A positive run-up to the year-end holidays for London stocks, fuelled by hopes for lower UK and US interest rates in 2024, stumbled early Thursday.The FTSE 100 index opened down 6.54 points, 0.1%, at 7,709.14. The FTSE 250 was down 87.19 points, 0.4%, at 19,541.90, and the AIM All-Share was down 1.31 points, 0.2%, at 750.13The Cboe UK 100 was down 0.2% at 769.62, the Cboe UK 250 was down 0.4% at 1

AdobeIt may look like odd timing to back Adobe (ADBE:NASDAQ) just after lukewarm guidance, but we think this is a great opportunity.The creative digital software firm called for fiscal 2024 earnings per share of $17.60 to $18 on $21.3 billion to $21.5 billion revenue, a little light compared with the consensus of $18 and $21.7 billion revenue respectively.The shares plunged 7%, which seemed harsh

FTSE 100 firm RELX (REL) is 'ahead of the game' when it comes to integrating artificial intelligence (AI) into its business and we think this continues to be underappreciated by the market. We expect that to change in 2024 and this makes the shares a compelling investment for the year ahead.RELX takes large datasets and analyses these for clients across a range of sectors as well as publishing sci

There is no hotter area to invest in today than artificial intelligence, or AI as it is commonly known. Ever since OpenAI's ChatGPT took the world by storm, investors have been racing to find winners from this explosive trend.Corporate leaders, meanwhile, have been scrambling to prove to investors that they are harnessing the technology to drive revenue growth, improve operational efficiency, and

A calamitous 24 hours for the premiership of Liz Truss unsettled markets early Thursday, with both stock prices in London and the pound lower.The FTSE 100 index opened down 6.04 points, 0.1%, at 6,918.95. The FTSE 250 opened down 56.08 points, 0.3%, at 17,191.47, and the AIM All-Share opened down 3.54 points, 0.5%, at 782.43.The Cboe UK 100 opened down 0.3% at 690.74, the Cboe UK 250 opened down 0

This is part one of three articles looking at how to find and analyse growth stocks. We also explain important financial considerations to consider.In the second and third articles we will take a deeper dive into a UK stock.Growth and value investing have become part of the investment lexicon in recent years. Investment consultants use the labels to pigeonhole a fund manager's style of investing.

THIS IS AN ADVERTISING FEATUREHisashi Arakawa, Investment Manager, abrdn Japan Investment Trust PLC-Japanese shares sold off as Russia escalated tensions with Ukraine.-Companies are passing on rising input cost to their end customers.-Recent earnings reports for the Japanese corporate sector have been buoyant.Japan has not been able to escape the global stock market volatility seen in the wake of

Surging commodity prices pushed the FTSE 100 to a two-month high at the close. The boom for metals and energy saw miners dominating the top of the FTSE 100 leader board, with three-month futures contracts for aluminium, copper, nickel, palladium and more rising sharply on Thursday and seeing the likes of Anglo American (AAL), Glencore (GLEN), Antofagasta (ANTO) and Rio Tinto (RIO) all catching the

Surging commodity prices continued to drive UK stock higher in early afternoon trading, with miners dominating the top of the FTSE 100 leader board. Three-month futures contracts for aluminium, copper, nickel, palladium and more rose sharply on Thursday with Anglo American (AAL), Glencore (GLEN), Antofagasta (ANTO) and Rio Tinto (RIO) all catching the uplift.Elsewhere, Darktrace (DARK) and Qinieti

UK stocks opened higher on Thursday, led by mining companies as commodities prices, notably copper, continued to advance, with Anglo American (AAL), Glencore (GLEN), Antofagasta (ANTO) and Rio Tinto (RIO) all catching a bid early on.By 9 am, the FTSE 100 was trading 0.65% higher at 7,188.22 points, while the FTSE 250 was up 0.7% at 22,793.72.Brent Crude pushed ahead 0.8% to $83.85 per barrel, natu

The last 20 years have certainly been eventful for Lloyds Banking (LLOY), a stock owned by a large number of retail investors thanks to a history of generous dividends.From a sleepy high street also-ran it has grown through a series of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) into the largest UK-focused retail and commercial lender.Given a relatively benign economic backdrop, analysts are predicting a signi

Media business RELX (REL) is bolstering its Risk & Business analytics unit through the £580m all-cash acquisition of Californian digital identity business ThreatMetrix.The San Jose headquartered firm analyses upwards of 100m transactions a day, across 35,000 websites from 5,000 customers. RELX already has a presence in this space through its LexisNexis Risk brand, with which ThreatMetrix has an e

According to the Office for National Statistics' latest figures (14 Nov), UK inflation is holding steady, the headline CPI rate static at 3% for the month of October.While no higher than the month before, inflation, often dubbed the 'cruelest tax', is however at a five-year high as the weak pound continues to put a strain on consumers' purchasing power.With real interest on cash accounts still eff

Big technology companies have become hugely influential over past few decades. Technological advances have revolutionised our lives, changing the way we shop, communicate, work and even date, thanks to the internet's ability to connect people like never before.It's no wonder that investors have flocked to the technology in hope of profiting from this favourable industry backdrop.Names like Apple,

In the 1980s I remember writing an economics homework essay about how the world was going to run out of oil by the year 2000 ? Marion King Hubbert's original 'peak oil' thesis. Well, predictions are tricky, especially about the future. However, the peak, and indeed trough, thesis seems particularly appropriate to the rather odd world we currently live in.Peak stuffSure, we have had peak government

Whatever your view on the referendum it's clear exiting the EU will not save UK businesses from an increasingly complex red tape maze.The clipboard bureaucrats are on the march and compliance, regulation and accountability are new buzzwords to add to the enterprise lexicon. But it's not all bad news for investors, codes of conduct, specialist training and automation are emerging opportunities, if

What should an investor do if one of their investments is ex-growth and how do you spot when a company is approaching this point?In April 2016 sales of Apple's (AAPL:NDQ) flagship iPhone product declined for the first time since its launch with the consumer electronics giant also reporting its first quarterly group wide sales drop since 2003.Once the ultimate growth stock these figures were seen a

Commercial patent specialist RWS (RWS:AIM) should be able to rise above choppy markets in the year ahead thanks to its deal in November 2015 to buy US firm Corporate Translations, a life sciences sector specialist.Boasting an exceptional track record since coming to market in November 2003, this year looks likely to be yet another year of self-funded growth for the business headed up by founder an

RELX (REL) £11.56Gain to date: 8.8%Original entry price: Buy at £10.62, 18 Jun 2015Publishing group RELX (REL) continues to demonstrate its successful shift from a traditional reference and content supplier to a fully-fledged digital operator.It plans to combine content with analytics and technology to add more value for a client base which spans the scientific, medical, legal and financial indu

In March 2007 before terms like 'credit crunch' had even entered the public lexicon Roel Campos from US regulation the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) described AIM as being 'like a casino' quoting an inflated 30% failure rate for new firms on the exchange.His comments have renewed relevance after the collapse of Globo (GBO:AIM) - the latest in a series of high profile mishaps on the juni