Image source: Getty Images There’s plenty of doom and gloom to go around in 21st century Great Britain, but one of the undoubted success stories has been that of Greggs (LSE: GRGG). From humble beginnings as a pokey bakery in Newcastle, the chain has expanded to over 2,600 locations across the country. Hungry Brits can’t get enough of the reasonably priced sausage rolls and baked delicacies. It’s got to the point where the young ‘uns have started wearing clothing adorned with the iconic yellow and blue logo. Greggs shares haven’t been left out of the fun either, as they’re up…
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Image source: Getty Images The Barclays (LSE: BARC) share price is well and truly back from the crushing it got in the 2020 stock market crash. We’re looking at a 270% climb over the past five years. And 59% in the last 12 months alone. As if to justify investor confidence, the bank delivered on H1 performance. And it delivered big. It makes me wonder if those who sold out and took profits in the past few months might be missing out on more to come. The half saw income rise 12% year on year to £14.9bn. Profit before tax…
Arthur Frankenstein did not set out to create a monster. He had the best scientific intentions. He hoped to create a living being from, well, body parts. As Mary Shelley’s story plays out, we learn that Frankenstein’s experiment ended badly. A much less grisly experiment began in 1911 in Massachusetts. That’s where the first statewide pension fund in the United States came into being. It proved to be a much more successful experiment but not without its own unforeseen consequences. Today, all 50 states maintain at least one statewide pension plan. All but five have multiple statewide plans. And then…
Climate-stressed forest in southwestern Colorado near Wolf Creek Pass. Credit: University of Utah A lot of the climate-altering carbon pollution humans release into the atmosphere by burning fossil fuels gets drawn into the Earth’s oceans and landscapes through natural processes, mostly through photosynthesis, as plants turn atmospheric carbon dioxide into biomass. Efforts to slow the climate crisis have long sought to harness nature, often through carbon “offsets,” aimed at bolstering forests, wetlands, and agriculture, but have generally had only marginal success so far. A new approach: Contributions vs. credits New research led by the University of Utah’s Wilkes Center for…
In premarket trading, futures for the S&P 500 were up 0.1%, while futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average were essentially flat. Nasdaq futures rose 0.3%.Most analysts expect the Fed to keep its benchmark borrowing rate around 4.3% and again cite uncertainty around the economic impacts of President Donald Trump’s widespread tariff increases on imports to the U.S. However, there have been hints of dissent from Trump-appointed Fed governors Christopher Waller and Michelle Bowman, underscoring a difference of opinion about how the U.S. economy is doing. Unemployment is low but hiring has been sluggish. Overall economic growth has been modest…
Image source: Getty Images AI has made big waves in the stock market but many investors are still trying to figure out what it means for some of the biggest companies on the planet. Take Google parent Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) as an example. On one hand, some investors have grown nervous about what AI usurping search as a digital navigation tool could mean for Alphabet’s profits – and its stock price. On the other hand, AI could be a potential game-changer for Alphabet, in a positive way. It already has deep technical expertise and a large base of…
The share price chart for Aviva (LSE: AV) increasingly looks like a thing of beauty. Up 29% so far this year – and 146% over five years – the Aviva share price today (30 July) hit a level last seen back in 2008. That may make it seem expensive. But could this still be a share for investors to consider even now? Strong growth trajectory I think the answer to that question is yes. Insurance is often a staid, fairly plodding sort of business. So a FTSE 100 share comfortably more than doubling in five years may seem surprising. But…
Image source: Getty Images A Stocks and Shares ISA is a tool that millions of Brits use to invest their hard-earned money and protect their returns from HMRC. Some have a specific investment goal of trying to generate a side income, primarily through dividend shares. Although every investor has a different target for their annual earnings, here are the numbers I crunched to potentially reach £10,000 a year. Please note that tax treatment depends on the individual circumstances of each client and may be subject to change in future. The content in this article is provided for information purposes only.…
About Ian Lyall Ian Lyall, a seasoned journalist and editor, brings over three decades of experience to his role as Managing Editor at Proactive. Overseeing Proactive’s editorial and broadcast operations across six offices on three continents, Ian is responsible for quality control, editorial policy, and content production. He directs the creation of 50,000 pieces of real-time news, feature articles, and filmed interviews annually. Prior to Proactive, Ian helped lead the business output at the Daily… Read more About the publisher Proactive financial news and online broadcast teams provide fast, accessible, informative and actionable business and finance news content to…
Image source: Getty Images Anyone who had the skill or good fortune to invest in BAE Systems (LSE: BA) shares in recent times will have done very well indeed. A stake acquired five years ago would be up by over 250%. Even those buying at the start of 2025 will have enjoyed a gain five times that of the FTSE 100 index over the same period. For this reason, it was perhaps only natural that today’s half-year report from the defence titan would garner a lot of attention. The reaction has been… interesting, to say the least. Beating expectations and…