On 3 February, Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA) stock closed at $116.66. At the time of writing (after the market closed on 17 February) it’s at $138.85. That’s up 19%, enough to turn £10,000 into £11,900 in just two weeks It might seem like chickenfeed compared to the 88% gain of the past 12 months. Or 1,816% over five years. But there’s another way to think about it that might cause an intake of breath. In this short period, Nvidia’s market capitalisation has risen by around half a trillion dollars. Am I saying we should get in quick and bag the next fortnight’s…
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As the most followed CFA charterholder on LinkedIn, Eric Sim, CFA, has expertly leveraged social media to connect with other professionals, build his personal brand, and advance his career. In the How to Master Social Media series, adapted from his recent book Small Actions: Leading Your Career to Big Success, Sim shares some critical lessons on how to make social media work for you. Your internal brand is essentially what people in your company think about you. It’s usually set in stone within your first year on the job. Whether your colleagues initially view you as resourceful, creative, ineffective, or useless,…
AUD/USD ticks higher in reaction to the RBA’s widely expected 25 bps rate cut on Tuesday. Rebounding US bond yields revive the USD demand and cap the pair amid trade war fears. The technical setup favors bullish traders and supports prospects for further appreciation. The AUD/USD pair attracts some intraday buyers after the Reserve Bank of Australia’s (RBA) widely expected rate cut earlier this Tuesday, though it lacks follow-through. The RBA board members decided to lower the Official Cash Rate for the first time since November 2020, by 25 basis points (bps) from 4.35% to 4.1% following the conclusion of…
Image source: Getty Images The FTSE 100 index has had some strong individual performers over the last five years. From Rolls-Royce to InterContinental Hotels Group, quite a few stocks have delivered gains of more than 100%. Interested to know which Footsie stock performed the best over this period? Read on and I’ll tell you. The winner is… It may come as a surprise but the best performer (in terms of share price appreciation) in the FTSE 100 over the last half decade has been private equity and infrastructure company 3i Group (LSE: III). Over the period, its share price has…
Image source: Getty Images Lloyds Banking Group (LSE: LLOY) shares dipped sharply on Monday afternoon (17 February). They lost 4.3% in the space of just 15 minutes, but pulled back a bit to end the day down 2%. What’s happening? It’s all about the car loan mis-selling thing, and Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ attempt to intervene. She previously wrote to the Supreme Court with a caution that any harsh outcome could damage the availability of loans. And she urged that “any remedy should be proportionate to the loss actually suffered by the consumer and avoid conferring a windfall.” Court rejection The…
Minister for the Interior, Muntaka Mubarak has announced plans to engage the Finance Minister, Dr Ato Forson for a possible introduction of tax credits to private corporations that donate to the National Peace Council (NPC)This according to him forms part of strategies by the government to among other things generate adequate funding for the operations of the NPC.Speaking during a familiarization visit on February 17, Muntaka accentuated the importance of equipping the Council to manage the resurgence of chieftaincy conflicts in parts of the country.“We have seen in situations for lack of peace, people just loot because there’s some little…
Image source: Getty Images BAE Systems‘ (LSE:BA.) shares have been on a bumpy ride since last summer. But the defence contractor’s share price is still significantly higher than it was before Russia invaded Ukraine in early 2022. In the last five years, the price has doubled, to £13.38. With dividends included, someone who invested £10,000 in the FTSE 100 firm back then would have made £21,972. That’s a spectacular return, especially compared with the broader Footsie wich has risen ‘just’ 18% in that time. But past performance isn’t always a reliable guide to the future. So what can we expect…
Image source: Getty Images There’s a clear balance to be had when weighing up the risks versus the rewards of a potential investment. With dividend shares, this is precisely the same. A high-yield option likely carries more risk around the sustainability of the passive income, but at the same time, the cash payments could be very juicy. If an investor did decide on a higher-risk approach with a sum of £8,000, here’s what could be achieved. How to think about it The FTSE 100 average dividend yield at the moment is 3.46%. Technically, anything above this average could be considered…
The Russian delegation, led by Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov (front), arrive in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia to meet with their American counterparts, on February 17, 2025. Meeting will focus on Russia-U.S. bilateral ties, preparations for talks on Ukraine and a potential Putin-Trump meeting. Anadolu | Anadolu | Getty ImagesRussian and U.S. officials are holding their first formal meeting in years on Tuesday, as they meet in Saudi Arabia to discuss the foundation for talks on how to end the war in Ukraine.The meeting between U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, which began in the last hour,…
Image source: Getty Images Investors often think that in order to generate big returns from the stock market, they need to invest in exciting growth stocks such as Nvidia and Amazon. This couldn’t be further from the truth. Just look at Tesco (LSE: TSCO) shares. Over the last two years, they’ve generated phenomenal returns for investors. A jump in the share price Two years ago, Tesco shares closed the day at 251p. Let’s say that an investor snapped up £5k worth of stock at that price. Today, the share price is 397p. So, the investor’s £5k investment would have grown…