Image source: Getty Images As an experienced investor, what I pick for my Stocks and Shares ISA is largely dictated by what I already hold. For example, I wouldn’t buy FTSE 100 defence giant BAE Systems today, even though it’s going gangbusters, because I loaded up last year. So while researching this year’s stock picks, I decided to call in AI, to ask what I should do if I was a newbie. I suspect quite a few ISA investors are doing that, but I’d urge caution. Its first pick was Reckitt Benckiser As ChatGPT admits itself, it’s not a stock…
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BRUSSELS — The EU needs to build more tanks — and there’s no reason why those tanks can’t be green. In a bid to save its decaying steel and metal industries, the EU has formulated a plan to protect the sector against unfair competition from abroad, high energy prices and a looming trade war with the U.S. — all while helping it go green. With this strategy — which is largely based on leveraging the EU’s arsenal of trade measures against cheaper foreign products and subsidizing the sector’s decarbonization — Brussels is hoping that saving metals manufacturing will also boost…
It has been a crazy start to the year for Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA) stock for multiple reasons. If investors had put £10k in the stock at the beginning of January, they would likely have felt confident that the sharp share price appreciation from the past year could continue. Reality doesn’t always play out that way, with some events hitting a stock hard out of nowhere. In the red Nvidia shares started the year just above $134, and it is currently at $120. This reflects a 10.6% fall over the space of just under three months. This means the £10k would currently…
A Tesla store in Alhambra, California on March 11, 2025.Frederic J. Brown | AFP | Getty ImagesAs Elon Musk wraps up his second month in the White House, Tesla owners are trading in their electric vehicles at record levels, according to an analysis by national car shopping site Edmunds.The data from Edmunds published on Thursday said that March represented “the highest ever share” it had seen for Tesla trade-ins toward new or used cars from dealerships selling other brands.Since heading to Washington, D.C., in January as a central figure in the second Trump administration, Musk, who is CEO of Tesla, has…
This article is an on-site version of our Moral Money newsletter. Premium subscribers can sign up here to get the newsletter delivered three times a week. Standard subscribers can upgrade to Premium here, or explore all FT newsletters.Visit our Moral Money hub for all the latest ESG news, opinion and analysis from around the FT Payments to protect forests, to shut down coal plants or to roll out less-polluting cookstoves are all good things for the planet — but they should not form the basis of a company’s climate plans, the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) confirmed this week.The funders,…
Image source: Getty Images I have a confession to make about Tesco (LSE: TSCO) shares. On 28 February, I called the grocery giant the ultimate ‘Steady Eddie’ FTSE 100 stock. I complacently wrote: “I don’t hold Tesco, but wish I did. Watching its steady, solid progress is like being given a cosy back rub after a stressful day.” Oh dear. That hasn’t aged well. Less than a month later, watching the Tesco share price is more like being jabbed with a sharp stick. As an experienced long-term investor, I should have known better than to assume Tesco’s resurgence would continue uninterrupted.…
HALIFAX, Nova Scotia (AP) — A growing industry is racing to engineer a solution to global warming using the absorbent power of the oceans. Dozens of companies and academic groups are pitching the same theory: that sinking rocks, nutrients, crop waste or seaweed in the ocean could lock away climate-warming carbon dioxide for centuries or more. Nearly 50 field trials have taken place in the past four years, with startups raising hundreds of millions in early funds. But the field remains rife with debate over the consequences for the oceans if the strategies are deployed at large scale, and over…
Image source: Getty Images Earlier this month, shares in Greggs fell 11% in a day as the company reported weak like-for-like (LFL) sales. And it’s happening again with another FTSE 250 stock. JD Wetherspoon (LSE:JDW) is the latest company to drop sharply after reporting a slowing in LFL sales growth. But unlike Greggs I’m a buyer of this stock at today’s prices. Results During the first half of its financial year, JD Wetherspoon’s sales grew 4% and earnings per share increased 83%. But investors need to take a closer look to see what’s going on here. One thing it’s important…
On March 19, the European Commission released the “Steel and Metals Industry Action Plan,” aimed at enhancing the competitiveness of the industry and addressing the potential impact of US steel tariffs. The plan focuses on six core areas: ensuring clean and affordable energy supply, preventing carbon leakage, strengthening and protecting European industrial capacity, promoting metal resource recycling, safeguarding high-quality industrial jobs, and reducing investment risks through market leadership and public support.In terms of strengthening and protecting European industrial capacity, the European Commission proposed to tighten the current steel safeguard measures from April 1, 2025. The current safeguard measures use a…
Image source: Getty Images Investing in shares that pay dividends is a popular way for people to earn extra income. Even some well-known blue-chip UK shares offer a high dividend yield. This is how much an investor would need to invest to target a second income of £700 on average every single month. How dividends can provide passive income Dividends are money a company pays to those who own its shares. They are never guaranteed. So, even though some companies pay four or more dividends to their shareholders each year, others pay nothing. A company that has been a generous…