Image source: Getty Images Both the FTSE 100 and S&P 500 have notched record highs this week. Consequently, a lot of investors will have been making tidy returns in their Stocks and Shares ISA portfolios. However, it can be a smart move to keep an eye on valuations. After the strong bull run in recent weeks, many growth shares are trading for lofty prices. But there are still pockets of value about, in my opinion, presenting potential opportunities. Here are a pair of stocks that I reckon are worth looking at right now. AI-powered stock Let’s start with the larger…
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Image source: Getty Images I think these growth shares demand serious consideration from Stocks and Shares ISA investors. Here’s why. Glencore Glencore (LSE:GLEN) shares have recovered strongly from April’s multi-year lows. They’ve been propelled by a wave of positive news on Chinese metals demand. Mining stocks are soaring after China announced plans to build a new, vast hydroelectric dam in Tibet. This follows the government’s pledge to redevelop the country’s sprawling shantytowns. With US trade tensions also receding, the earnings outlook for commodities stocks looks brighter than it was a few months back. That’s not to say there aren’t still…
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Pearland ISD’s board of trustees approved at its July 22 meeting issuing $25 million of the $105 million bond package voters approved in May 2024.Within the issuance, trustees also approved refinancing $133.6 million of older debt to take advantage of lower interest rates, according to district documents.The overviewThe $25 million will be the second issuance from the $105 million bond, which is aimed at improving facilities and technology within the district, as previously reported by Community Impact. The first issuance was completed in August 2024, according to district documents.The district is targeting bond packages from 2016 and 2017 for refinancing,…
Regional banking company First Citizens BancShares (NASDAQGS:FCNC.A) announced better-than-expected revenue in Q2 CY2025, but sales fell by 3.5% year on year to $2.37 billion. Its GAAP profit of $42.36 per share was 8.3% above analysts’ consensus estimates. Is now the time to buy First Citizens BancShares? Find out in our full research report. Net Interest Income: $1.70 billion vs analyst estimates of $1.69 billion (6.9% year-on-year decline, in line) Net Interest Margin: 3.3% vs analyst estimates of 3.2% (38 basis point year-on-year decrease, 3.5 bps beat) Revenue: $2.37 billion vs analyst estimates of $2.35 billion (3.5% year-on-year decline, 0.9% beat)…
A mortgage-backed security (MBS) is an investment product that consists of thousands of individual mortgages. Investors can purchase MBSs on the secondary market and directly from the issuer. When MBS prices fall, residential mortgage rates tend to rise — and vice versa. If you have a mortgage, you may be unknowingly participating in a mortgage-backed security (MBS). That is, your home loan may be part of a pool of mortgages that has been packaged and sold to investors on the secondary market. Being part of an MBS won’t change much, if anything, about how you repay your home loan, but…
An ICB has reversed its decision to transfer an APMS contract from a GP-led group to a private company. NHS Sussex ICB announced its decision yesterday (24 July) following an independent review which found it had breached transparency rules during the contract bidding process. The ICB had stated its intention to transfer the APMS contract for a practice in Whitehawk, Brighton, to One Medical Group, a private company providing primary care services. The GP-led Wellsbourne Healthcare community interest company, which currently runs the service, appealed the decision to NHS England’s independent patient choice and procurement panel in May. Following the publication of…
By Fergal Smith TORONTO (Reuters) -The Canadian dollar weakened against its U.S. counterpart on Friday as optimism waned that Canada would reach a trade deal with the United States before an August 1 deadline and ahead of a Bank of Canada interest rate decision. The loonie was 0.5% lower at 1.3710 per U.S. dollar, or 72.94 U.S. cents, after trading in a range of 1.3639 to 1.3725. For the week, the currency was on track to gain 0.1%. The United States may not reach a negotiated trade deal with Canada, U.S. President Donald Trump said, suggesting his administration could set…