Image source: Getty Images When I bought sportswear and trainers specialist JD Sports Fashion (LSE: JD) on 22 January, I thought it looked like the very best share to buy for the year ahead. This was a brilliant growth stock that had been bombing along for years, but had just sold off after a tough Christmas trading period. The board had issued a profit warning, and this allowed me to grab it at a discounted price. Then all I had to do was sit back and wait for the cost-of-living crisis to ease. When the outlook brightened and shoppers started splashing cash…
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LONDON – Oneiro Energy plc (LSE:ONE), a company listed on the London Stock Exchange (LON:) and focusing on energy transition, has announced an agreement to raise £275,000 in loan funding. The capital is earmarked to bolster the company’s working capital requirements as it moves forward with its intended acquisition of Switch (NYSE:) Metals Côte d’Ivoire Sarl. The loan funds are to be drawn down immediately and are set to be repaid by the earlier of two dates: either upon the completion of the acquisition and associated fundraising or twelve months from the loan agreement date. The loan attracts a fixed…
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2.1 billion people will be aged 60 or older by 2050, more than double the total in 2020.Midcareer and older workers could help reverse the downward trend in business productivity, while strengthening their own financial resilience.By investing in an age-inclusive workforce, businesses and broader society can better navigate demographic shifts and ensure that people and businesses thrive.Mounting research shows that older workers are often overlooked, and their needs unmet; an estimated 76% of employees have suffered age discrimination at work. Many experience this at interview stage, with US and European-based hiring managers favoring younger candidates. These hiring managers are more…
Image source: Getty Images The allure of a penny stock can be intoxicating for some novice investors. Often, the low price per share gives the illusion of affordability, making it easier for individuals with limited capital to invest. In other words, an investor with £200 might prefer to buy 1,000 shares of a 20p stock rather than 2 shares of a FTSE 100 stock that’s trading for £100. They might equate a low share price (20p) with being ‘cheap’, and a high price (£100) with being ‘expensive’. However, judging a stock based on price alone is a common pitfall that…
Investing.com — US stock fell Friday as the threat of a US government shutdown increased, and as investors awaited the release of key inflation data. Here are some of the biggest premarket US stock movers today: FedEx (NYSE:) stock soared 6.7% after the delivery giant reported better-than-expected earnings in the fiscal second quarter, while also announcing that it’s planning on spinning off its freight business. Nike (NYSE:) stock slumped 7.4% after the sportswear retailer flagged “severe issues” in its guidance, despite second-quarter results topping expectations. Novo Nordisk (NYSE:) stock plunged 18% after the drugmaker said its experimental next-generation obesity drug…
In 2010, several herds of cows airlifted from North Dakota to Kazakhstan helped spark a burgeoning cattle industry in the former USSR republic. The effort was part of a Kazakh government initiative to build out the country’s moribund cattle industry, which has steadily expanded since. At the forefront of this initiative is KazBeef, a company dedicated to achieving “net zero” emissions in its beef and dairy operations—a tall task, as livestock remains one of the biggest global sources of methane, a particularly potent greenhouse gas. To aim for net zero, the company is grazing cattle on Kazakhstan’s vast grasslands in…
The Federal Reserve is sounding more hawkish in the face of stubborn inflation, and those voices could get even louder in 2025. Some new members of the Fed’s rate-setting committee who are due to gain voting power in January could tip the Fed further in the direction of fewer rate cuts. The changeover in policymakers could reinforce a more cautious direction sketched out by the Fed on Wednesday even as it cut rates for its third consecutive meeting. Fed officials tapped the brakes on future expectations by scaling back their projected cuts next year to two from four, due largely…
Image source: The Motley Fool The name of billionaire investor Warren Buffett gets bandied around a lot. But with a vast fortune under his belt, can the legendary stock picker really offer much inspiration to a private investor with far, far more modest means? I think so. Even with just £1,000 to invest, here are some lessons I think a savvy investor could usefully learn from the ‘Sage of Omaha’. Spotting great opportunities Good opportunities in the stock market are not necessarily as rare as people may think. But great ones come around only occasionally. Indeed, Buffett has attributed most…
Tesla stock staged a massive turnaround right after the November election. Sustaining this run into 2025 will require the electric vehicle behemoth to show progress on its long promised ambition of building a robotaxi business, analysts say. Tesla stock has soared 75% in 2024 – three times more than S & P 500 — after doubling in 2023. Nearly all of this year’s gain has come in the six weeks since Donald Trump was elected the next president. CEO Elon Musk ‘s close relationship with the president-elect is partly behind the stunning turnaround, analysts say. They say the rally is…