[ad_1] Image source: Getty Images How high can a FTSE 250 dividend yield go? At a time when the index overall yields 3.5%, the answer may surprise. Multiple FTSE 250 shares currently have percentage yields in double digits, including solar funds like Bluefield Solar Income Fund and Foresight Solar Fund, as well as a range of other shares such as Ashmore Group and Renewables Infrastructure Group. One share comes very close to a double-digit yield: Victrex (LSE: VCT). The polymers specialist currently yields 9.9%. Just a few years ago, though, Victrex’s yield was far lower – and it has not…
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[ad_1] Image source: Getty Images Chancellor Rachel Reeves will deliver the Autumn Budget tomorrow (26 November), and the mood among consumers and businesses can only be described as pessimistic. Last year, Reeves raised taxes the most in more than 30 years, hoping to fill a budget “black hole“. Businesses got clobbered. Unfortunately, there’s now another black hole that needs filling. And though we don’t know for certain, it sounds like the wealthy will have to cough up. Meanwhile, Reeves is reportedly going to announce that the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) has downgraded its forecast for UK growth for every…
[ad_1] Image source: Getty Images Tesco (LSE:TSCO) shares have delivered a far stronger return over the past year than many investors expected. A £20,000 investment 12 months ago would now be worth about £25,600. So, what’s behind this outperformance and can it continue? The share price growth has broadly been driven by strong trading, steadier inflation, and a share buyback programme that has tightened the company’s capital structure. The company has also looked disciplined, confident, and operationally sharp. A big part of the story has been margins. Cost inflation has eased, but Tesco has continued to innovate and push efficiency,…
[ad_1] Image source: Getty Images I’ve spent years building a solid second income stream from a spread of UK dividend stocks, but today I tried to do the same job in seconds. I did this by asking ChatGPT to help me design a portfolio of FTSE 100 stocks that would pay me a passive income £2,000 a month, or £24,000 a year. For guidance, I suggested choosing half a dozen shares that produced an average yield of 5% a year (higher than the average blue-chip yield of 3.25%). To do that would require £480,000. It’s a big sum, but a…
[ad_1] Image source: Getty Images Everyone wishes they had a passive income stream that just rolls in. To earn £628 a week — about £32,650 a year — at a 5% yield, an investor would need roughly £653,000 inside a Stocks and Shares ISA. The advantage is that every penny of that income is tax-free. No dividend tax, no capital gains, no paperwork — just clean, sheltered returns. Hitting the number is purely arithmetic, but sheltering it in an ISA is what makes the income usable. Inside the wrapper, those dividends can flow straight into an investor’s pocket without HMRC…
[ad_1] Image source: Getty Images Investors hunting for high-income opportunities often overlook the FTSE 250, wary of the index’s mid-cap volatility. Yet for those investors willing to dig a little deeper, there are many constituents that have proven business models. And don’t forget some will eventually be promoted to the premium FTSE 100. Could this stock be one of them? Stock under pressure Despite rising 62% since April, Aberdeen (LSE: ABDN) remains 67% below its 2015 highs. The culprits are structural challenges in its Adviser division and the long-term shift in asset management from traditional active funds to passive strategies.…
[ad_1] Image source: Getty Images Kingfisher (LSE: KGF) saw a 5% share price rise Tuesday morning (25 November) after raising its full-year profit guidance on the back of a strong third quarter. The company now expects to report adjusted profit before tax of between £540m and £570m. And that’s a significant improvement on previous guidance for something near the top end of £480m to £540m. The owner of B&Q and Screwfix also says it’s on track to complete its £300m share buyback programme by March 2026. It’s already returned £175m by that route so far. CEO Thierry Garnier praised “performance…
[ad_1] Image source: easyJet plc Another day, another fall in the easyJet (LSE:EZJ) share price. At 473.7p per share, the FTSE 100 airline’s dropped again on Tuesday (25 November), taking year-to-date losses to 15%. Today’s 1.4% decline may be all the more baffling given it’s just released forecast-topping numbers for the last financial year. Revenues were up 9% in the 12 months to September, at £10.1bn, even as broader consumer spending across its markets remained under pressure. So what on earth is going on? Solid numbers Thanks to that revenues jump, easyJet’s pre-tax profits also rose 9% over the period,…
[ad_1] Image source: The Motley Fool It is only a few weeks until legendary investor Warren Buffett is due to step down from day-to-day management of Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B). His track record has been remarkable. According to Buffett’s most recent letter to Berkshire shareholders, the compounded annual gain of the per-share market value from 1965 to last year was a staggering 5,502,284%. That compares to 39,054% for the S&P 500 (with dividends reinvested) over the same period. That S&P 500 number is already impressive to me and I think it demonstrates the power of long-term investing. But…
[ad_1] Image source: Getty Images I think of passive income as money made while I sleep. Perhaps I got the idea from legendary investor Warren Buffett, who said: “If you don’t find a way to make money while you sleep, you will work until you die.” Anyhow, the best way I have found of making money with little effort is through dividends paid by shares. The higher the better, of course, and the longer they persist even better than that. Recently I added to my portfolio of such shares, based on three key factors — so what were they? 7%+…