[ad_1] Image source: Getty Images So far, this year hasn’t been the best for real estate investment trusts (REITs). After a decent start to 2025, many REITs took a dive in the third quarter. This was largely attributed to stubbornly high inflation and compounded by rising bond yields and hedge fund positioning. But the past three months have seen notable improvement, with many REITs growing between 10%-20%. While most residential REITs still trail the FTSE 100, commercially-focused ones seem to be surging ahead. Created on a TradingView.com Please note that tax treatment depends on the individual circumstances of each client…
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[ad_1] Image source: Getty Images A high-yielding dividend share that’s enjoyed significant price growth is a rare thing. Even more rare is one that still looks undervalued after such a feat. So you’ll understand my surprise when I came across just that — a relatively small £509m agriculture stock that’s crushing big FTSE 100 names. I had to dig deeper… A major oil producer (not that oil) Anglo-Eastern Plantations (LSE: AEP) has emerged as one of the most remarkable success stories on the London market this year. With dividends, it’s achieved an astonishing 120% in 2025. Such growth would’ve turned…
[ad_1] Image source: Getty Images The smaller-cap FTSE 250 index is a treasure trove hiding some of the top growth stocks in the UK. Their smaller sizes mean the share prices move more easily, sometimes as much as 100% in just one month. That’s what recently happened with Ceres Power Holdings (LSE: CWR), up 50% this month and over 100% since early October. I could curse myself for not buying the shares earlier, but honestly, this lesser-known hydrogen producer wasn’t even on my radar. So why did it just take off and, more importantly, will it keep going? A clean…
[ad_1] Image source: Getty Images Games Workshop (LSE: GAW) shares have had a crazy few years. The tabletop games and figurines seller has exploded in popularity. A niche hobby has turned into a household name. What was once an unfashionable (dare I say nerdy) hobby now boasts huge name recognition along with multiple successful computer games and an upcoming tv show starring Superman (Henry Cavill)! The success has translated to a surging share price too. Ten years ago, Games Workshop shares traded at less than £6 a pop. As I write late on 11 November, they trade at £154. Even…
[ad_1] Image source: Getty Images The Stocks and Shares ISA is brilliant way to build a reliable income stream for later life. I’m using the tax-free wrapper ISA to buy a spread of FTSE 100 dividend-paying shares with the hope of turning their regular dividends into a meaningful second income when I finally stop working. The older I get, the more important my ISA feels. Please note that tax treatment depends on the individual circumstances of each client and may be subject to change in future. The content in this article is provided for information purposes only. It is not…
[ad_1] Image source: Getty Images The FTSE 100 index has had a strong run recently. It’s up around 20% year to date and yesterday (11 November), it hit a new all-time high (within touching distance of 10,000). Could this be a good time for investors to consider banking some profits? Let’s discuss. Is the FTSE 100 overvalued? Looking at the large-cap index today, it doesn’t look overvalued to me. Currently, the median price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio across the index is 13.8 on a forward-looking basis. That’s not particularly high. For reference, the figure for the S&P 500 index is about 19.…
[ad_1] Image source: Getty Images The BT (LSE:BT.A) share price has risen an impressive 23% in the year to date. And City analysts don’t think the FTSE 100 stock is done yet. BT shares were last changing hands at 181p per share. If forecasts are correct, they will surge through the 200p marker over the next year, to 204.2p per share. That would represent a 12% rise from current levels. Source: TradingView When one also factors in predicted dividends, investors in BT could realise a total return of 16% to 17% during the next 12 months. But how realistic are…
[ad_1] Image source: Getty Images Rightmove (LSE:RMV) stock has dropped 30% in the FTSE 100 since August. This slump means it’s flat since mid-2019, which is disappointing for shareholders considering the company remains a high-margin market leader. AI spending jitters Founded in 2000, Rightmove rose to prominence during the last great tech boom (the internet). It enjoys a powerful network effect by aggregating property listings from thousands of estate agents and developers in one digital location. But since ChatGPT’s release in late 2022, investors have been trying to figure out the potential winners and losers of the artificial intelligence (AI)…
[ad_1] On Progress and Prosperity: Essays 2019–2024. 2024. Laurence B. Siegel. Edited by Wayne Wagner. Montesquieu Press. Suppose you rolled into one individual an intense curiosity about his field, a first-rate intelligence, decades of professional experience, a gift for lucid writing, and an irrepressible sense of humor. You would get something like Laurence B. Siegel, whose propulsively readable essays make up this volume. They were selected by Wayne Wagner, founding partner of Wilshire Associates and a man with the breadth of experience to match Siegel’s. With two exceptions, the articles are Siegel’s book reviews from 2019 through 2024. The exceptions…
[ad_1] Image source: Getty Images Writers here at The Motley Fool have long been speculating about when we might see a recovery in Diageo (LSE:DGE). The shares have fallen every year since 2021, including a year-to-date decline of 27%. In Samuel Beckett’s play Waiting for Godot, two men wait endlessly for someone named Godot to turn up and provide them with salvation. That’s exactly how Diageo shareholders must have felt over the past four years. They’ve waited patiently for a turnaround that has just not materialised. Yet, whisper it quietly, there are signs that this spirits-laden supertanker might be about…