Image source: Getty Images The Lloyds (LSE: LLOY) share price has been bombing along lately. It’s up 30% over the last year, and 166% over five years. With an average yield of around 4% or 5% over that period, long-term investors are finally reaping the rewards. Lloyds and the rest of the FTSE 100 banks have finally shaken off … Read more
The Pitch Pit (LON: PICH) share price recovered 532% to 0.06p as it refocuses on AI ventures. The company plans to raise up to £500,000. Digital assets investor KR1 (LON: KR1) reported interim revenues from those digital assets improving from £3.91m to £8.72m, although lower gains on disposals of assets meant that the pre-tax profit … Read more
Image source: Getty Images Shares in Admiral (LSE:ADM) are up 92% in the last three years. There’s still a 4.35% dividend yield for income investors who buy now, but I think those who wait might get a chance to buy a world-class FTSE 100 company at a really great price. In my view, this is … Read more
Image source: Getty Images Chapel Down (LSE: CDGP) is England’s leading winemaker, with vineyards across the beautiful Kent countryside. It’s the only English wine company with a stock market listing, which makes this a unique penny stock. Since listing at the end of 2023, Chapel Down has lost around a quarter of its market value. … Read more
Image source: Getty Images While there may be lots of doom and gloom surrounding the British economic outlook, that is not obvious from the performance of the FTSE 100 index of leading UK shares. This week, the FTSE 100 hit a new all-time high. Over the past five years, it has grown 49%. That is … Read more
Early this week, gold followed a typical “safe haven” pattern but then turned to drop back in price. During the first part of the week the price of gold skyrocketed, reaching as high as $3,433 per ounce which was the highest it’s been for a number of weeks. This rapid increase was caused mostly by … Read more
Image source: Getty Images Using money to try and make money is basically how I would sum up passive income plans that are based on investing in dividend shares. With a long-term mindset, such an approach can be lucrative. For example, a spare £5,000 today could be invested in such a way that hopefully it … Read more
Image source: Rolls-Royce plc Back at the start of 2025, I thought the business outlook for Rolls-Royce (LSE: RR) was promising – but was less enthusiastic about its share price. In January, after the Rolls-Royce share price had already increased 513% since the end of 2022 just a couple of years before, here is what … Read more
Optima Health has demerged from Marlowe (LON: MRL) on the basis of one share for each Marlowe share held. The company is the market leader in the UK occupational health sector with a share of around 10%. This has been achieved through investment in technology. The Optima Health business was originally acquired by Marlowe in … Read more
Image source: Getty Images One of my favourite ways to target future passive income is by investing in shares. More specifically, investors can make use of tax wrappers like a Stocks and Shares ISA, or SIPP, to achieve future income. Within these, it’s possible to own a range of managed funds, exchanged-traded funds (ETFs), or … Read more