Image source: Getty Images Shares in FTSE 250 firm Oxford Instruments (LSE: OXIG) bounced 15% on the release of its H1 2025/26 results. Since then, they have fallen slightly, leaving them 5% below their 24 January one-year traded high of £21.90. So, some value might remain in the stock, which I could capture if I added to my holding in it. But is there enough to make it worth my while? Were the numbers that strong? The H1 results published on 11 November were more exciting looking forward than they were looking back. Revenue fell 7.9% year on year to…
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Image source: Getty Images The new pay deal for Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) CEO Elon Musk hasn’t helped the share price so far. From a recent intra-day high of $474 on 3 November, Tesla shares have already fallen 15% by the time of writing (17 November). Some of that will be down to the AI-led US tech stock rally stalling. And fair bit will also surely be just a sign of Tesla’s short-term volatility. But it’s worth reflecting on the implications of Musk’s potential payday for the share price. Big targets The target-driven deal could be worth close to a trillion…
Image source: Getty Images ChatGPT has revolutionised how we do many things, but can it give me the edge in building passive income? I gave it a specific task: “Build me the perfect passive income portfolio.” It came up with some interesting ideas. But the AI also threw up some stuff that made me question the wisdom of its selections. Focus on dividend ETFs Here’s the “diversified, resilient, and low-maintenance” portfolio that ChatGPT gave me: Asset classAllocationExpected roleGlobal dividend ETFs40%Broad, diversified income with long-term dividend growth.REITs20%Property income without being a landlord; inflation hedge.Investment-grade bonds20%Stability and predictable interest income.High-yield bonds/emerging market…
Image source: Getty Images Rolls-Royce (LSE: RR.) shares got what may be a boost for the future last week. A key step in the introduction of the firm’s SMRs (small modular reactors) was taken. That said, the share price dropped 3% or so on the day of the announcement. Another example where the ‘buy the rumour, sell the news’ maxim rings true once more. The important details are that a site has been chosen for the first of these mini nuclear power plants. The location, Wylfa, is a former site of a nuclear power plant in Anglesey, Wales. Following the…
Image source: Getty Images Last week, the FTSE 100 had a rough time, dropping over 1% on Friday. Concerns around the upcoming UK Budget and the state of the economy are weighing on investors’ minds. Despite this, one stock really caught my attention, surging 19% to stand out from the crowd. Here’s what’s going on. Planning for the future I’m referring to SSE (LSE:SSE). The utility company’s now up 30% in the past year, with over half of those gains coming last week. The main driver for the move was the announcement of a £33bn five-year investment plan, which focused…
Image source: Getty Images Dividend shares can be a great choice for investors looking to try and earn extra income from their excess cash. But they can be a bit less exciting than growth stocks. This, however, doesn’t have to be the case. The FTSE 100 has some stocks that can give income investors all the excitement they need – but maybe more than they might want. FTSE 100 dividends Right now, the five highest-yielding dividend stocks in the FTSE 100 are the following: StockDividend YieldWPP11.06%Legal & General9.04%Phoenix Group8.21%M&G (LSE:MNG)7.53%Mondi7.37% High yields, however, don’t always mean high returns. Despite the…
Image source: Getty Images It’s been a volatile year for the S&P 500, but the index as a whole is up around 15%. That’s not a bad result at all, but there are signs things are starting to look a bit dangerous. So far in 2025, a handful of big technology companies have been carrying the rest of the index. But as concerned voices start to grow louder, could there be a crash on the way? Concentration Large parts of the US economy have been weak in 2025, but it hasn’t really mattered to the S&P 500. Artificial intelligence investment…
After the US stock market closes on Wednesday (19 November), Nvidia‘s (NASDAQ:NVDA) set to release its quarterly earnings. Given that it’s the largest company on the planet by market-cap, and based on historical earnings releases, I expect the share price to be volatile both in pre-market trading and through to the end of the week. Here’s what I’m watching for. Financial metrics One factor that dictates the immediate movement will be how revenue and earnings compare to what analysts are expecting. For example, revenue consensus is $54.6bn for the quarter. So a miss or beat of this number offers a…
Image source: Getty Images J Sainsbury’s (LSE: SBRY) share price rose 5% on the day of its 2025 results release. Since then, though, it has lost all this gain and more besides. This might signal that it is trading on the cheap side. Or it could be a warning that the grocer is worth less than investors thought. So, which is it? How did the results look? The numbers looked solid to me, if not spectacular. Retail sales (excluding fuel) were up 4.8% year on year to £15.6bn. But underlying profit in this core business barely moved — just 0.2%…
Image source: Getty Images. Much has been written about the ability of various artificial intelligence (AI) ‘things’ (a technical term, I think) to pick FTSE stocks. I have avoided such interactions, with dark memories of the HAL computer in 2001: A Space Odyssey still looming large. Nevertheless, in the broader interests of mankind, I asked the ChatGPT beast for its best three FTSE stocks to generate retirement income. So, what was its answer? Top of the list The number one pick was Phoenix Group Holdings (LSE: PHNX), with HAL – sorry, ChatGPT — underlining its “very generous yield”. Indeed, the…