Image source: Getty Images FTSE 250 housebuilder Bellway (LSE: BWY) has seen its share price move sideways over the past five years. And a full-year trading update Tuesday (12 August) only gave it a modest 2% morning boost — even though home completions and the average selling price both beat guidance. Completions in the year grew 14.3% to 8,749 homes, with the average selling price rising 2.6% to £316,000. And this is over a year with interest rates still high. If this is what we see now, how might things take off when mortgage costs come down further? That’s what…
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Image source: Getty Images Looking for the hottest dividend growth shares to buy? Here’s one I think demands serious attention following upbeat trading results on Tuesday (12 August). Fast-rising dividends Falling home sales have had a devastating impact on some housebuilders’ dividends in recent times. Take Bellway (LSE:BWY) of the FTSE 250 — it froze dividends in the financial year to July 2024, at 140p per share. And it slashed them to 54p the year after. The good news is that City analysts expect industry-wide dividends to rise from here as homebuyer demand rebounds. At Bellway, they’re expecting shareholder payouts…
Image source: Getty Images After a 20% climb since the start of the year, I thought I was finished buying shares in JD Wetherspoon (LSE:JDW). But I’m still adding to my largest FTSE 250 investment in my Stocks and Shares ISA this month. The stock is one of my largest investments, but there’s a very specific reason I’m still buying. And it has to do with the company’s unique strength as well as the way I approach investing more generally. Long-term value All industries go through ups and downs. But the best businesses are the ones that are able to…
After ICICI Bank increased the minimum average monthly balance (AMB) requirements for savings accounts steeply from August 1, there is a renewed focus on the fee banks charge for not maintaining the required amount in these accounts.The move comes close on the heels of leading public sector banks, including State Bank of India (SBI), Indian Bank, Canara Bank, and Punjab National Bank, announcing that they will not charge customers for not maintaining a minimum balance in their savings accounts.While private sector banks have not been as generous as their public sector peers, some of them do offer ‘zero balance’ savings…
Image source: Getty Images Engineering specialist Spirax Group (LSE: SPX) is a superstar dividend stock having increased shareholder payouts every year for decades. It’s storming the FTSE 100 leaderboard this morning (12 August), jumping a staggering 17% on today’s half-year results. In one of those weird coincidences, I’d literally just made a mental note to take a look at Spirax, formerly Spirax-Sarco Engineering, even before I realised it was results day. The trigger? An article by a fellow writer on the Fool, Christopher Ruane, published on 8 August. He rated its growth and dividend income prospects highly, but said it looked…
KOLKATA: The European Commission’s proposal to buy carbon credits to help achieve EU’s 2040 climate target is a major boost for countries like India with rich agricultural and natural resource bases, which serve as carbon banks with immense potential, experts and analysts said.At a glance, this also looks mutually beneficial — countries like India will help developed nations achieve their environmental goals, and in return, they get additional funds for climate change mitigation. This would help increase demand for carbon credits as well.But it comes with a few riders — for India to benefit, the quality of the carbon credits…
Image source: Getty Images Artificial intelligence (AI) is going to disrupt a lot of businesses in the years ahead. From tech companies like Google to travel booking companies like Flight Centre, a lot of business models are at risk. The good news is that there are many companies in the FTSE 100 index that look relatively insulated from AI disruption. Here’s a look at two. This company could prosper in the AI revolution Ashtead (LSE: AHT) rents construction equipment (eg bulldozers, excavators, generators, etc) in the US, Canada, and the UK. So AI isn’t going to make this company obsolete…
Image source: Getty Images When I started writing for The Motley Fool in January 2003, I began a course of action that cost British lenders £53.5bn in compensation. Indeed, my actions hurt the Lloyds Banking Group (LSE: LLOY) share price for years. My ‘dark side’ From 1991 to 2002, I worked in the PPI (payment protection insurance) industry. After leaving PPI behind, I spent from 2003 until 2019 waging war on this massive financial swindle. Through hundreds of articles, interviews, and broadcasts, I blew up this market by using my insider knowledge to expose its huge failings. My campaign earned…
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Image source: Getty Images Entain (LSE: ENT) posted expectations-busting first-half results Tuesday (12 August), but the share price hardly budged in early trading. The anticipation had already been building, with the gambling group up over 65% in the past 12 months. H1 net gaming revenue (NGR), including revenue from the company’s 50% stake in BetMGM, grew 7% over the same period a year ago — and up 10% at constant currency. The report says the performance was “particularly pleasing as prior year Q2 comparators included [the] Euros tournament.” Entain reckons BetMGM has a “clear path to $500m EBITDA and beyond.”…