Image source: Getty Images While reviewing the FTSE 100‘s best performers over one year, I noticed that Barclays (LSE: BARC) shares have soared to third place in this table. Whoa. Barclays shares surge The Barclays share price currently stands at 293.45p, valuing the bank at £42.4bn and close to the five-year high of 312.4p set on 12 February. At its 52-week low, it hit 140.48p on 14 February 2024, but has more than doubled since. Over six months, the shares have leapt 32.4%, while also rocketing 106.6% over one year. They have jumped by 66.8% over five years, thrashing the…
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European markets opened slightly higher on Monday, as regional defense and geopolitical uncertainty remain in focus.The pan-European Stoxx 600 was up by around 0.1% shortly after the opening bell, with major bourses trading in mixed territory.Geopolitical tensions between the U.S. and Europe are likely to be a focus for European markets this week as U.S. officials prepare for talks with Russia to end the war in Ukraine, with officials in Kyiv and Europe being left out of the discussions.European leaders are holding an emergency summit in Paris on Monday to discuss how to respond to President Donald Trump’s apparent decision…
Image source: Getty Images It’s fair to say that I’m unimpressed with my Diageo (LSE: DGE) shares at the moment. Over the last year, they’ve fallen 27%. Over the last three years, they’ve fallen 40% (wiping out all my long-term gains). In short, they stink! Are they worth holding on to? Let’s discuss. It’s ugly There’s no doubt that Diageo is facing a lot of challenges right now. For starters, the company has experienced a major slowdown in growth. It has been so slow recently (for the six months ending December 2024 organic sales rose just 1% year on year)…
“Today, Trump claims Ukraine’s raw materials as a way to fuel America’s economy. But these raw materials are not only Ukrainian, they’re also European.,” Kuleba said. “Why should Europe give away the resources that should fuel its own economy to America?” One of the lead architects of the proposal, Senator Lindsey Graham, a close Trump ally, said he is dangling Ukraine’s mineral wealth in front of the president to persuade him that Ukraine is worth protecting — even pulling out a map to show Trump where Ukraine’s riches are located. “The main thing for me is that Ukraine has value…
Image source: Getty Images The NatWest (LSE:NWG) share price has climbed 85% over the last 12 months. And in valuation terms, the stock now trades at a price-to-book (P/B) ratio of 1.05 compared to 0.55 a year ago. That makes it look like the time to consider buying has passed, especially given the inherent risks of investing in bank shares. But I think there could well be more to come. Ownership The first – and most obvious – benefit is NatWest is about to return to being fully private in terms of its ownership. The UK government’s stake in the…
We recently published a list of 12 Best Airport Stocks to Invest in Now. In this article, we are going to take a look at where Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico, S.A.B. de C.V. (NYSE:PAC) stands against other best airport stocks to invest in now. Prior to the pandemic, the travel and tourism industry contributed 10.4% of GDP (US$10.3 trillion) and 10.5% of all jobs (334 million), making it a vital sector of the global economy. The industry’s contribution to global GDP in 2023 was 9.1%, up 23.2% from 2022 and just 4.1% below 2019 levels, according to WTTC‘s most recent research.…
Image source: Getty Images The Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust (LSE: SMT) share price is on fire this year — up 18.4% already! This strong performance has delivered an impressive 40% one-year return, propelling the FTSE 100 stock past the £11 mark for the first time in three years. My question as a shareholder is, can it keep pushing on this year? Why is it up? Many of the growth-focused trust‘s top holdings are Nasdaq stocks. With the tech-driven index near a record high and interest rates seemingly heading lower, Scottish Mortgage is benefitting nicely. The portfolio has loads of exposure…
Nottingham College in the U.K. is offering a telephobia course to help students with phone call anxiety.Jamie Grill | Photodisc | Getty ImagesThere was once a time when picking up a phone call was the main mode of communication, but now with endless choices available, some tech-savvy Gen Z are consumed with anxiety by the ringing of a phone.Generation Z — born between 1997 and 2012 — are struggling with telephobia, a “relatively recent phenomena” describing people who fear phone calls, according to Liz Baxter, a careers advisor at Nottingham College, a U.K.-based school for pupils aged 16 to 18…
1. The Buffett Indicator Revisited: Market Cap-to-GDP and Valuations How useful is the Buffett Indicator really? Navin Vohra, CFA, shares his analysis. 2. GameStop or: Why the Short Sellers Win The GameStop short sellers might have left the market, Joachim Klement, CFA, observes. But don’t for a minute think they are licking their wounds in defeat. 3. Beware the Bubble? The US Stock Market Cap-to-GDP Ratio The Buffett Indicator is flashing red and has been for a while now, so caution is the watchword, Dhruv Goyal, CFA, writes. 4. Myth-Busting: Money Printing Must Create Inflation Shouldn’t all the recent monetary…
TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares traded mostly higher Monday as investors continued to watch economic data and policy moves from President Donald Trump, as both are likely to impact upcoming global central bank moves. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 rose in early trading after the Cabinet Office reported that the economy grew at a better-than-expected annual rate of 2.8% in October-December, underlined by steady exports and moderate consumption. But the benchmark quickly fell back and then recovered to be little changed, up less than 0.1% in morning trading at 39,164.87. On a quarter-to-quarter basis, the world’s fourth largest economy grew 0.7%…