Image source: Getty Images Rainbow Rare Earths (LSE:RBW) was a penny stock trading for just 9p back in April. Fast forward to now, the mining share is at 17p and has a £116m market cap. Over five years, it’s up nearly 200%! However, rare earth mining stocks are currently booming due to China tightening export controls, which has led to a global shortage. So, could Rainbow Rare Earth explode even higher over the next few years? Let’s dig in a little deeper. A rainbow in South Africa and Brazil The company is focused on rare earth elements (REEs) that are…
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Image source: Getty Images. Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRK.B) reduced the size of its stock portfolio during Q3. And the big question for investors is why. One potential answer is to be ready for a stock market crash, but Buffett explicitly doesn’t predict such things. I think the real answer might be something very different. What’s been going on? It’s being widely reported (Fortune, Reuters, The Financial Times) that Berkshire Hathaway was a net seller of stocks during Q3. Whether or not that was Buffett is currently unclear. This took the firm’s cash reserves up to a record $381.7bn at…
Image source: Getty Images Like many other Britons, I plan to one day retire with enough passive income to live comfortably into old age. A key part of that plan is making sure I hold the best dividend shares in my portfolio. Dividend investing is a popular method of earning income from the stock market. It’s particularly effective when done via a Stocks and Shares ISA to reduce tax outgoings. Please note that tax treatment depends on the individual circumstances of each client and may be subject to change in future. The content in this article is provided for information…
This week, we’re joined by Corrigan Salerno of Transportation For America for an exclusive look at why America keeps freakin’ building highways, how President Trump is targeting transit and how we can all get a better federal transportation bill if we want it.And as you know, at Talking Headways, we offer you three — count ’em, three! — ways to enjoy our scintillating content. First, you could easily click the player below and just use your ears.Or, you could click here for a full transcript generated by our handy AI overlords (but there will be typos, so bear with us).Or…
Image source: Getty Images For a while now, I’ve thought that the riskiest parts of the stock market are the companies that look like AI beneficiaries but actually aren’t. And this week’s suggested that might be right. Investor/hedge fund manger Michael Burry’s been getting ready for an AI-induced crash by going short on Nvidia and Palantir. But how should investors who don’t want to do that protect themselves? Selling out One strategy involves selling investments. But the vast majority of the time, I don’t think this is a good idea. The main reason is that it’s hard to know when to…
Image source: Getty Images In 2025, the full UK State Pension works out to be roughly £11,975 a year. That’s certainly a lot better than nothing. But alone, it’s far from sufficient to live comfortably. For reference, according to Pensions UK, the minimum cost of living is closer to £13,400. However, by investing prudently in high-quality, dividend-paying companies, individuals can seek to match or even exceed the State Pension. And with UK stocks having some of the most generous dividend policies in the world, investors are spoilt for choice. In fact, at its current payout, just 7,212 Spirax Group…
Image source: Getty Images By knowing which stocks to buy, investors can unlock phenomenal returns. Even more so when it comes to penny stocks, which have the potential to skyrocket under the right conditions. Of course, identifying winning businesses before the surge is far easier said than done. But wouldn’t it be great if an artificial intelligence (AI) could do it for me? With that in mind, I asked ChatGPT for its opinion on which companies might be the “perfect” penny stock to buy right now. And it came up with a pretty interesting response… Boring but dependable? ChatGPT’s choice…
Image source: Getty Images Back in November last year, investors in FTSE 100 index funds locked in a dividend yield close to 3.6%. And since then, they’ve enjoyed a pretty impressive 23% total return. With large-cap stocks reaching record highs, the last 12 months have been a good time to own UK shares. However, sadly, not all investors have enjoyed this rally. WPP (LSE:WPP) shareholders have learned first-hand that just because the market goes up doesn’t mean all stocks follow. And for those who bought WPP shares a year ago have since seen 65% of their investment get wiped out.…
Image source: Getty Images I asked ChatGPT for the perfect passive income portfolio — and here’s what it sent me. The model blended UK dividend shares, income-focused ETFs, REITs, infrastructure funds, and bonds to deliver a balanced yield of around 4.5%. The equity core included Legal & General, yielding about 8%, and National Grid, offering around 5.5%. British American Tobacco added a hefty 9% yield, while Vodafone provided about 7%, albeit with more volatility. Unilever was included for “stability and dividend reliability”, paying roughly 3.5%. To diversify globally, the Vanguard FTSE All-World High Dividend ETF rounded out the equity exposure…
Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) stock has a lot of momentum right now due to the company’s success on the artificial intelligence (AI) front. Given this momentum, many investment firms have pencilled in $250 as their medium-term share price targets. Not Loop Capital though. Its analysts reckon the tech stock can get to $350, meaning they see the potential for gains of around 85% from here. Nvidia’s role in the AI revolution I can see why analysts at Loop Capital are bullish on Nvidia. Because the chip company recently held an AI conference, ‘GTC Washington DC’, and it was quite extraordinary. At…