Image source: Getty Images UK shares have fared better than their US counterparts during the first quarter of 2025. Yet I’m still looking at the FTSE 100 and the FTSE 250 for growth-with-value when it comes to stocks to buy in April. I have a few ideas in mind, but there are a couple that I’m set on in the absence of any major issue that might crop up. And both are firmly in the category of growth stocks. Bunzl When shares in Bunzl (LSE:BNZL) fell 14% in the first half of March, I started buying the stock for my…
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Quantum Commodity Intelligence – As you read this, a meeting is taking place in London that is discussing options to put the global maritime sector on a path to meet a mid-century net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions target, including how to price emissions resulting from the use of fossil fuels. This week the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO’s) Intersessional Working Group on GHG Reduction (ISWG-19) will meet to try and map out clearer positions on the three main options related to carbon pricing, broadly categorised as a crediting mechanism, a ‘strong’ levy, and a ‘weak’ levy. Next week, a broader meeting…
Image source: Getty Images To assess how well the UK stock market is doing, analysts typically measure the performance of its key index, the FTSE 100. Sure, it lags slightly behind the famous S&P 500, but at 58.5%, it’s not bad. Created on TradingView.com Unfortunately, not every listing on the index has been doing so well. Some have fallen off it completely, as happened to online fashion retailer ASOS (LSE: ASC) in June 2023. Now listed on the mid-cap FTSE 250 index, the stock is down 72% in the past five years. Despite an initial surge in popularity bolstered by…
Image source: Getty Images FTSE 100 heavyweight Imperial Brands (LSE: IMB) is up 72% from its 11 April 12-month traded low of £16.77. That said, this sort of price gain is no reason to avoid buying the stock, in my experience. It may be that the firm is simply worth more than it was before. Or it could be that the market is just playing catch-up with its true value. In fact, there might be a lot more value in the stock than is reflected even in its higher price. What could the stock’s fair value be? The first part…
Foreign currencies are advertised in a window in Times Square, one of New York’s and the nation’s top tourist attractions, on March 28, 2025, in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty ImagesThe rollout of U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs regime is dampening sentiment toward the dollar and prompting investors to look elsewhere for their foreign exchange (FX) trades, strategists told CNBC. The dollar index, which measures the value of the greenback against a basket of major rivals, was little changed on Wednesday morning. The U.S. currency began a steady rise in late 2024 that peaked in mid-January — however, the…
Image source: Getty Images The £20,000 Stocks and Shares ISA contribution limit will reset on 6 April, and I’m eyeing up FTSE 100 shares to buy for my portfolio. While brainstorming ideas, I was curious to know what artificial intelligence (AI) thinks is the crème de la crème from the Footsie right now. ChatGPT is the world’s most popular AI chatbot, but it’s prone to making mistakes. I’d never accept its stock market recommendations at face value. Nonetheless, there’s always some merit in a different investing perspective — even a robotic one! Encouragingly, the FTSE 100 stock ChatGPT named looks…
Image source: Getty Images The Diageo (LSE: DGE) share price has plummeted over the last three years and as a result the stock now sports a dividend yield of around 4%. That’s about twice the yield it was offering three years ago (and the highest I can remember from the stock). I’ve owned Diageo shares for many years now and always viewed it as a core long-term holding. Should I snap up a few more shares in the alcoholic beverages company to pick up this yield? Facing multiple challenges When I look at Diageo today, I see a company facing…
Image source: Getty Images GSK’s (LSE: GSK) share price is down 19% from its 15 May one-year traded high of £18.19. This could flag that a business is fundamentally worth less than it was before. Or it could highlight a bargain-basement buying opportunity to be had. I think it is the latter in this case for three key reasons. Strong earnings growth It is ultimately earnings growth that determines the trajectory of a firm’s stock price (and dividend) in the future. In GSK’s case, analysts forecast that its earnings will increase an extremely robust 18.3% a year to end-2027. Its…