Image source: Getty Images The FTSE 100 continues to climb to record highs. But with the government reportedly considering massive tax hikes in the upcoming UK Autumn Budget, some investors are starting to get nervous. If the speculated windfall taxes, property taxes, National Insurance hikes, and changes to business rates all prove to be true, UK stocks could be in for a wild ride. Here’s how this all might affect FTSE 100 shares, according to history. What to expect Throughout recent history, the Autumn Budget often sees stocks of all sizes experience a spike in volatility. This is particularly prevalent…
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Image source: Getty Images Google and YouTube owner Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOGL) – which is listed on the Nasdaq – is a stock that has divided opinion in recent years. While some investors have viewed it as risky (due to disruption to internet search from ChatGPT) others have seen it as a value tech stock. One company that seems to like it is Berkshire Hathaway – Warren Buffett’s investment firm. It recently bought around 18m shares in the tech company. Buffett is investing in AI Late last week, Berkshire Hathaway filed its 13F report for Q3 with US regulators. These reports…
Image source: Getty Images Let’s be honest, £100 a month would be a small price to pay for potentially life-changing passive income. A small sacrifice today for the promise of a stable and comfortable retirement down the line? Count me in! Imagine it as a type of monthly subscription service — only there’s no product, just a carefree life in 20 years or so. If only it were that easy, right? Well, it’s not that unrealistic. In fact, thousands of UK citizens target this exact method to safeguard their future. Naturally, nobody can guarantee the outcome as there’ll be many…
Image source: Getty Images Stock market crashes are notoriously difficult to predict. So I tried asking the latest version of ChatGPT whether I need to worry about a bubble in artificial intelligence (AI) shares. OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman says that GPT-5 is supposed to be like talking to a PhD-level expert. But the response I got resembled something I might expect from first-year undergraduates. What ChatGPT said All that ChatGPT gave me is a list of potential AI risks, including weak earnings and tighter regulation. But in terms of a crash, all it said is that the threat’s “meaningful”…
Image source: The Motley Fool On 9 November, Warren Buffett posted his annual letter to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders — his final one before retiring at the end of the year. Rather than the usual company update, it was a poignant testament to the legendary investor’s enduring principles. It captured Buffett’s philosophy on wealth, leadership and America’s future — delivered with the same penetrating wisdom that has guided billions of investors. He also used the opportunity to highlight his faith in his successor, Greg Abel. The core message was clear: he’s “going quiet” after stepping down as CEO.. However, he won’t…
Image source: Getty Images Taylor Wimpey (LSE:TW) is a relative newcomer to the FTSE 250, having fallen out of the FTSE 100 earlier this year. And the stock comes with a nice-looking 9% dividend yield. Unlike other UK housebuilders, the company’s mostly maintained its dividend through some difficult trading conditions. But this hasn’t actually worked out so well for investors. Returns Over the last five years, Taylor Wimpey has returned just under 42p per share in dividends. Based on where the stock was then, that’s a 28% return. Unfortunately, the share price has fallen by 31% in that time. So investors…
Image source: Getty Images The last time the Lloyds Banking Group (LSE: LLOY) share price traded above £1 was just over 17 years ago. It’s bizarre to see it near that level again — especially since I remember it was near 50p last Christmas. If it breaks above £1 before Christmas, it’ll have almost doubled in just one year. That’s relatively unheard of in the UK banking sector. Created on TradingView.com And it’s not the only one closing in on a significant high. The FTSE 100‘s a mere 1% away from achieving a historic record high above 10,000 points. But…
Many growth stocks have done really well in my portfolio in 2025, including Rolls-Royce, Uber, Cloudflare, Roblox, and Crowdstrike. However, the most disappointing by far has been Duolingo (NASDAQ:DUOL). Since I invested, my total paper loss is now around 50%. Ouch! Sticky platforms Whenever a stock collapses like this, it’s important to revisit the original investment thesis. If this is broken, it’s better to face up to reality because the stock may keep falling and never recover. When I first explored Duolingo, I was sceptical the language learning app had any durable competitive advantage (moat). Yet it quickly reminded me…
Image source: Getty Images I’m always on the lookout for passive income opportunities. And I’m interested in ways artificial intelligence (AI) can help make things easier, faster, and more efficient. With that in mind, I asked three of the leading chatbots for their ideas about the best passive income opportunities. The results were interesting – but not that useful… What they said ChatGPT was the only one to give me an answer at all. Gemini said it isn’t allowed to recommend stocks and Claude said it doesn’t have access to live market data. ChatGPT however, did give me a name.…
Whatever it costs, it’s too expensive!That, more or less, was a recent argument about bike lanes made by Leslie Roberts, a City Council candidate in Montreal.”And we haven’t even looked at the price tag. Whatever the cost, one thing is clear,” Roberts said during his campaign. “The money [spent on bike lanes] would be far better spent fixing our roads.”Well, Roberts ended up winning the downtown district seat, so it’s worth giving him a little guff for that ridiculous comment — “I don’t know what it costs and I don’t care what it costs but I’ll make a broad conclusion…