[ad_1] Image source: Getty Images November was an underwhelming month for major stock market indexes such as the FTSE 100 and the S&P 500. For the month, these two indexes basically returned zilch. There were plenty of areas of the market that performed well for investors in November, however. Here’s a look at an exchange-traded fund (ETF) in my portfolio that returned 8.4% for the month. The best-performing sector in the S&P 500 The fund I want to highlight today is the Xtrackers MSCI World Health Care UCITS ETF (LSE: XDWH). It provides broad, global exposure to the Healthcare sector.…
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[ad_1] Image source: Getty Images Building a second income is a key priority for investors and it’s easy to see why. A consistent flow of shareholder payouts can boost growth if reinvested straight back into a Self-Invested Personal Pension (SIPP) or Stocks and Shares ISA. Dividends can then be drawn as income in retirement. The key is to start early and give them time to compound and grow. So how big a pot do investors need to generate a decent passive income of, say, £9,999 a year? That depends on the yield. Today, the FTSE 100 pays average income of…
[ad_1] Image source: Getty Images Not so long ago, NIO stock was widely viewed within the retail investment community as the ‘Tesla of China’. Like Tesla, the Chinese company had some brilliant electric vehicles (EVs) and it was growing at a spectacular rate. Now, it’s fair to say that NIO hasn’t gone on to emulate Tesla – EV delivery numbers have been disappointing at times and the stock has tanked. The good news, however, is that there’s another Chinese company that is looking like it could be a genuine Tesla of China. Skyrocketing EV sales The stock in focus today…
[ad_1] Image source: Getty Images It’s been a volatile year in stock markets around the world. From tariff scares through to monetary policy shifts, investors have been left trying to dodge market corrections and carefully navigate which stocks to buy and which to avoid. But if an investor had decided to park £10k in a tracker fund of either the FTSE 100 or the US stock market, which one would have paid off better? A tight result So far this year, the FTSE 100 is up 17.3%. By comparison, the S&P 500 is up 16.2%. Even though some might be…
[ad_1] Image source: Getty Images Strix Group (LSE:KETL) is a penny share trading for just over 34p. Yet incredibly, it was changing hands for nearly 400p a little over four years ago. So the stock’s down 91%! Despite this painful value destruction, one broker reckons the selling’s gone too far. On 28 November, German bank Berenberg gave the penny stock a 75p price target. While that was lower than its previous 85p target, it’s still roughly 117% higher than the current level. Indeed, were it to come to fruition, buying Strix stock today could turn £5,000 into almost £11,000 over…
[ad_1] Image source: Getty Images Premium content from Motley Fool Share Advisor UK Our monthly Fire Best Buys Now are designed to highlight our team’s three favourite, most timely Buys from our growing list of growth-focused Fire recommendations, to help Fools build out their portfolios. “Best Buys Now” Pick #1: Nike (NYSE:NKE) Nike is the world’s leading sports shoe and apparel business – though it’s currently facing some near-term challenges. The company, which has faced stiff competition in recent years from smaller competitors, is focused on releasing innovative new products at a faster rate and moving further towards sports and away…
[ad_1] Image source: Getty Images Would £10,000 invested in Aston Martin (LSE: AML) shares at its IPO have been a good investment? In a word: no. Any money invested in the name behind James Bond’s most famous cars would have been, to put it frankly, a disaster. The stock was listed on the London Stock Exchange in 2018 at a share price of £19. The initial valuation of £4.33bn placed it within spitting distance of the FTSE 100. The excitement of the return of one of Britain’s most beloved car brands to a public listing made it one of the…
[ad_1] Image source: Getty Images Airtel Africa‘s (LSE: AAF) the second-best performing stock on the FTSE 100 this year, second only to gold miner Fresnillo. Since last Christmas, it’s up over 200%, meaning a £10,000 investment would have skyrocketed to over £30,100 today. With regular returns like that, an investor could retire early! But aside from a few rare outliers like Rolls-Royce, that kind of growth doesn’t happen often. And it seldom happens consistently for several years in a row. Which has me asking myself: should I buy more Airtel Africa shares, or take profit before an ‘inevitable’ correction? Created…
[ad_1] The previously buoyant BAE Systems (LSE: BA) share price has tumbled 21% from its 3 October 12-month high of £20.71. I think this has been driven by optimism for an imminent peace deal in Ukraine. However, I believe that despite any such deal, key factors are converging that will drive the stock higher. So, what are these and how high can it go? NATO’s spending spree Investing in defence stocks is not about benefitting from global insecurity in some way – quite the opposite, in fact. If anything, it is part of the process of underwriting peace through deterrence.…
[ad_1] Image source: Getty Images The Lloyds Banking Group (LSE: LLOY) share price reached 96.94p on 28 November. That’s just 3.06p short of the 100p level investors have been eyeing up for months. I think breaking the pound barrier is probably inevitable — sooner or later. But it’s not that important in itself, even if it could be a stepping stone to better things. We escaped threats of a windfall bank tax in the Autumn Budget. Chancellor Rachel Reeves reportedly considered it, but was reluctant to damage competitiveness and potentially harm our economic recovery. I think it was the right…