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Is this downturn different?

Market drops are nerve-wracking. The questions come quickly: why didn’t I see this coming? How much worse is it going to get? Is someone seeing...

Tue, 08/04/2025 - 16:04

S&P 500 suffers worst week in five years | Wall Street Week

US markets endured their worst losses since the pandemic after the Trump administration’s ‘Liberation Day’ announcement of wide-ranging tariffs (2 April) gave investors a real...

Fri, 04/04/2025 - 11:02

What are the different types of investments?

You don’t need to know absolutely everything about investing before you get started, but learning a few key phrases and bits of lingo is a...

Wed, 02/04/2025 - 15:33

FTSE 100 dividend growth expected to resume after nearly flat 2024

Even after a wobbly start to March, the FTSE 100 continues to confound both the doubters and those who think that stock markets start...

Tue, 01/04/2025 - 17:46

Trump's auto tariffs rattle markets

Tariffs were firmly back in the spotlight this week after Donald Trump announced a 25% sales surcharge on all new cars sold in the US...

Fri, 28/03/2025 - 12:16

US tech slide continues as rates held, Nike turnaround marathon not a sprint

For a change the main talking point in markets this week wasn’t tariffs, trade wars or Donald Trump, but the Federal Reserve, which met on...

Fri, 21/03/2025 - 14:48

US stocks enter ‘correction’ territory while Tesla crashes

Another turbulent week on Wall Street saw one trillion dollars wiped off the value of the Nasdaq 100 on Monday (10 March), with the index...

Fri, 14/03/2025 - 12:51

$1.57 trillion wiped off value of the Magnificent Seven so far this year while Meta becomes the Lone Ranger

An astonishing $1.57 trillion has been wiped off the value of the Magnificent Seven year-to-date. Six of the seven stocks have fallen in value, with...

Wed, 12/03/2025 - 17:00

Tariffs spark tech sell-off as Klarna plots $15 billion IPO

Investors on Wall Street were affected by uncertainty over president Donald Trump’s trade policy this week.

After initially announcing immediate broad-based tariffs on neighbouring countries...

Fri, 07/03/2025 - 11:50

Cracks in the AI story: worst performing shares this year include semiconductor firms and cloud computing providers

Association with AI was the ticket to share price success in 2023 and 2024 as investors got excited about the technology revolution. The opposite is...

Thu, 06/03/2025 - 11:32

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