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Image source: Getty Images FTSE banking giant NatWest (LSE: NWG) has dipped 5% since its 22 August one-year traded high of £5.65. Before this, it had been in an unbroken bullish trend since 27 October 2023, when it closed the day at £1.82. Given this, might now be a good time for me to add to my NatWest holding on a rare dip? The answer depends on two things. First, whether the stock has significant value left in it after its long bullish streak. And second, how the underlying business’s prospects look. How undervalued does it look? Exploiting the difference…

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The opinions expressed here by Trellis expert contributors are their own, not those of Trellis.​ Last year, the BBC’s “Panorama” aired a feature-length exposé on corporate “carbon neutral” claims. One of its most-circulated clips featured a secretly recorded conversation in which a consultant explained that after a company measures its carbon footprint, it can reduce its emissions by “one tonne” and then offset the rest to claim carbon neutrality.  The consultant’s firm later claimed the clip was taken out of context, arguing it was contrasting a minimal neutrality standard with more rigorous net-zero frameworks. But the damage was done. For…

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Section 54F gives an exemption from long-term capital gains arising from the transfer of a long-term capital asset that is not a residential house if the proceeds are used to purchase or construct a residential house in India. The key is that the gain must be a long-term capital gain for Section 54F to be relevant.About the author: Manmohan Sethumadhavan is a freelancer, investor, and personal finance enthusiast “in search of the absolute truth.” You can follow Manu on Twitter @ManuTsr. He is the author of the popular Revised Capital Gains Taxation Rules Ready Reckoner for FY 2025-2026.Section 50AA is a new provision…

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Aviva (LSE: AV.) shares have been a stalwart in UK income investor portfolios for many years now. This is due to the fact that they have often offered a very attractive dividend yield. Wondering how much income you could generate with these shares? Let’s work out how much cash flow a £5,000 investment could potentially provide. A chunky dividend Aviva shares trade for 684p today. So ignoring trading commissions and Stamp Duty, £5,000 would buy 730 shares. Now, this year’s dividend forecast is 38.6p per share. However, anyone buying the shares today wouldn’t be entitled to this full amount. That’s…

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Image source: Getty Images The FTSE 250 has a much more domestic focus than the big dog, the FTSE 100, whose operations and revenues largely come from abroad. Therefore, anyone looking for the best and brightest British companies would do well to look for promising stocks on London’s smaller index.  One of the more recognisable names one can see is that of Wetherspoons (LSE: JDW). The pub chain has grown from a single pub in North London to nearly a thousand locations up and down the country (and a few in Ireland).  With the market cap at a relatively small…

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Image source: Getty Images After years in the doldrums, plagued by operational challenges and weak metal prices, Fresnillo (LSE: FRES) shares have come alive in 2025. At the beginning of the year, the stock was changing hands for 623p. Today it is 275% higher, making it the best performer in the FTSE 100 by a country mile. With gold now topping $4,000, can the stock maintain its leadership? Money printing Over 100 years ago, banker JP Morgan famously said: “Gold is money, everything else is credit.” This speaks of the intrinsic value of gold. Paper money and bonds are merely…

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Image source: Getty Images The UK investment world’s buzzing as the FTSE 100 has smashed through new highs again this month. Meanwhile, the mid-cap FTSE 250 seems stuck at its pre-Covid level of about 22,115 points — a mark it briefly breached in July but has since failed to break through. Meanwhile, the FTSE 100 sits almost 24% above its pre-pandemic levels. Created on TradingView.com It’s tempting to write off mid-caps entirely. But I remain a staunch believer that smaller dividend shares deserve a place in a portfolio, especially when many big Footsie names look overpriced. With that in mind,…

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