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Top trending global stocks of 2025

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Top trending global stocks of 2025 This year has seen some big swings in markets, with both sharp falls and record highs, driven by a number of key stories…
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  • Investors have put their faith in Elon Musk to the point they're prepared to make him even richer if he can deliver all that he's promised

    80% confidence
  • The test will be whether Musk can deliver on promises sooner rather than later

    80% confidence
  • UK banks have been one of the quiet success stories of 2025, outperforming US markets and even the high-flying tech sector

    80% confidence
  • Tesco has strengthened its relative pricing position and improved its brand perception

    80% confidence
  • The combination of Liberation Day's tariffs, wars in the Middle East and Eastern Europe, worries over AI impact on jobs, government debts and stock market bubble debates does not look favourable for investors, but many will look back upon 2025 with contentment

    80% confidence
  • Having rebounded from deeply depressed valuations, UK banking sector is now benefiting from strong balance sheets, dependable income, and interest rates that remain in a supportive sweet spot

    80% confidence
  • Deutsche Bank remains positive on UK food retail sector into 2026 and sees scope for further earnings momentum at Tesco backed by strong execution and market share growth

    80% confidence
  • Tesco raised group adjusted operating profit guidance to between £2.9bn and £3.1bn from previously expected £2.7bn to £3bn

    80% confidence
  • There is a price to pay for Lloyds' success - shares are now their most expensive since early 2021 on a price-to-earnings basis and at a 10-year high on a price-to-book basis

    80% confidence
  • Perhaps Lloyds won't be in 2026's list of top FTSE 100 performers unless it does something very special

    80% confidence
  • Equities, bonds and commodities all provided positive returns in 2025, and hopes for interest rate cuts, cooling inflation and steady economic growth give grounds for optimism in 2026

    80% confidence
  • Ructions in cryptocurrency and ongoing surges in gold and silver may be harbingers of heightened volatility in 2026

    80% confidence
  • BT reconfirmed full-year guidance with expected adjusted group revenue at approximately £20bn and EBITDA in the range of £8.2bn to £8.3bn

    80% confidence
  • Tesla Robotaxi testing is underway with no occupants in the car

    80% confidence
  • Tesla has never just been a car maker; its value has always been linked to potential technological advances

    80% confidence
  • Lloyds led UK-listed banks in 2025 with the share price rally down to solid business progress, interest rates staying higher for longer, and profit progression

    80% confidence
  • Tesla will have to recover significant ground lost to Alphabet's Waymo which is already operating hundreds of thousands of rides every week

    80% confidence
  • Tesla has struggled to shake off its CEO's politics and huge issues with competition from Chinese manufacturers

    80% confidence
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