[ad_1] Building a steady passive income from stocks might sound like something reserved for the financial elite. But after years of consistent investing, I’ve found that even average investors can put together a decent second income stream. I’ve always liked the simplicity and tax advantages of a Stocks and Shares ISA. And for those who can afford to invest up to the full £20,000 annual limit, the numbers over several years become genuinely exciting. Tax-free compounding Dividends and capital gains earned inside the wrapper are untouched by the taxman. That means more money left in the pot to reinvest, while the…
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[ad_1] Image source: Getty Images The FTSE 100 has now (2 May) largely recovered most of the losses caused by President Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ announcements. The index is now only 1% lower than before ‘The Donald’ caused global stock markets to tumble. Losers But not all stocks have survived unscathed. On fears of a world recession, oil prices have fallen sharply over the past month or so. It’s therefore not surprising to see Shell and BP in the bottom five of the league table of performers over this period. StockChange in share price (%)Melrose Industries-9.1Shell-13.8Glencore-14.1BP-19.7Bunzl-22.2Source: Trading View / 1 month…
[ad_1] Image source: Getty Images There’s a lot of economic uncertainty right now. As a result, the stock market’s taken a hit. As a long-term investor, I’ve been taking advantage of the market weakness and snapping up stocks for my retirement portfolio. Here’s a look at two S&P 500 stocks I’ve been buying aggressively. A digital labour platform Back in early April, I added software company Salesforce (NYSE: CRM) to my portfolio. Since then, I’ve bought several more tranches of shares, boosting my holding significantly. The main reason I’ve invested here is the company’s artificial intelligence (AI) agents ‘Agentforce’. These…
[ad_1] Image source: Getty Images Shares in Google and YouTube owner Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG) look cheap right now. Currently, they’re trading on a price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of just 17 (the lowest P/E ratio among the ‘Mag 7’). Could this be the best growth stock to consider buying right now? Let’s discuss. A high-quality company with multiple growth drivers I’ve always thought there’s a lot to like about Alphabet from an investment perspective. For starters, the company has multiple revenue drivers. Today, Alphabet generates revenues from Google search advertising, YouTube advertising, Google services (eg Gmail, Maps, etc), cloud computing, computing devices,…
[ad_1] (Bloomberg) — US bond investors have been piling into bets that President Donald Trump’s tariffs will slow the world’s largest economy and force the Federal Reserve to lower interest rates. Most Read from Bloomberg Ahead of Friday’s jobs report, money markets are pricing in almost four quarter-point rate cuts in 2025, one more than was anticipated before Trump’s big tariff announcement last month. Meanwhile, positioning data from Wednesday has shown growing long positions on shorter-dated US Treasuries. It’s a bet that the hit to economic growth from Trump’s sweeping tariff package will be bigger than its inflationary impact. Yet…
[ad_1] Image source: Getty Images The FTSE 100 has had some strong performers over the last year. For example, Rolls-Royce, Imperial Brands, and BT are all up more than 50%. The best-performing stock in the Footsie over this period may surprise you though. Because it’s not a stock that’s very popular. Strong returns Believe it or not, the top performer in the index over the last year is wealth management firm St. James’s Place (LSE: STJ). It’s up about 132%, meaning that it has more than doubled investors’ money. For context, the FTSE 100 itself is only up about 5%…
[ad_1] Image source: Getty Images Thanks to its significant tax benefits, the Stocks and Shares ISA has proven an excellent way to help Britons build long-term wealth. Research from Bowmore Financial Planning shows that ISA investors were protected from £9.4bn worth of tax liabilities in the 2024-2025 fiscal year alone. This covers Stocks and Shares ISAs alongside Lifetime ISAs and Cash ISAs. These tax savings can be put to work in a portfolio too, helping deliver greater long-term investor returns through compounding. And thanks to changes down the years, investors have a vast range of securities they can choose to…
[ad_1] Image source: Getty Images Despite the uncertain economic landscape, I’m backing the UK to remain a great place to go shopping for dividend shares. The London stock market is chock-full of companies with market-leading positions and strong balance sheets in mature industries. This could result in another bountiful year for passive income investors. Indeed, the outlook for British stocks is strengthening follow a better-than-expected first quarter dividend. Excluding special dividends, shareholder payouts were basically stable year on year in the three months to March, at £13.6bn. That’s according to data from Computershare. As a result, full-year underlying dividend growth…
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[ad_1] Image source: Getty Images Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA) stock is actually flat over the month, which leads us back to Liberation Day on 2 April. This was the day on which US President Donald Trump announced his global tariff policy with the aim of addressing strategic trade imbalances. And while the stock initially moved down, there’s been a recovery in recent weeks. However, this doesn’t mean that £10,000 invested a month ago would be worth £10,000 today. Unfortunately for any investor who took this plunge, the pound has appreciated against the dollar. Thus, a £10,000 investment would be roughly worth around…