Another year has whizzed by and so, inevitably, it’s time for investors up and down the land to review their portfolio’s performance over the last 12 months and beyond. In my case, I’m going to review the UK Dividend Stocks Model Portfolio, which I set up in 2011. It’s a virtual portfolio that I manage … Read more
Most Active Big Board Stocks TSLA, NVDA, SPY, AAPL, AMD, MSFT, QQQ, NKLA, TQQQ, AMZN Biggest Big Board Gainers ATIP, BOXL, EDTX, EVLO, WORX, JFBR, SONN, RIDE, NKLA, VQS Biggest Big Board Decliners TCJH, MRSN, BBLG, ONCS, CJJD, CRVS, EFTR, EDIT, KOLD, GETR Most Active OTCs TCEHY, GBTC, LKNCY, DIDIY, ETHE, BBBYQ, FRCB, BYDDY, CYXTQ, … Read more
Image source: Getty Images The financial sector figures strongly in the list of top Footsie dividend shares right now. But some of them lack the earnings to cover the cash. As an example, Phoenix Group has a big forward dividend yield of 8.4%. But the latest Dividend Dashboard from AJ Bell shows earnings covering only … Read more
After the publication of UK’s Autumn Budget, the British Pound (GBP) was under immense pressure this week. UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves nails consumers with £40 billion tax increases, the largest fiscal tightening since 1993. Immediately following the announcements, the Pound lost value as markets estimated how much the economy would suffer. Chancellor Reeves unveiled massive … Read more
AIM is set to outperform the All Share for remainder of CY2025 The perfect storm that hit London’s AIM following peak-Pandemic in Q2 2021, has seen the index tumble by an extraordinary 60% relative to the FTSE All Share leaving it trading almost 40% below its 10-year average. Total listings have thinned down to just … Read more
My main 2020 investment thesis is the assumption this #pandemic does not herald new & permanent societal change. But it will reinforce & accelerate existing trends, with #cryptocurrency/#blockchain innovation, development & adoption poised to benefit hugely. It’s just three years since my first & last crypto post (& Bitcoin‘s only twelve years old!), but its progress … Read more
Tesla shares (NYSE: TSLA) are down sharply in early price action today after data showed that registrations for its cars in Europe fell in double digits in May. It is the fifth consecutive month when the company’s sales fell steeply in Europe, and with today’s losses, the shares have given up all the gains from … Read more
The FTSE 100 has become unloved and unwanted by an increasing number of investors. I guess you can’t really blame them. After all, the FTSE 100 has grown from 6,900 in 1999 to 7,500 today, which is less than a 10% capital gain over 22 years. By any reasonable stretch of the imagination, that’s a … Read more
Most Active Big Board Stocks TSLA, NVDA, SPY, AAPL, AMD, MSFT, QQQ, AMZN, SPCE, TQQQ Biggest Big Board Gainers IZEA, EVLO, WORX, IRNT, ONCR, MNK, SIEN, NCNO, TMC, IRBT Biggest Big Board Decliners PBLA, AUVI, JFBR, CHRS, EDTX, DPG, STXS, CLNN, LYEL, WETG Most Active OTCs GBTC, TCEHY, FRCB, LKNCY, BBBYQ, ETHE, DIDIY, LVMUY, NSRGY, … Read more
Image source: Getty Images Investing in individual stocks can be rewarding but also incredibly frustrating sometimes, and so it has proved to be with Glencore (LSE: GLEN) shares. Despite the recent uptick in the stock, it’s still trading over 40% lower than a few years ago. Conviction In the nearly six years since I bought … Read more