[ad_1] Image source: Getty Images My Glencore (LSE: GLEN) shares are pants. No, I’ll rephrase that. They’re absolute pants. The mining giant has fallen 44% over the last 12 months, making it the worst-performing stock on the entire FTSE 100 in that time. That’s blown a big hole in my self-invested personal pension (SIPP), and my confidence as a stock-picker. Even the dividends haven’t softened the blow. Commodity stocks like Glencore have been hit by slowing demand from China, which once sucked up more than half the world’s raw materials. Its economy is nurturing a huge hangover from decades of…
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[ad_1] Image source: Getty Images The London stock market’s a great place to find high-quality companies for passive income. The FTSE 100 and FTSE 250 are packed with shares with deep balance sheets, market-leading positions, and a strong commitment to making shareholder distributions. This often makes them ideal stocks for investors seeking a large and growing second income over time. With this in mind, here are three world-class dividend shares I think are worth serious consideration. Property hero As a real estate investment trust (REIT), Primary Health Properties (LSE:PHP) receives tasty breaks on corporation taxes. And in exchange, it must…
[ad_1] Image source: Getty Images As a long-term investor, I aim to buy UK shares I can then hold for decades, in some cases barely thinking about them as they tick over in the background. In practice, things may not always go so smoothly. Situations can change and a once-great business can suddenly run into problems. But I continue to scour the UK stock market for shares I could buy with the intention of holding them for the long term. Here are three that have caught my eye. Diageo I am in a dilemma about my existing shareholding in drinks…
[ad_1] Mortgage rates are mixed today. According to Zillow, the average 30-year fixed interest rate is down three basis points to 6.91%, while the 15-year fixed rate gained seven basis points to 6.10%. Small moves up or down are a sign of a volatile bond market. You will want to have a target home loan interest rate in mind so that you can concentrate on the entire home-buying process. That means balancing your interest rate with lender fees. Finding the right combination will give you the best overall loan package for the long term. Dig deeper: 6 steps to choosing…
[ad_1] Image source: Rolls-Royce plc The past week was yet another good one for Rolls-Royce (LSE: RR) shareholders. For the umpteenth time in recent years, the Rolls-Royce share price hit a new all-time high. Its track record now really is a thing of wonder. At the end of 2022, the share was selling for pennies. But it is now well north of £8, having soared 777% over the past five years (fittingly for a company that makes Trent 800 engines for the Boeing 777!) Clearly, the share has had phenomenal momentum. I happen to like a lot of elements of…
[ad_1] Image source: Getty Images What is the right age to start investing? Billionaire Warren Buffett was already buying shares when he was still in shorts and doing a paper round. But we are not all Buffett. A lot of people might not get around to thinking seriously about putting money into the stock market until they are well into their 30s, 40s – or even 50s. But is that too late to bother? Absolutely not! As the old saying goes, better late than never. Early is better, but late’s still worthwhile A lot of people may put off investing…
[ad_1] Investing alongside you, fellow Foolish investors, here’s a selection of stocks that some of our contributors have been buying across the past month! aberdeen What it does: aberdeen is an investment company whose clients range from Sovereign wealth funds through to individuals. By Andrew Mackie. The recent sell-off in aberdeen (LSE: ABDN) pushed the dividend yield on the stock up to an astonishing 11.6%. With it on my watchlist, I simply could not let an opportunity like that go begging. Despite the share price trading at an all-time low when I bought, there were a number of encouraging signs…
[ad_1] Investors who bought into chip company Nvidia a few years back certainly hit the jackpot. The Nvidia stock price has soared 1,371% over the past five years alone. On a longer-term perspective, the performance has been even more phenomenal. Over the past decade, Nvidia stock has soared 25,444%. Wow! Bear in mind that Nvidia invented the graphics processing unit (GPU) in the last century, so it is not as if a decade ago it was some little-known tech start-up. At the right price, I would be happy to add the company to my portfolio. But is it likely to…
[ad_1] Accurately predicting the BP (LSE:BP.) share price from one week to the next isn’t easy. As for looking five years ahead, well, it’s virtually impossible. Then and now However, I recently stumbled across an article on The Motley Fool that was written on 24 May 2020. It had the headline: “Where will the BP share price be in 5 years?”. And guess what? The writer was pretty accurate. They wrote: “Looking ahead, I’d say that the BP share price is probably fairly valued at the moment”. At the time, the energy giant had a market cap of around £63bn.…
[ad_1] Image source: Getty Images The S&P 500 is once again approaching record territory, driven by strong corporate earnings, easing inflation, and the ongoing boom in artificial intelligence (AI). As of mid-May 2025, the index sits just 3% below its all-time high of 6,144.15, set in February. This resurgence has led analysts to revise their forecasts, with UBS recently raising its year-end target to 6,000, citing stronger-than-expected earnings and improved GDP growth projections. What’s fuelling the recovery? A marked increase in corporate earnings is the most significant driver of the market’s recovery. In the first quarter of 2025, S&P 500…