Image source: Getty Images We’re approaching February and many investors will be looking at stocks to buy during the month. It can be quite a healthy investment strategy to invest in one or two companies every month, thus spreading some of the risk associated with market timing and helping to smooth out volatility over the longer term. Rather than attempting to predict short-term market movements, this approach encourages a steady accumulation of high-potential investment — be that a reflection on growth opportunities, valuation mismatch, or dividends. So what’s on my radar? Well, I can’t cover the whole market. So I start…
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Image source: Getty Images As the only standalone wine producer listed in London, Chapel Down (LSE:CDGP) is a rare UK stock. However, it’s also a small one with a £66m market cap, so doesn’t get much attention from institutional investors. Indeed, Chapel Down has attracted just one share price target from its house broker. But it’s worth noting that this is 57p, an enticing 47% above the current price. So, might this penny stock be worth a look? Solid sales growth Believe it or not, England is currently the world’s fastest-growing wine region. As the climate shifts, the South is starting…
Time to rethink AI exposure, deployment, and strategy This week, Yann LeCun, Meta’s recently departed Chief AI Scientist and one of the fathers of modern AI, set out a technically grounded view of the evolving AI risk and opportunity landscape at the UK Parliament’s APPG Artificial Intelligence evidence session. APPG AI is the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Artificial Intelligence. This post is built around Yann LeCun’s testimony to the group, with quotations drawn directly from his remarks. His remarks are relevant for investment managers because they cut across three domains that capital markets often consider separately, but should not: AI…
Image source: Getty Images The idea of earning passive income from a Stocks and Shares ISA is a pretty simple one. Many large, successful companies pay shareholders cash in the form of dividends. So by investing an ISA in a mixture of high-quality dividend shares, it ought to be possible to earn some passive income on a regular basis. As with any passive income plan, there could be bumps along the road. No dividend is ever guaranteed to last. That is why such a plan envisages diversifying across different companies and always paying close attention to the quality of each…
This week on the Talking Headways podcast, I’m joined by Danny Pearlstein of Riders Alliance, New York City’s premiere transit advocacy group, to talk about the one year anniversary of congestion pricing in the Big Apple. We chat about the history of the idea, the mobilization of activists to turn the cameras on and sour grapes from New Jersey and U.S. DOT.Scroll past the audio player below for a partial edited transcript of the episode — or click here for a full, AI-generated (and typo-ridden) readout.Jeff Wood: I also want to ask you about the organizing and the activism of it all, because I think…
Image source: Getty Images So far this month we have already seen the FTSE 100 hit a new all-time high, moving past the 10,000 mark for the first time in its history. Should that set alarm bells ringing? After all, the British economy is not exactly on fire, yet the leading index of blue-chip London-listed shares is going gangbusters. I continue to think there is potentially good value in both the FTSE 100 and FTSE 250 index. I have already bought some FTSE shares for my Self-Invested Personal Pension (SIPP) this year – here is why I think this market…
Image source: Getty Images Three years ago, I went hunting for the best British stocks to buy for my new Self-Invested Personal Pension. I’d only just set up my SIPP, using the proceeds from three legacy stakeholder and company schemes, and had a serious lump of money to deploy. It was an exciting moment. I picked some real winners, including Costain Group, Just Group and Rolls-Royce Holdings, all of which are up around 180% since I bought them. Inevitably, there have been some disappointments. I snapped up spirits giant Diageo and ‘King of Trainers’ JD Sports Fashion after their shares…
Image source: Getty Images How handy would a £500 weekly second income be for you? It’d make my life a lot more comfortable, which is why I invest any spare cash I have in the stock market. Why wouldn’t I? The UK is famous for its strong dividend culture, backed by its huge selection of mature, market-leading, and financially robust companies. AJ Bell expects FTSE 100 companies alone to pay a stunning £80.7bn worth of dividends for 2025. But how much would one need to invest in UK shares for a £500 passive income each week? Let’s take a look.…
Image source: Getty Images The annual ISA deadline is fast approaching, giving investors the chance to tuck away up to £20,000 before midnight on 5 April. It’s an unmissable opportunity for anyone looking to harness the wealth-building power of FTSE 100 and FTSE 250 shares, free of tax inside a Stocks and Shares ISA. Please note that tax treatment depends on the individual circumstances of each client and may be subject to change in future. The content in this article is provided for information purposes only. It is not intended to be, neither does it constitute, any form of tax…
Image source: Getty Images The red-hot Lloyds (LSE: LLOY) share price has lit up my SIPP since I added the FTSE 100 bank in early 2023. My shares are up around 125% since then, of which 70% came in the last 12 months. With dividends reinvested, my total return is now more than 140%. It’s a great example of how supposedly old-school, blue-chip stocks like Lloyds can deliver both income and growth when events go their way. But I’m not daft. It won’t always be like this. As always with shares, there are ups and downs. So have Lloyds investors had their…