RistoArnaudov The trade in goods deficit widened by £7.6 billion to £62.5 billion in the three months to April 2026. Goods imports increased by £0.8B, or 1.5%, in April, driven by higher imports from the European Union, partly offset by lower imports from non-EU countries. Source link
Bitcoin pops as Trump signals an end to the Iran war
The risk-off mood that hammered crypto all week is reversing. Bitcoin is back in the green, and the trigger was a sudden de-escalation in the Iran war. Bitcoin traded at $63,550 on Friday, up 1.6% on the day and 1.4% over the week, per CoinDesk data. Days earlier it had…
Could £300 a month and UK dividend shares yielding 5% really grow to £176,436?
The UK stock market’s home to loads of excellent dividend shares. And amazingly, there are some that have increased their payouts for nearly 60 consecutive years. Moreover, look closely and it’s possible to find 132 of them on the FTSE All-Share index that are currently (11 June) paying 5% or…
How much do you need in your SIPP to target a £575 monthly passive income?
Image source: Getty Images Sometimes I thinks the Self-Invested Personal Pension (SIPP) doesn’t get the glory it deserves. Investors tend to focus on the Stocks and Shares ISA instead. Yet the SIPP can be just as tax efficient and, better still, its tax breaks nicely complement those on the ISA.…
Shell signs five agreements with Venezuela to advance oil and gas projects (SHEL:NYSE)
Scott Barbour/Getty Images News Venezuela’s government signed five agreements with Shell (SHEL) on Thursday to advance oil and gas projects, including the company’s participation in the 7 Tcf Loran offshore gas field, Reuters reported. Venezuela had already signed preliminary agreements for the projects earlier this year Source link
Halma shares down 14%! What on earth is the stock market thinking!?
Image source: Getty Images Halma (LSE:HLMA) has been one of my top FTSE 100 growth shares for some time. But the stock crashed 14% on Thursday (11 June) after the firm released its full-year earnings. Is this my opportunity? Or has something gone badly wrong with one of the UK’s…
Venture Global, Greece’s Atlantic-SEE to double U.S. LNG supply deal (VG:NYSE)
alvarez/E+ via Getty Images Venture Global (VG) up 0.9% post-market Thursday after saying it is expanding its long-term liquefied natural gas supply agreement with Greece’s Atlantic-SEE LNG Trade, bolstering central and eastern European energy security. Under the revised agreement, the Greek joint venture will now Source link
Are Greggs shares really undervalued?
Image source: Getty Images The rise and fall of Greggs (LSE: GRG) shares has been one of the most captivating recent stories from the FTSE 250, at least in my opinion. The much-loved brand saw its value roughly halve between September 2024 and September 2025. To make matters worse, the…
Ceres Power shares just crashed 35%! Time to consider buying?
Image source: Getty Images Shares in UK clean energy company Ceres Power (LSE: CWR) have experienced an almighty crash in recent weeks. After hitting 873p on 29 May, they’ve fallen to 570p – a drop of about 35%. So, what’s going on here? And are the shares worth a look…
SpaceX (SPCX) raises $75 billion in largest-ever IPO
SpaceX has priced its shares at $135, according to a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday, setting the stage for one of the most closely watched public market debuts in recent years. The company sold 555.6 million shares at that price, raising $75 billion, making it…