Image source: Getty Images A Stocks and Shares ISA is a brilliant way to build a stream of passive income for retirement, using the dividends paid by FTSE 100 and FTSE 250 stocks. All share price growth and dividend income is tax-free for life, in contrast to pension withdrawals. Please note that tax treatment depends on the individual circumstances of each client and may be subject to change in future. The content in this article is provided for information purposes only. It is not intended to be, neither does it constitute, any form of tax advice. Readers are responsible for…
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Image source: Getty Images Warren Buffett is one of investing’s all-time greats. But according to theCEO of Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRK.B), investing success isn’t about being smarter than everyone else. According to Buffett, the intellectual barriers to entry are actually pretty low. So I think it actually is possible for most people to invest like Oracle of Omaha – if they want to. IQ At a Berkshire Hathaway Annual Meeting, Buffett once said that investors with an IQ of 150 should sell 30 points to someone else. It’s not necessary for achieving good returns. What matters, according to Buffett, is having…
Image source: Getty Images You can never completely rule out a stock market crash. But I think the chances of a big decline in share prices just got significantly lower in the last seven days. As I see it, one of the biggest threats to the overall stock market is the artificial intelligence (AI) trade running out of steam. And the last week has been a very positive one on this front. Hyperscalers The major cloud companies – Alphabet, Amazon, and Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) – all reported earnings this week. And there was a common theme among them. All three reported…
Image source: Getty Images While investors continue to chase low-quality ‘meme stocks’ in the pursuit of big gains, there are a lot of under-the-radar FTSE shares that are quietly making investors a fortune. You won’t find these shares on Reddit threads or TikTok but that doesn’t seem to be stopping them from rapidly multiplying investors’ wealth. Interested to learn more? Here’s a look at one such share that’s generating prolific gains for investors at the moment. Working with SpaceX Filtronic‘s (LSE: FTC) a British company that specialises in wireless communication solutions. Recently, it’s been having a huge amount of success…
Image source: Getty Images BAE Systems (LSE: BA.) shares jumped around 3% on 28 November. The firm added around £1.5bn in market cap on a single day. The reason? A huge deal for fighter jets was signed off on by a certain Sir Keir Starmer. The order from the country of Türkiye, worth billions of pounds in total, is just the latest bit of good news for Europe’s largest defence manufacturer. It’s another reason why I think it is a stock worth considering today. Twofold The reason this deal is such a strong bellwether for the FTSE 100 stock is…
Image source: Getty Images BAE (LSE:BA) shares have rocketed an incredible 440% since November 2020, making the defence giant one of the FTSE 100’s most remarkable recovery stories. After the pandemic struck, the stock sank to just 341p in late October 2020, as global markets panicked and investors fled anything cyclical. Fast forward six years, and the shares now trade above 1,800p — near all-time highs. Created on TradingView.com An investor bold enough to put £5,000 into BAE shares at their low point would be sitting on roughly £27,000 today, including dividends. That’s the kind of long-term performance many dream of.…
Image source: Getty Images In general, investing plans either involve reinvesting dividends to aim for higher returns over time, or withdrawing them for passive income. But what if you do both? More specifically, what happens if you invest £1,000 a month in dividend stocks, take out half the cash it returns each year, then reinvest the rest? I think the answer is quite interesting. Return potential The question obviously depends on what kind of return you get on your investments. But (for reasons we’ll come back to later), let’s suppose a 6% annual return. At that rate, a £1,000 monthly…
Image source: Getty Images In September last year, I bought Aston Martin (LSE: AML) shares. That turned out to be my worst investment decision ever. In my defence, I invested less than 1% of my Self-Invested Personal Pension (SIPP). I thought I’d have a flutter with a bit of spare cash sitting in my trading account. A bit of fun, or so I thought. There’s nothing funny about what’s happened since. The share price has crashed 45% in the last year, including a 22% plunge in October alone. Since its IPO in 2018, the luxury car maker has lost 96% of its…
Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) stock’s been an incredible investment in recent years. In my Self-Invested Personal Pension (SIPP), for example, it’s currently showing a gain of 795%. Recently, I was playing around with ChatGPT and I asked it to list five growth stocks that could potentially be the next Nvidia. Here are the names it came up with. ChatGPT’s picks Based on current market trends, ChatGPT listed the following companies: AMD ASML Broadcom Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Oracle The first four businesses operate in the chip industry, like Nvidia, while Oracle’s in the cloud computing/data centre space. I’m not convinced Now,…
This week, we’re back live for another show from Manny’s in the Mission featuring Streetsblog SF Editor Roger Rudick interviewing California High Speed Rail Authority CEO Ian Choudri. They chat about reducing costs, systems in other countries, and take questions from the audience.It’s a very special edition of Talking Headways.And, remember, at Talking Headways, we give you three ways to enjoy our content. First, click the player below to listen to the podcast as God intended.If that’s not your bag, click here for a full, unedited transcript.Or if you want, check out the edited conversation below:Roger Rudick: All right, I’m going to stay…