[ad_1] Image source: Getty Images After surging more than 400% over the course of 2025, a lot of folk were becoming bearish on the Fresnillo (LSE: FRES) share price when the year started. How is it going now? It’s climbed 19% in less than a month. The gold and silver miner has been thriving thanks, in part, to the rising price of both ‘safe haven’ metals. But there could be a wider reason why the rapid rise of 2025 was no flash in the pan. Currencies I am referring here to a process which has come to be called ‘de-dollarisation’.…
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[ad_1] On this week’s episode of Talking Headways, Streetsblog contributor and book author Anna Zivarts hosts a panel of elected officials and advocates to discuss the impacts of the yearly event and national movement known as Week Without Driving, which Zivarts launched in 2021. The panelists hail from Arizona, Minnesota, Kentucky and Washington, DC, among other places.You can listen to the episode in the embedded player below, read the full AI-generated transcript, or scroll down a little further for a partial edited transcript.Anna Zivarts: What was the reaction of your colleagues in city council and other elected officials? When you were talking…
[ad_1] Image source: Getty Images We’re now in reporting season, so some FTSE shares may experience volatile moves. Even though it’s a time to be careful, financial updates provide the potential for investors to assess where a business is currently at, along with the latest outlook. So when I spotted one stock that roared higher yesterday (22 January), it caught my eye for the right reasons. Trading update highlights I’m talking about Senior (LSE:SNR). The engineered components and systems supplier saw the share price jump yesterday, meaning the stock is up 50% in the past year. It tied in with…
[ad_1] Image source: Getty Images The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) is on fire this month, hitting record highs above 49,000 for the first time. One of the world’s oldest and most followed indexes, it’s now just a few percentage points away from 50,000. Last year (2025) saw some of its top constituents record spectacular gains: Caterpillar up 59%, Goldman Sachs climbing 54%, and Johnson & Johnson gaining 44%. With less tech exposure than the S&P 500 or Nasdaq, it benefitted from a resurgence in domestic industrial and finance stocks. As the tech-driven AI narrative appears increasingly speculative, this distinction…
[ad_1] Image source: Getty Images Since January 2025, two of the FTSE 100’s star performers have been Fresnillo (LSE:FRES) and Endeavour Mining (LSE:EDV), with their share prices rising exponentially. Soaring gold and silver prices are behind this incredible run. But could it last throughout 2026 or is the bubble about to burst? Let’s take a closer look. All that glitters The first thing to note is that both companies have different exposures to these two metals. Endeavour Mining produces only gold from its five mines in Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, and Senegal. During the nine months ended 30 September 2025,…
[ad_1] Image source: Getty Images The base interest rate in the UK is 3.75%. The FTSE 100 average dividend yield is 2.94%. So when deciding how to allocate money, some might decide to steer clear of using a Stocks and Shares ISA and stick to a high-yield savings account. However, there are plenty of stocks that could yield much more annually. Let’s dig in. Being an active investor An ISA has an annual subscription limit of £20k. However, this is still plenty to feel a noticeable difference in yield pickup from either holding cash or using an index tracker. One…
[ad_1] Image source: Getty Images JD Wetherspoon (LSE:JDW) and Judges Scientific (LSE:JDG) are two of my favourite UK stocks. Apparently, I like companies with names that begin with ‘J’. As I write this, however, each one is down (at least) 10% since the start of the week. So is this a chance for me to add to my investments, or has something gone badly wrong? JD Wetherspoon JD Wetherspoon issued its trading update for the 25 weeks up to 18 January and despite the fact the share price has been falling in response, I think the business is actually doing…
[ad_1] Image source: Getty Images Identifying value shares is fundamental to successful investing. But finding companies whose stock prices underestimate their true worth can be time consuming. Fortunately, there are plenty of ways to find those hidden bargains. Here are just a few of them along with some potentially undervalued FTSE 100 stocks. Most analysts use discounted cash flow (DCF) techniques when determining company valuations. Indeed, this is the approach favoured by Warren Buffett, when he talks about identifying the intrinsic value of a business. In simple terms, this involves estimating the future cash flows of a company and then…
[ad_1] Image source: Getty Images The FTSE 100 has rocketed in value, yet Stocks and Shares ISA investors still have loads of excellent income opportunities. Around half a dozen Footsie shares like Legal & General (LSE:LGEN), M&G and Phoenix Group offer dividend yields of 6% and above. By drawing back and looking across the whole London stock market, the number increases to above 100. Not all of these will be rock-solid dividend contenders. The yields on many stocks have leapt as their share prices have plummeted, reflecting in some cases serious operational or balance sheet problems. But among that grouping…
[ad_1] Image source: Getty Images The FTSE 100 and FTSE 250 are still soaring, but the UK is still a great place to buy cheap shares. Some quality names have actually fallen in price, providing scope for a potential share price rebound in 2026. I’ve done some research to dig out stocks with the best chances of a recovery this year. My work shows that City analysts think their share prices will double in value or more during the next 12 months. I too am optimistic these cheap stocks could rebound. Want to know why I think they’re worth considering…