Image source: Getty Images I’ve been watching shares in FTSE 100 events company Informa (LSE:INF) closely over the last few months. And it’s just released its results for the first half of 2025. Underlying sales grew 7.8%, operating income increased by 9.2% and management increased its guidance for the full year. As a result, the stock is up 5% this morning (23 July). Results In the context of a company that had been aiming for 5% underlying revenue growth, 7.8% is an impressive first half. But across its various divisions, the picture is a bit more uneven. Live events revenues…
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(Bloomberg) — President Donald Trump said he is considering a proposal to end capital gains taxes on home sales in a bid to boost the housing market. Most Read from Bloomberg “We’re thinking about that,” Trump said Tuesday in the Oval Office. “But would also unleash it just by lowering the interest rates. If the Fed would lower the rates, we wouldn’t even have to do that. But we are thinking about no tax on capital gains on houses.” Trump was asked about the plan by Brian Glenn, a reporter for the conservative Real America’s Voice network who is in…
Image source: Getty Images Shares in Aviva, Legal & General, and Phoenix Group have all delivered great returns this year. Especially when you factor in the big dividends that these FTSE insurance stocks pay. Looking ahead, these stocks could continue to reward investors. However, there’s another insurance stock with much more potential, according to City analysts. Running out of steam soon? Looking at broker share price targets, analysts don’t seem to believe that Aviva, Legal & General, and Phoenix Group can climb much higher. Currently, the average price target for Aviva is actually 2% below the current share price. For…
Image source: Getty Images If you’re like me and you bought the majority of your Lloyds (LSE:LLOY) shares in 2022 and 2023, you’d be sitting on a handsome profit right now. The stock’s doubled in value versus some of my purchase prices, and that’s a really great position to be in. What’s more, buying two years ago means the dividend yield on my original investments is over 7.5%. That’s simply because Lloyds has continued to increase its dividend payments over the period. Buying today, I’d expect a yield of 4.05%. So what should I do now? Could Lloyds trade higher?…
Biking legend Greg LeMond has become the first cyclist ever awarded the Congressional Gold Medal. His journey to that monumental achievement, though, began back when he was just a kid on a bike — and if he hadn’t had safe places to ride back then, he might never have become the athlete Congress is celebrating today. Two weeks ago at a ceremony in the U.S. Capitol, LeMond was given the Congressional Gold Medal in recognition of his “contributions to the nation as an athlete, activist, role model and community leader,” as well as his advocacy against doping in the sport.As the only…
Institutions’ substantial holdings in First Bank implies that they have significant influence over the company’s share price The top 17 shareholders own 51% of the company Recent purchases by insiders This technology could replace computers: discover the 20 stocks are working to make quantum computing a reality. A look at the shareholders of First Bank (NASDAQ:FRBA) can tell us which group is most powerful. The group holding the most number of shares in the company, around 47% to be precise, is institutions. That is, the group stands to benefit the most if the stock rises (or lose the most if…
Santana Equestrian Private Financial (OTC PINK:SEQP) has achieved OTCID™ Basic Market compliance and unveiled a strategic expansion into sustainable commodities. The company is leveraging Florida’s new HB 211 law to develop two key divisions: on-site biomass processing and distressed farmland reclamation.The company projects $1-$3 million in annual carbon credit revenue within 18 months, with carbon credits priced at $10-$30/ton. Their business model expects 15-25% ROI through land-value appreciation and 20-40% logistics cost reduction through on-site processing. SEQP’s new strategy transforms agricultural byproducts and land assets into monetizable commodities, creating an asset-backed ESG platform aligned with institutional investment strategies. Santana Equestrian…
Santana Equestrian Private Financial, Inc. (OTC PINK:SEQP) Achieves OTCID™ Compliance and Showcases WELLINGTON, FL / ACCESS Newswire / July 23, 2025 / Santana Equestrian Private Financial, Inc. (“SEQP”) has confirmed its compliance with OTCID™ Basic Market reporting standards and outlined a strategic expansion designed to bridge physical commodity operations with financial market opportunities. The Company’s latest initiatives emphasize asset-backed scalability, ESG-linked cash flows, and institutional-grade risk management – positioning SEQP as a physical-to-financial infrastructure bridge in the sustainable commodities sector. OTCID™ Basic Market Compliance – SEQP met all requirements under OTC Markets Group’s new OTCID Basic tier as of July…
There is no shortage of items to worry about for the bond market. From threats to strongarm the Federal Reserve to push lower to projections of a deepening federal budget deficit to the potential for higher from tariffs, risk factors abound. Treasury yields, however, continue to trade in a range. Let’s start with the , which fell for a fourth straight trading session on Monday, dipping to 4.38%. That’s a middling range for the benchmark yield so far in 2025. Several measures of market-based inflation expectations are also holding at a middling level after turning lower in recent days. The…
Last year, when we published the Unified Pension Scheme vs National Pension Scheme Calculator, many readers were surprised that we used a single formula to determine future NPS corpus by treating it as a step-up SIP. Since then, several users of that tool have asked us to explain the formula. So here are the details.A step-up SIP refers to periodic investments where the invested amount increases at some rate. This is technically called a growing annuity.SIP formulaSIP = monthly SIP amount. We shall multiply this by 12 and consider the corpus from a yearly SIP. Since the returns are variable,…