[ad_1] Image source: Getty Images Games Workshop (LSE:GAW) is one of the top-performing FTSE 100 shares of 2025. Despite not being an artificial intelligence (AI) company, the stock’s up 46% since the start of January. The rising share price has been driven by the firm’s ability to keep generating strong sales growth in a tough environment. And that increase isn’t even the full story… Dividends That 46% rise means a £5,000 investment from the start of the year now has a market value of just over £7,430. But the company has also returned £5.40 in dividends per share in 2025.…
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[ad_1] Image source: Getty Images When I was young, my father would spend hours on the phone to brokers discussing share investing. I thought it sounded terribly boring but little did I know he was working towards a critical goal: building a second income. Now, years later, I see the fruits of his labour — he lives a comfortable retirement, traveling regularly with seemingly no financial worries. It’s a popular goal among UK investors — purchase shares in dividend-paying companies and watch the regular income flow in. For many people, this is seen as a way to supplement their pension…
[ad_1] Image source: Getty Images The rise in global defence spending has massively boosted BAE Systems (LSE: BAE) shares. As governments around the world reallocate billions into their militaries in the light of rising conflicts, companies like BAE that can provide state-of-the-art military technology are set to reap the rewards. An increase in orders for its hardware has already pushed the firm into the top 20 FTSE 100 companies by market cap – and that could just be the start! Now, the extra spending has created an order backlog in the many tens of billions, and had analysts busily updating…
[ad_1] Image source: Sam Robson, The Motley Fool UK This year has seen electric vehicle producer NIO (NYSE: NIO) both delight and disappoint shareholders. The delight has come from some periods of NIO stock surging: by early October, it was up over 80% since the start of the year. Since then, though, the share price movement has been more disappointing, falling 35%. Still, that leaves NIO stock 18% up so far this year. Not only has the share price improved overall this year – so have sales. Could now be the time for me to tuck some NIO stock into…
[ad_1] Image source: The Motley Fool At the end of this month, billionaire investor will step out of the chief executive role at Berkshire Hathaway. That does not mean the legendary stock picker is retiring. He still plans to be chair once the clocks ring in 2026. In 2026 – and likely far beyond – I plan to apply some classic Warren Buffett thinking to my own investments. Here are three examples. Looking for a business moat Some people buy shares just because they think the price will move up. Others simply look at shares that have fallen badly and…
[ad_1] Image source: Getty Images There are lots of different ways people earn a second income – and they do not all involve working more hours. For example, putting some spare money into a portfolio of dividend-paying blue-chip shares could help someone boost their income. Using dividend shares to supplement your income Imagine that someone has a spare £20k. They could put that into a Stocks and Shares ISA, and buy a range of shares. If those shares yield an average of 5% or more, that £20k ought to generate at least £1,000 annually in income. That presumes that the…
[ad_1] Image source: Getty Images Quantum computing growth stocks like Rigetti Computing and IonQ have been popular investments this year. It seems investors see a lot of long-term potential in these companies. I’ve been buying another quantum computing stock, however. Because unlike Rigetti and IonQ – which trade at sky-high price-to-sales multiples – this stock actually looks cheap. An under-the-radar quantum computing stock The stock I’ve been buying lately is SkyWater Technology (NASDAQ: SKYT). It’s a small US chip manufacturer that operates across a range of end markets including aerospace and defence and partners with small companies to help them…
[ad_1] This post is sponsored by The Bike Lane.The group Cyclingxsolidarity has been involved with multiple Chicago events many of them involving mutual aid. These have included Bikes and Bonfires (formerly Promontory Pint), Burrito Brigade Chicago, Beyoncé Biké Valét, and Cycles of Support.Founder Rick Rosales moved to Chicago only five years ago. He, his wife, and their Yorkie got to enjoy two whole weeks in our city before the COVID-19 pandemic forced everyone into lockdown. After using that time to explore different Chicago neighborhoods and develop connections with bike and mutual aid groups, Rosales wanted to combine cycling and community…
[ad_1] Image source: Getty Images What makes for a good retirement portfolio? The answer will be different for each investor. From timeframe to risk tolerance, different people have their own idea of how they want to prepare themselves financially for their retirement. One thing a lot of people like is shares they reckon can give them generous dividends. But dividends are never guaranteed to last. When salivating over a high yield (or any yield, come to that), an investor always ought to ask themselves how likely it is to last. 10%+ yields in the FTSE 250 As an example, a…
[ad_1] Image source: Getty Images British companies have paid out tens of billions of pounds in dividends already this year, providing passive income streams for lots of investors. Some of those investors are big pension funds or asset managers – but others are people with only a small amount of spare money to invest, who decided that buying dividend shares could perhaps be a useful source of passive income for them. Such an approach really need not be expensive. Here is a passive income plan someone could consider putting into action today for 2026 and beyond, for just £3 a…