Image source: Getty Images If it wasn’t for WPP and Mondi, the JD Sports Fashion (LSE:JD.) share price would be the worst performer on the FTSE 100 over the past month. On 6 October, the leisure retailer’s stock closed at 104.5p. Today (6 November), it’s possible to buy one share for around 85p. This fall of nearly 19% is particularly disappointing for shareholders given that it had climbed 65% since recording its 52-week low in April. This was just after President Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ announcement on tariffs. Following a series of acquisitions, the US is now the biggest market for…
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Electric bicycles are under increasing scrutiny, often for the wrong reasons. In this three-part series, PeopleForBikes separates fact from fiction to protect the future of electric bikes in America, clarify what qualifies as a legal electric bicycle, and call out bad actors mislabeling high-powered motor vehicles as “e-bikes.” To read Part I, click here. To read Part II, click here.As we’ve seen, the e-moto problem is multi-faceted and addressing it effectively will require a number of approaches from all levels of government, transportation advocates, and the media.Learn more by clicking the logo or credit.PeopleForBikesLet’s begin with the basics. Before deciding…
Image source: Getty Images Duolingo (NASDAQ:DUOL) saw its share price crash 21% in extended trading last night (5 November). The Q3 numbers were strong, but that’s not the issue. The problem is artificial intelligence (AI). Management keeps trying to present this as an opportunity, but the stock market – literally – isn’t buying it, and nor am I. Strong earnings Duolingo’s revenues were up 41% and earnings per share were up 682%, though this was largely due to a one-off tax gain. And there’s nothing wrong with either of those numbers. Bookings for Q4 were a little bit light and…
Image source: Getty Images When I looked at the BP (LSE: BP.) share price last month, I was nervous. The outlook seemed grim, with OPEC+ expected to ramp up oil production in 2026 to win market share from the US. That would drive prices down, and when oil falls, BP shares usually follow. There was even talk of crude tumbling from around $60 a barrel to $40. While BP can just about break even at that level, it can’t make the kind of profits investors’ crave, or fund the chunky dividends they hope to receive. Oil stocks are notoriously hard to predict.…
Image source: Getty Images Snapping up a few dividend-paying penny shares is a quick and easy way to work towards building a second income stream. Not only is a cheap price helpful, it adds an extra layer of flexibility to an investment. This is because the payouts that dividend companies reward to shareholders can be withdrawn as cash or reinvested to grow the portfolio. Unfortunately, most cheap stocks don’t pay dividends because the company’s more focused on reinvesting into the business. So when I noticed this tiny news and media company offered a 12% yield, I had to take a…
Image source: Getty Images Greggs‘ (LSE:GRG) shares are the perfect example of market exuberance getting ahead of a company’s tangible value. The stock surged to all-time highs in 2024, but traded at crazy multiples for a company that makes low-margin baked goods. Over the past year, the stock’s slumped. It’s currently down 43% over the past 12 months. In other words, someone who invested £20,000 a year ago would now be sitting on just £11,400, although some dividends would have been received during the period. In short, it would have been a pretty disastrous investment. However, there are some clear…
Image source: Getty Images A lot of people emphasise the importance of maintaining regular income streams when they retire. One way to do that – and to plan for it – is to build a retirement portfolio that contains a diversified mixture of high-quality dividend shares. Dividends are never assured to last, which is one reason diversification is important. But buying a mixture of the right blue-chip shares can often provide an impressive long-term flow of dividends. Here are five UK dividend shares I think an investor should eye for their retirement portfolio. Even someone in their twenties or thirties…
Image source: Getty Images The Taylor Wimpey (LSE: TW.) share price is turning into a test of my mettle as a value investor. The housebuilder’s stock has had a rotten run. If this was a new-build home, the buyer would be entitled to compensation. There’s no compensation when share prices tumble, and nor should there be. The rewards for investors are already generous, provided they’re prepared to sit through the cyclical up and downs. Sadly, it’s been more down than up for Taylor Wimpey. The shares have plunged 28% in the last year. At today’s price of around 104.65p, they’re roughly half…
Image source: Getty Images People who enjoy a good tipple may have experienced seeing things that turn out not to be there. Brewer and distiller Diageo (LSE: DGE) has had a great few decades as a business. But Diageo shares have fallen 32% in five years, as many investors are concerned about what the FTSE 100 business’s future commercial prospects are. I think those prospects are bright and so I am happy hanging onto my Diageo shares. But could this be the sort of mirage that in fact turns out to be a value trap? Great assets, but what next?…
Image source: Getty Images Ceres Power (LSE:CWR) is the best-performing stock in the FTSE 350 over the past six months — and it’s not even close. It’s up 519% in this period and a staggering 699% since early April. It joined the FTSE 250 index last week. I last wrote about Ceres at the end of July, when I said the stock might be underappreciated at 143p and therefore worth considering. Fast-forward just three months, the share price is now at 380p! Zooming further out, though, the stock is still 76% lower than a 2021 peak of 1,576p. So, could…