Ben McPoland

4 days ago | msn.com | Ben McPoland

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4 days ago | msn.com | Ben McPoland

Microsoft Cares About Your PrivacyMicrosoft and our third-party vendors use cookies to store and access information such as unique IDs to deliver, maintain and improve our services and ads. If you agree, MSN and Microsoft Bing will personalise the content and ads that you see. You can select ‘I Accept’ to consent to these uses or click on ‘Manage preferences’ to review your options and exercise your right to object to Legitimate Interest where used.

4 days ago | fool.co.uk | Ben McPoland

The stock market is a master at shrugging off seemingly serious issues…until it doesn’t. We saw this most clearly with the brewing Covid pandemic. In January and early February 2020, markets were climbing to record highs, even as word spread about a serious virus sweeping across parts of China.  Then, all of a sudden, investors panicked and both the S&P 500 and FTSE 100 crashed more than 30% in just over a month! Might something similar be happening now with the Israel-Iran war?

4 days ago | fool.co.uk | Ben McPoland

One growth stock stuck out like a sore thumb when I opened my Stocks and Shares ISA watchlist yesterday (23 June). That was Hims & Hers Health (NYSE: HIMS), which was down almost 35%, registering it’s worst-ever day. This is a share I’ve been watching for a while, but haven’t bought yet. Even after yesterday’s crash, it’s still up 86% over 12 months. Could this crash be an opportune time for me to nip in and open a position?

4 days ago | fool.co.uk | Ben McPoland

As the owner of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: META) is already a very established growth stock in the S&P 500. That’s hardly surprising when nearly half the planet regularly use at least one of the firm’s apps!This activity generates copious amounts of user data, which is an advertiser’s dream. This supports high-margin growth at Meta. In 2024, the firm’s revenue grew 22% to $164.5bn, while net profit jumped 59% to $62.4bn.