[ad_1] Image source: The Motley Fool Warren Buffett retired as Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRK.B) CEO at the start of the year. But he’s still around as Chairman of the Board of Directors – for now, at least. Investors though, need to think about the question of what will happen to the company on the sad day Buffett is gone from it entirely. And there’s an important risk to consider. Buffett’s shares The issue for Berkshire shareholders has two parts to it. One is that Buffett has been an extremely good leader for the company and will be an extremely tough act…
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[ad_1] With government contracting surpassing $700 billion annually, the US federal procurement system represents one of the world’s largest and most complex marketplaces. For financial analysts evaluating companies with significant government exposure, financial statements are not merely compliance artifacts. They are core inputs into assessing earnings quality, margin sustainability, contract risk, and valuation. Because so much depends on the accuracy of contractors’ financial information, the external financial statement audit plays an essential role. Independent assurance over reported revenue, costs, and margins directly shapes how analysts interpret performance in businesses where pricing, reimbursement, and profitability are influenced by regulation as well…
[ad_1] Image source: Getty Images There’s still more than two months to go before the new 2026 Stocks and Shares ISA allowance kicks in. So there’s plenty of time, and no need to even think about it yet, right? No, that’s not my approach at all. When I have the opportunity to invest up to £20,000 tax-free in the stock market, I want to plan as soon as I can. And for the coming year, I have my eyes on some property-related investments. Please note that tax treatment depends on the individual circumstances of each client and may be subject…
[ad_1] Image source: Rolls-Royce plc It sounds like the stuff of investor dreams: a beaten down industrial company with a share price in pennies that, within a few years, hits £13. But that is what has happened at Rolls-Royce (LSE: RR). Rolls-Royce shares sold for pennies a little over three years ago. Lately they passed the £13 mark. Currently they are hovering beneath it. Rolls has put in three years in a row of brilliant stock market performance. Sometimes a share can do well for a while then runs out of momentum. Rolls seems to be – fittingly enough –…
[ad_1] Image source: Getty Images Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) stock has a long track record of proving the doubters wrong. And there have been plenty of those over the years, ranging from Charlie Munger to countless analysts and short sellers. But any investor who believed in CEO Elon Musk’s vision for the EV company has likely made incredible returns over the past decade. In this time, the stock has skyrocketed more than 3,000%, making Tesla the eighth-largest company in the S&P 500 today. However, that’s all in the past. The only question I have now is, should I invest in the…
[ad_1] Image source: Getty Images. Computacenter (LSE: CCC) led the FTSE 250 Thursday morning (22 January) with an early 10% spike. It’s one of the mid-cap index’s best growth stocks of the past 12 months, with a 61% gain. The driver this time is a sparkling trading update ahead of full-year results, announcing a 32% revenue surge at constant currency. The gains are mostly driven by the firm’s Technology Sourcing division, which saw a 38% gross invoiced income rise. AI profit potential There was one immediate standout for me. The update said: “We are particularly pleased with our execution in…
[ad_1] Image source: Getty Images I’m hunting for cheap stocks to buy for my ISA, and the following three jumped out at me. All of them face challenges, but could they bounce back at speed in 2026? Bunzl could rebound The first is outsourcing and distribution group Bunzl (LSE: BNZL). I’ve put my money where my mouth is here, buying it three times since it issued a profit warning last April. The Bunzl share price has had a torrid time, falling 40% in the last year. I’ve averaged down each time it dropped. With the price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio falling to a…
[ad_1] Image source: Getty Images The chances of a stock market crash this year looked like they were fading to near nothing. But a few developments are starting to make some analysts a bit nervous again. Me too. The US drives much of the world’s investing momentum. And Donald Trump has been rushing headlong into confrontation with… well, just about every trading partner the country has. Despite tariff costs weighing on American consumers, and despite a weakening US jobs outlook, the S&P 500 is on a cyclically adjusted Schiller price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of nearly 40. That’s a bit of a…
[ad_1] Image source: Getty Images BAE Systems (LSE: BA.) shares have enjoyed an incredible run-up of late. The share price is up 329% in the last five years. It’s up 20% so far this year alone! With a valuation that is beginning to look frothy and plenty of reasons to think the optimism could be overdone, I’m wondering what to do about my own position in the company. Should I get out while the going is good? To my mind, the current heady valuation is certainly a risk. BAE Systems trades at around 30 times earnings. Few other FTSE 100…
[ad_1] The majority of Americans are open to living car-free even after decades of car-centric planning, policy, and cultural programming aimed at getting as many people as possible behind the wheel, a new survey finds — and if transportation leaders can do more to meet that latent demand, it could radically reshape our communities.A stunning 18 percent of car-owning U.S. residents indicated that they were “strongly interested” in living car-free, and another 40 percent said that they were “open” to it, according to a survey conducted by Arizona State University. The results mean, basically, that a full century’s worth of policymakers…