Image source: Getty Images The BP (LSE: BP.) share price has had a bumpy ride ever since the 2022 energy shock started to unwind. After peaking at 560p in February 2023, it slid as low as 331p on 11 April. Now it’s edging back up, trading at just under 386p as I write on 22 June. Some of that jump is due to Donald Trump rowing back on his so-called liberation day tariffs, which lifted stocks across the board. But BP is also getting a push from rising tensions in the Middle East. As war talk drives up the oil price, the…
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By Anirudh Garg When news broke about the Iran–Israel conflict in 2025, the world watched closely—and so did Indian investors. Markets reacted quickly. Oil prices jumped nearly 9 per cent in just one week. Stock markets wobbled. Gold prices went up. But why does a conflict thousands of miles away matter so much for India? And what should investors, from big family offices to regular savers, do to protect their money? Let’s break it down. Why the Strait of Hormuz Is a Big Deal Imagine a tiny, narrow waterway that handles about 25 per cent of the world’s oil shipments.…
Five years ago, I was already well aware of chip firm Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) and it crossed my mind from time to time to invest in it. I did not. What a missed opportunity! Over the past five years, the Nvidia stock price has soared by 1,471%. I would still be happy to buy some Nvidia stock at the right price. After all, it benefits from having a large addressable market, installed customer base, and proprietary chip designs. But the current price-to-earnings ratio is 47. I do not think that offers me sufficient margin of safety to account for risks…
Image source: Getty Images A lot of people have a vague notion of getting into the stock market to try and build their wealth. But, for one reason or another, not everybody who thinks they might start buying shares actually ends up doing so. What might they be missing out on? Here is what £10k invested a year ago could be worth now. Index tracking One simple approach to investing in the market without any experience is putting the money into a fund that tracks a leading index. Over the past year, as an example, the FTSE 100 index of…
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Image source: Rolls-Royce plc At first glance, even the idea of Rolls-Royce (LSE: RR) offering a stock market bargain right now may seem laughable. After all, the Rolls-Royce share price is already up 52% so far this year and has been trading close to record levels. Over five years, it has risen a staggering 677%. But could it still be a smart buy for my portfolio even at its current level? Success can breed success An important thing to understand about this situation is that the Rolls-Royce share price has not been moving like that for no reason. Five years…
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The closest seaport may be 1,000 miles away in Galveston, Texas, but Jamie Cord likes to use a nautical reference in explaining a unique feature of one of his warehouses in Altoona.“It’s like the cargo is still on the ship and hasn’t officially reached the shore yet so tariffs aren’t owed until the goods leave (the warehouse),” said Cord, president and CEO of JT Logistics, which is offering so-called bonded warehousing that allows importers to hold items duty free until they’re ready to go to market.It’s believed to be the first of its kind in the Des Moines metro. But…
Image source: Getty Images The Ocado (LSE: OCDO) share price hasn’t completely sunk my self-invested personal pension (SIPP). Thanks to rigorous diversification, the damage is limited. But it’s certainly been a drag – one of my two worst performers, alongside Aston Martin. Yes, I was daft enough to buy both of these disaster stocks. In my defence, I only threw a bit of cash at Aston Martin for the ride. But I put a larger sum into Ocado and I’ve now lost more than 40% of it. I’ve made a habit of targeting beaten-down companies in the hope they’ll recover – and done…