Image source: Getty Images GSK’s (LSE: GSK) share price has gained 20% from its 9 April one-year traded low of £12.42. One reason is the lack of extra US tariffs placed on UK pharmaceutical companies, as had been mooted. That said, this does remain a risk for the firm. Another reason is the reduction in litigation risk surrounding its Zantac product, although again a risk remains. This followed the October 2024 $2.2bn (£1.63bn) settlement by GSK that resolved 93% of lawsuits related to the drug. And I think the final reason has been very strong results from the company since…
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Image source: Getty Images While digging around the FTSE 250 for potential income shares this week, I stumbled across one stock that’s been on an incredible run. Anglo-Eastern Plantations‘ (LSE: AEP) quietly become one of the year’s best performers, soaring 105% since January. For a relatively small company with a market value of just over £325m, that’s no small feat. Founded in 1985 and headquartered in London, Anglo-Eastern owns and operates palm oil and rubber plantations across Indonesia and Malaysia. It’s far from a household name on the FTSE 250, yet the business has been drawing attention after a dramatic…
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Car culture has a higher body count than both World Wars combined. So why don’t we think of automobility in the same way we think about the bloody and destructive global conflicts that dominate the news — and what would it take to transform our streets into a tool to make our whole society more peaceful, rather than more violent? Today on The Brake, we sat down with PhD candidate Ashton Rohmer to talk about her fascinating new paper that looks at our transportation culture through a “peace and conflict studies” lens — and why car domination is a kind of warfare unto itself, even if…
Ministers have handed firms £6m in contracts to help devise plans to build a network of new NHS clinics using private capital, despite fears the move could turn into a PFI-style disaster.The Department of Health and Social Care has awarded contracts worth £3m each to the management consultants Deloitte and the lawyers Addleshaw Goddard. They are advising the DHSC on whether to use public-private partnerships (PPPs) to help build dozens of the promised “neighbourhood health centres” in England.The firms have been hired to help to develop the business case for pressing ahead with doing so, design what form any PPP…
At Climate Week NYC, the Carbon Data Open Protocol (CDOP) coalition unveiled Version 1.0 of its open-source data schema, a breakthrough aimed at reducing market fragmentation and scaling investment into carbon markets.The framework, developed with input from 37 organizations including Verra, South Pole, Isometric, and Kita, standardizes definitions for project location, details, and approach, helping align registries, platforms, and investors. Future versions will expand to cover the full lifecycle of carbon credits.Carbon credit data has long been siloed, with dozens of incompatible schemas creating inefficiencies and undermining investor confidence. “We’re already facing a shortage of carbon removal | RSS.comBy harmonizing…
Image source: Getty Images The FTSE 100 has been brushing up against record highs this year, a sign that global confidence is flowing back into equities. It’s an encouraging backdrop, but it also makes the hunt for cheap UK shares more difficult. With valuations stretched in some parts of the market, I think it’s wise to check out companies trading at discounts to their intrinsic value. The domestic economy still feels sluggish. Inflation remains sticky, and with consumers continuing to feel the effects of the cost-of-living crisis, there’s always the risk of a downturn. That’s why I’ve been weighing up…
Image source: Getty Images. When I look at the US stock market today, I see a market priced almost for perfection. According to most measures of market valuation, the US S&P 500 index is trading in the top 1% or 2% of its historical range. In other words, American stocks have been cheaper at least 98% of the time. Currently, the S&P 500 trades on 25.3 times trailing earnings and offers a dividend yield below 1.2% a year. To me, these are not the fundamentals of an undervalued market — quite the opposite, in fact. Meanwhile, the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite…
Image source: Getty Images What might an investment in Lloyds Banking Group (LSE: LLOY) shares be worth by the end of 2027? Bank valuations are tricky. But there are a few ways we might come up with some rough-and-ready predictions. Broker targets One is to check the current broker price target on the shares. Right now, there’s a high target of 103p — a nice 25% ahead of today. At the other end, someone has a 53p price on the stock, for a 35% fall. But seeing as no broker has Lloyds as a Sell, I suspect that’s just an…
Image source: Getty Images A second income that we don’t have to work for — isn’t that a nice dream? On top of other income we might have in retirement, £1,000 per month could make a very nice addition. I’m building a diversified collection of UK stocks in my Stocks and Shares ISA myself. However successful I am, I won’t have to pay tax when I withdraw money. If I make a million, there won’t be a single penny to pay to the inland revenue. If I pick a few lemons along the way and don’t do so well? At…