Image source: Aston Martin It has been a tough couple of years for Aston Martin (LSE:AML), with the 24% fall in the past month indicating that there are still problems at the luxury car manufacturer. The FTSE stock hit all-time lows last week, with issues, meaning that a friend of mine asked if the company could actually be at risk of going bankrupt this year. Here are my current views. Serious problems The business has struggled financially for the past few years. For the 2024 financial year, it recorded a post-tax loss of £323.5m, an increase from the £226.8m in…
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What a fortnight it’s been in the stock market. The S&P 500 had its worst day since 2020, then its best week since 2023. But investors should pay attention to Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) shares. After all that volatility, a £10,000 investment in the stock two weeks ago is now worth… £9,733. It’s almost as though nothing happened – but it hasn’t felt that way. Share price movements A £10,000 investment in Tesla from 31 March has taken quite the scenic route to go almost nowhere. To start with, ‘Liberation Day’ tariff announcements sent the stock down almost 22%. Shortly afterward, news…
Image source: Getty Images The FTSE 250 offers a world of opportunity for investors seeking to diversify their portfolios. Building a well-balanced mix of shares, funds and investment trusts is critical at any stage of the economic cycle. But with trading conditions threatening to become much tougher for many companies, diversification is taking on greater importance as a risk-management tool. Owning different categories of equities can also help generate a stable return over time. Growth and value stocks can provide significant long-term capital gains, while dividend shares can provide defensive protection during economic downturns. With this in mind, here are…
Digital World With Africa Perspectiva, Internet of Things and Big Data Concept. The Image was made in computer graphics and some details in photoshop. The UK is a great place to find dividend shares, in my opinion. History shows that London Stock Exchange companies — and particularly those on the FTSE 100 — have a far stronger culture of paying large and growing dividends to their shareholders than overseas shares. Encouragingly, the experts at AJ Bell believe that 2025 will be another bumper year for holders of UK blue-chip shares. They think annual dividend growth across the index will accelerate…
Image source: easyJet plc The easyJet (LSE:EZJ) share price has tumbled by almost 30% over the last 12 months. Yet, despite what this trajectory might suggest, the underlying business is delivering solid results. Bookings for the next three quarters are already ahead compared to a year ago. And management believes the company’s on track to reach a pre-tax profit of £709m – 16.3% projected increase year-on-year. Does this mean the easyJet share price is massively underappreciated right now? And if so, how high could the stock climb over the next 12 months? Here are the latest analyst forecasts. easyJet to…
Image source: Vodafone Group plc The last five years have been quite rough for the Vodafone (LSE:VOD) share price. Despite being one of Britain’s leading telecommunication businesses, the stock’s down over 40%. And while new leadership was brought on board in April 2023, the stock’s continued its downward trajectory by another 30%. It seems Margherita Della Valle has yet to impress investors with her turnaround strategy. This pessimistic attitude isn’t entirely surprising given that this isn’t the first time Vodafone has changed CEOs to try to fix the slowly leaking ship. However, despite appearances, the company’s making some notable progress.…
Image source: Getty Images With most stocks taking a tumble in recent weeks, the BAE Systems (LSE:BA.) share price seems to be an exception. The British aerospace and defence business has seen its valuation surge by over 35% since 2025 kicked off. And looking at the latest analyst forecasts, this upward trajectory could continue over the next 12 months. Bullish analyst opinions Just over half the institutional analysts following this enterprise currently have a Buy or Outperform recommendation on BAE shares. And it’s not exactly difficult to see why. Amid growing geopolitical tensions worldwide, the company posted a record order…
Image source: Getty Images April has been rough for the BP (LSE:BP.) share price. In fact, since this month began, shareholders of the energy giant have seen close to 25% of their investment wiped out as of last week. But given the long-term demand for energy isn’t going anywhere, does this present a buying opportunity for long-term investors? Analysts have mixed opinions There are a few factors behind the recent slide in the BP share price. Fears of a global recession courtesy of President Trump’s tariff announcement sparked a general sell-off in the markets. However, the impact was compounded by…
NEW YORK (AP) — The upheaval in stocks has been grabbing all the headlines, but there is a bigger problem looming in another corner of the financial markets that rarely gets headlines: Investors are dumping U.S. government bonds. Normally, investors rush into Treasurys at a whiff of economic chaos but now they are selling them as not even the lure of higher interest payments on the bonds is getting them to buy. The freak development has experts worried that big banks, funds and traders are losing faith in America as a stable, predictable, good place to store their money. “The…
Image source: Getty Images After a stellar finish to 2024, the S&P 500 seemed as if it was primed to continue surging in 2025. Yet following the announcement of worldwide tariffs, the US stock market has subsequently proceeded to plummet, with its flagship index down more than 15% since the start of the year and over 12% since the start of April. At least that was the case until last week when tariffs were delayed, and US stocks shot back up. Year to date, the S&P 500 was still down almost 9% as of 11 April. However, ignoring the recent…