[ad_1] Image source: Getty Images I like a bargain as much as the next investor. While the FTSE 100 index of leading shares has been going great guns so far this year – it has repeatedly hit new all-time highs – that does not mean all shares within it are doing well. Here are three FTSE 100 shares that have taken a tumble over the past year. Diageo Brewer and distiller Diageo (LSE: DGE) has tumbled 24% over the past year. Ouch! That is despite replacing its chief executive, a move that was presumably intended in part to assuage investor…
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[ad_1] For months, the BP (LSE: BP) share price has been inching its way back toward the 500p mark. Since April, the stock’s jumped 28% — a solid rally by most measures. Still, it’s not quite back to full strength, trading 10% below its February high of 472p. The performance has been subdued by stubbornly flat oil prices, but the company’s latest moves could point to renewed growth. What’s been driving the recovery? BP’s been shifting gears in a way that traditionalists will probably welcome. The company’s started funnelling more resources back into oil and gas while scaling back its…
[ad_1] Image source: Getty Images Artificial intelligence (AI) has been the headline driver of the S&P 500 for several years. Nvidia’s graphics processing units (GPUs) became the essential pick-and-shovel tool powering machine learning, cloud computing, and now generative AI. But 2025 has revealed cracks in the narrative. Nvidia’s performance this year has trailed rivals like AMD, Broadcom, and Super Micro Computer, suggesting investors are starting to question its stretched valuation. As money moves away from overhyped chips, attention is turning to another key cog in the AI machine — digital storage. Every AI query needs to be written somewhere, and…
[ad_1] Image source: Getty Images In his 2007 letter to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders, Warren Buffett said: “The worst sort of business is one that grows rapidly, requires significant capital to engender the growth, and then earns little or no money.” I think investors can learn a lot from this one simple insight. Growth at all costs In general, a business with the potential to grow over time is a good thing for investors. But investors need to pay attention to what’s involved in achieving that growth. A lot of the time, growth involves heavy investment in equipment or machinery. And…
[ad_1] Image source: Getty Images A large proportion of over-55s in Britain aren’t investing their money in the stock market. According to research from wealth management platform Stratiphy, only around 23% in this segment of the population have invested money in stocks over the past 12 months (compared to 47% of those aged 18-34). Now obviously, many people aged 55 or over may be thinking about, or already in, retirement. But here’s why not investing in stocks at this age could be problematic. A major risk for everybody When it comes to financial/retirement planning, a major risk we all face…
[ad_1] Image source: Getty Images I think the FTSE 100 has a number of interesting opportunities for investors looking to earn a second income. But today’s dividends are just one part of the picture. For investors, what matters is not only how much cash a company returns to its shareholders now, but whether or not this can increase over time. And Unilever (LSE:ULVR) is worth paying attention to. Consumer staples On the face of it, Unilever operates in a pretty unattractive industry. Barriers to entry are relatively low, which creates risk and opportunities for growth tend to be limited. The…
[ad_1] In this very special edition of “Friday Video,” our Streetfilms colleague Clarence Eckerson is joined by Patrick Murphy of the Youtube channel “Oh the Urbanity!” for an exhilarating tour of Montreal.As Eckerson has long advised, “Why go to Europe when best-practice streets are so much closer in Montreal?” And he’s right; the so-called “City of a Hundred Steeples” really has it all.The city’s Réseau express vélo (the REV!) grows by the year. Dramatic traffic calming and daylighting make the city’s neighborhoods even nicer. Designs are innovative and cool. Streets around schools are safe. And Montreal is home to so…
[ad_1] Image source: Getty Images Having an extra £1,000 each month as part of a retirement income can make an enormous difference. It’s enough to double the current full UK State Pension, bringing a pensioner’s total passive income to just shy of £24,000. That’s more than sufficient to exceed the minimum living requirements, putting someone on track to enjoy a more moderate retirement – including holidays, eating out, buying gifts, as well as covering the weekly shopping. At least, that’s what the Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association has estimated. But how much money is needed inside an ISA to generate…
[ad_1] Targets $500M Treasury Yield StrategyExpands Web3 strategy, tokenizing and monetizing 10,000+ hours of video content on blockchainAcquires additional 347,000 shares of PodcastOne (Nasdaq: PODC) common stock this quarter, for a total of ~2.1 million shares since PODC became a public company LOS ANGELES, Sept. 12, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — LiveOne (Nasdaq: LVO), an award-winning, creator-first music, entertainment, and technology platform, announced today that it has increased its Bitcoin holdings to over $5 million. In addition, the company acquired an additional 347,000 shares of PodcastOne, bringing its total holdings to approximately 2.1 million shares since PODC became a public company.…
[ad_1] Image source: Getty Images Penny stocks are often exceptionally risky investments. But this high-risk profile comes with potentially explosive return potential. And shareholders of Borders & Southern Petroleum (LSE:BOR) have learned this first-hand. The young oil & gas exploration enterprise has generated a staggering 375% return since the start of 2025! That’s enough to transform a simple £500 investment into £2,375 in the space of just over eight months. Yet even after this surge in valuation, another £500 invested today still buys 4,363 shares. The question now becomes, is this a good idea? What does Borders & Southern do?…