interested in seeing some of the stocks on my list? Here are three. A tech stock I already own When the stock market slumps, the best shares to buy are often the ones an investor already owns. If you know a company well and you’re optimistic about…
Image source: Getty Images Even with the FTSE 100 reaching a new record high this year, there are still plenty of cheap stocks for investors to capitalise on. And like many investors, institutional analysts have been busy investigating which companies are set for a terrific 2026 to advise their own portfolio managers and clients. This includes Deutsche Bank, which recently published a report that highlighted two UK businesses as being potentially perfectly positioned to outperform next year. That’s despite both having already surged by around 60% in the last 12 months. Let’s take a look. A British banking boom Deutsche’s…
Image source: Getty Images Large-cap FTSE shares have vastly outperformed this year, with the UK’s flagship FTSE 100 index reaching a new record high in November. And we’ve seen some massive winners since January, including: Fresnillo (LSE:FRES) – up 318%. Airtel Africa – up 172%. Rolls-Royce – up 78%. Sadly, as all experienced investors know, past performance rarely serves as a good indicator for future results. So the question is, can these winners and the market in general continue to maintain their momentum into 2026? Too late to buy? With economic uncertainty creeping in both here in the UK and…
Image source: Vodafone Group plc I’m thinking about selling my Vodafone (LSE:VOD) shares. I bought my first tranche in November 2022 at 99p. Fifteen months later, I added some more at 70p. With the shares now (8 December) changing hands for around 95p, it means I’ve finally broken even. But should I now bail out and buy another stock in the same sector? Of course, it’s easy to look back and say I should have bought something else. For example, since December 2022, the share price of Airtel Africa (LSE:AAF), the FTSE 100 mobile telecommunications provider, has risen 164%. This…
Image source: Ocado Group plc With Ocado’s (LSE:OCDO) share price falling over 90% since its high of September 2020, the group’s shareholders are used to bad news. And on 18 November, after the company issued an update on its partnership with Kroger, its market-cap fell 17.4%. To be honest, due to the group’s persistent losses, I’ve been sceptical about its generous stock market valuation. But even I acknowledge that it’s developed some clever technology. This means there’s probably going to come a time when its share price starts to recover. Are we there yet? US problems Kroger is America’s largest…
Image source: Getty Images Lion Finance Group (LSE:BGEO) is a stealthy FTSE 250 bank stock in more ways than one. Firstly, it was called Bank of Georgia until February 2025, so has probably flown under the radar of some investors since then. And second, after surging 95% in 2025, it now has a £4bn market cap, which puts it close to reaching the FTSE 100. Zooming out further, the share price is up nearly 700% in five years! But is this FTSE 250 bank stock still decent value after such massive outperformance? Unstable political environment As the old name indicated,…