[ad_1] Image source: Getty Images Legal & General (LSE: LGEN) shares are a magnet for income seekers, and with good reason. Only one FTSE 100 stock yields more, but that’s a company I wouldn’t touch with a bargepole today. Advertising giant WPP offers an eye-popping trailing dividend yield of 10.5%. However, investors won’t get that because the board just halved the dividend after a 70% slump in half-year profits. Legal & General has a sky-high trailing yield of 8.9% but there’s a key difference. Barring surprises, I think it looks sustainable. And there’s something else to admire. A rare premium I’ve just…
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[ad_1] Image source: Getty Images My top two growth stocks have just taken a beating, and I won’t deny it hurts. Both plunged 25% in the last month and are the biggest fallers on the FTSE 100 over that short period. So what do I do? The first is the private equity and infrastructure specialist 3i Group (LSE: III). Until recently, it was one of my standout investments, more than doubling my money in the two-and-a-bit years after I added it to my SIPP. 3i Group shares slump Since 1945, 3i has built a strong track record of buying underperforming companies, scrubbing them up…
[ad_1] Image source: Getty Images The 250 companies on London’s secondary index, the FTSE 250, can provide a ripe hunting ground for those wishing to maximise their income from dividends. At the top end, yields of 10% or more do exist. And today, the number one dividend payer is Bluefield Solar Income Fund (LSE: BSIF) that’s shelling out an incredible 12.54%. But before jumping in, it’s worth remembering a few things about investing. For one, we shouldn’t be buying just for a percentage yield. We’re not simply buying a ‘stock’ either. Any money stumped up is an investment in the…
[ad_1] Graphic: EccoClass struggle. Infirm secondary superheroes. Suicidal sheep. And sex that literally knocks you into a different time zone. It’s all in Jonathan Lethem’s new collection of short stories, “A Different Kind of Tension” (Ecco). But why would we, at Streetsblog, care about a writer who has bent literary genres for three-plus decades as he’s bounded between California and Brooklyn with nary a thought for the car culture against which we rage daily? Why would we care about the author of two acclaimed novels — “The Fortress of Solitude” and “Brooklyn Crime Novel” — that are among the greatest in…
[ad_1] Image source: Getty Images People try different things to earn a second income – including taking on a second job. Could there be easier ways to try and earn some extra money? A much less time-intensive but potentially lucrative approach involves buying a diversified portfolio of shares in blue-chip companies that pay dividends to their shareholders. That can be done even on a fairly modest budget. So here is how someone investing less than £100 per week could aim to grow a second income this way. A slow and steady approach to building income Let’s say someone invests £90…
[ad_1] Image source: Getty Images Just a fortnight ago, the FTSE 100 share index looked certain to breach 10,000 points by the end of the year. We’ve been on quite a journey since then. On 12 November, the Footsie closed at all-time highs of 9,911.42 points. Fears of an artificial intelligence (AI) bubble and a possible stock market crash then pushed it sharply lower. Source: TradingView However, the FTSE 100’s picked up momentum again. And today it’s just 4% away from reaching five-figure territory. Could it really reach the magic 10,000 point marker before the end of 2025? Pound pressure…
[ad_1] Image source: Getty Images The FTSE 100 is packed with dividend stocks yielding over 5%, but only two have delivered both big income and strong share price gains in 2025: British American Tobacco and Aviva (LSE: AV.). I won’t touch tobacco stocks, but Aviva is a different story entirely – and I’m becoming increasingly bullish on the insurance giant’s prospects. Growing dividends A lot has changed since the company cut its dividend during Covid. A major strategic overhaul – including the sale of eight underperforming international businesses and a shift towards a capital-light model – has reshaped the group…
[ad_1] Image source: Getty Images The end of the tax year is still four months away but I’m already wondering how to round off my Stocks and Shares ISA. I’d never let artificial intelligence pick my shares, and ChatGPT admits itself that this isn’t what it’s for. Still, I sometimes find it useful for early-stage research, so I asked it to highlight five stocks I could consider buying, splitting £2,000 into each. To keep things realistic I told it what I already hold, because diversification is key. My ISA includes Legal & General Group, M&G, Lloyds Banking Group, GSK, Taylor…
[ad_1] Image source: Getty Images When the stock market plummets, does everyone suffer? A lot of people think of any market crash in terms of doom and gloom. In reality though, stock market volatility – or a full-blown crash – can throw up some winners and losers. What happens in a crash To understand why that is, it is important to understand what a crash actually is. Compare it to a cricket match. At the end of the match, there is a score. That is a matter of fact – and the score cannot be changed after the final innings,…
[ad_1] Image source: Getty Images The BAE Systems (LSE:BA.) share price has lost power since rocketing to record highs in early October. Since hitting its peak of £20.73 per share, the global defence giant has backpeddled sharply. It was last changing hands at £17.13. But City analysts reckon this is a mere hiccup before the FTSE 100 stock soars again. Currently, 12 different brokers have ratings on BAE shares, providing a decent range of opinions. Source: TradingView The average 12-month share price forecast among this grouping is £20.55 per share. That would represent a 20% rise from current levels. But…