A year after fast-fashion sensation Shein was first thought to have filed registration papers for a UK IPO, reports suggest the company is targeting the first quarter of 2025 for a London float that could value the business at £50 billion.Shein's position as a fast-growing retailer expanding across multiple geographies and taking market share from established players ? it is no coincidence that t

European stocks pushed higher early Tuesday on growing belief that the US Federal Reserve will lower interest rates by 50 basis points on Wednesday.'Either the Federal Reserve doves are going seriously ahead of themselves, or there will be a big disappointment when the Fed will announce its policy decision tomorrow. Or... the Fed will align with the market and give investors want they want, to avo

Investor excitement surrounding weight-loss drugs has arguably been as great if not greater than that seen for everything AI (artificial intelligence) in the last two years.Market leaders Novo Nordisk (NOVO-B:CPH) and Eli Lilly (LLY:NYSE), makers of Wegovy and Zepbound respectively, have seen their share prices soar as investors seemingly extrapolate their initial success years into the future.Ben

Big milestones in our lives usually coincide with big personal finance decisions, or at least give us a nasty reminder that we should have been considering our financial futures when it would have made a difference to the here and now.Hindsight, as they say, is a wonderful thing. I had my first child two weeks after the collapse of investment bank Lehman Brothers. That recession was tough for man

Never mind Fed speakers singing from the same 'rates on hold' hymn sheet, investors had AI (artificial intelligence) on the brain over the past week with chip powerhouse Nvidia (NVDA:NASDAQ) once again smashing Wall Street estimates out of the park.Detail below, but the net effect was a significant boost to the technology-focused Nasdaq Composite Index, which scaled new all-time highs. The benchma

THIS IS AN ADVERTISING FEATURE By Melissa Gallagher, Head of Investment Trusts, BlackRock ?During tough economic conditions, the pie gets smaller. If customers don?t have a compelling reason to buy a product, they won?t.?While the outlook for this year?s ISA season is less grim than it was 12 months ago, there are still headwinds for markets in the year ahead. The UK slipped into recession at the

Just when investors think they have got the measure of Tesla (TSLA:NASDAQ), Elon Musk drops a bomb. Having feared the worst, Tesla?s first quarter (Q1) 2024 report (25 April) gave investors the clarity they were seeking on mass-market vehicles, and while detail remains thin, Musk said production would likely begin ?in early 2025, if not later this year? and would include ?more affordable models.?T

If you had £10,000 to invest in a single fund, which would you choose ? one of the most popular with retail investors for more than a decade, or a relative new kid on the block with a similar asset allocation approach?In a manner of speaking, it is what billionaire City grandee Michael Spencer challenged formidable money man and Fundsmith Equity (B41YBW7) founder Terry Smith at the end of 2023, t

At the centre of the current boom in generative AI (artificial intelligence) is chip maker Nvidia (NVDA:NASDAQ).It designs some of the fastest computer chips in the world which are needed to run data hungry LLMs (large language models) capable of understanding natural language.Readers may be familiar with Nvidia's historical link to the gaming industry, but less familiar with the US giant's connec

The world of fantasy is clearly having a moment. The rise of ?romantasy? authors like Sarah J Maas, who has been a big part of UK publishing outfit Bloomsbury?s (BMY) recent success, have taken the genre out of its previous male-dominated realm to a whole new audience.Bloomsbury?s surging sales and the ongoing phenomenon that is Games Workshop (GAW) are two examples on the UK market which show the

Oil prices recently hit a four-month high with Brent crude topping $86 per barrel after US inventories came in lower than expected and amid reports of attacks on Russian facilities.Yet the FTSE 350 Oil & Gas Producers sector is pretty much flat, like the wider UK market. In the US, energy stocks are underperforming the S&P 500 with a 7.4% gain against 9.4% for the wider market.Writing in mid-March

Leisure business London Tunnels is expected to float on the AIM market sometime around the middle of the year. The company is majority owned by Angus Murray who is the brains behind plans to turn London?s tunnels into a tourist attraction, which showcases the story of the London Blitz.In October 1940 the UK government decided to build a system of deep shelters linked to existing tube stations inte

Lung cancer treatment gets US approvalRisk of disease progression cut by 38%Lung cancer a leading cause of deathsShares in AstraZeneca (AZN) topped the FTSE 100 leaderboard on Monday after the pharmaceutical firm said its lung cancer drug Tagrisso has been approved by the US regulator for treating patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).The shares gained 3% to £104.38, partially

Stock prices in London fell on Thursday morning before the European Central Bank?s interest rate decision, with the market pricing in a third hold.The FTSE 100 index opened down 11.17 points, 0.2%, at 7,516.50. The FTSE 250 was down 51.79 points, 0.3%, at 19,119.89, and the AIM All-Share was down 0.77 of a point, 0.1%, at 744.08.The Cboe UK 100 was down 0.2% at 751.02, the Cboe UK 250 was down 0.2

Shares up over 14% to 133pReinstates dividend from full year 2024Adjusted group revenue up 19% to £171 millionShares in On The Beach (OTB) were up over 14% to 133p in morning trading as the online package holidays in the sun seller said group adjusted pre-tax profits were up 66% to £23.6 million for the year ending 30 September 2023.On The Beach said it had 'the best summer ever' and delivered

Brains behind ChatGPT wins return to OpenAIGenerative AI start-up thrown into chaos after CEO initially oustedMicrosoft market cap gains $60 billion in a weekMicrosoft (MSFT:NASDAQ) has emerged as the real winner from the Sam Altman chaos. To quickly recap, Sam Altman is the chief brain behind OpenAI, the San Francisco-based artificial intelligence start-up that developed ChatGPT and the generativ

?5 billion sale to Zegona Communications unveiledAIM telco cash shell set-up by former Virgin Media executivesVodafone CEO continues substantial reshaping of mobile giantEuropean mobile network Vodafone (VOD) continues its revamp under new chief executive Margherita Della Valle. The FTSE 100 company has confirmed the sale of its Spanish business in a deal worth up to ?5 billion, with at least ?4.1

Value stocks have outperformed growth stocks by 12% since Pfizer (PFE:NYSE) announced the first effective Covid-19 vaccine on 9 November 2020. That's comparing the MSCI World Value index against the MSCI World Growth index.We have reason to believe the value investing style could soon deliver even bigger outperformance given the shift in the backdrop from cheap money to more normalised interest ra

Obesity is one of the fastest growing public health issues facing the world. The World Health Organisation estimates there are two billion overweight adults, of which around 650 million are technically obese.Having a body mass index over 30 means someone is obese, while anyone with a score over 25 is classified under this system as being overweight. Experts predict almost half of US adults will be

Investing in Hipgnosis Songs Fund (SONG) was meant to have been a no-brainer. Sadly, that has been far from the truth.The investment trust owns the rights to certain popular songs. It gets paid every time these songs are featured in a film, TV show or advert; played on the radio or in a public place or streamed.By proactively finding ways to earn more money from the songs, Hipgnosis should have be