Image source: Getty Images For investors who own Legal & General (LSE:LGEN) shares, the prospect of dividend income is a big part of the attraction. In fact, it’s been the only attraction over the last few years. The share price has climbed by an average of 2.3% a year over the last five years. But with a current dividend yield of 8.5%, investors might think this doesn’t matter. Dividend income Over the last 12 months, the FTSE 100 firm’s returned 21.36p to shareholders as dividends. That means generating £1,000 a year would involve buying 4,682 shares. At today’s prices, an…
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Image source: Getty Images Despite the FTSE 100 reaching record highs in 2025, there are still plenty of large-cap income stocks getting left behind. WPP (LSE:WPP) shares have certainly had a rough time of late, tumbling by over 50% since the start of the year. That’s obviously frustrating for existing shareholders. But it’s dragged the group’s price-to-earnings ratio down to a dirt cheap 8.2 and elevated the dividend yield all the way to 9.8%! As such, new investors with £5,000 to spare can not only snap up 1,235 shares today, but also unlock a £490 passive income in the process.…
Personal finance app provider WalletHub is pushing back on Google and other AI companies that have been ingesting its content to train their large language models. According to WalletHub, these companies have been hoovering up its content and presenting slightly modified versions of it to users without attribution. In response, WalletHub recently took steps to protect 40,000 pages of its content from AI companies’ web crawlers.”Google went from organizing the world’s information to stealing it, taking a sledgehammer to the implied contract the open web has relied on for so long,” said Odysseas Papadimitriou, WalletHub CEO. “The deal has always…
Building a chunky pension pot is essential to ensuring a more comfortable retirement lifestyle. Even having a relatively modest £100,000 put aside can still make a significant difference to an investor’s quality of life. And best of all, even someone who’s just turned 50 can aim to hit this goal in time for retirement. Here’s how. Reaching six figures After reaching the age of 50 with no savings to speak of, being worried about financial security is perfectly understandable. The good news is, there’s still plenty of time to fix this, even with just £500 a month. Assuming someone plans…
Image source: Getty Images Becoming a stock market millionaire is an investment objective shared by many investors. After all, who doesn’t love the idea of having a seven-figure portfolio and the financial freedom it provides? Obviously, joining the top-5% of British wealth owners is no easy task. But it’s not as impossible as many might think. And following a strategy as simple as investing consistently in high-quality companies each month might be all that it takes for patient individuals. The journey to £1m Sticking with low-cost index funds is arguably one of the best ways to start putting money to…
Image source: Getty Images Investing in the stock market’s a phenomenal way to start building a lifelong passive income stream. And when a high-quality portfolio is left to run for decades, it can eventually grow large enough to outright replace an investor’s primary income. In 2025, the average median salary of a full-time worker is £37,430 a year, or £31,602 when including part-time employees. And after covering rent, food, and bills, the average person has around £226 left over at the end of each month. So how long will it take to transform these monthly savings into passive income that…
Pedestrians beat the bus — but maybe for the last time?The annual “Man vs. Machine” race between people on foot and the 34th Street crosstown bus on Thursday afternoon ended as these things typically end: with the humans making the 1.2-mile walk faster than a bus that typically averages just 5.5 mph on the corridor, slower than walking speed.But this year’s race came one day after Mayor Adams abandoned his opposition and approved the construction, perhaps as early as next year, of a car-free busway on the portion of 34th Street between Third and Ninth avenues.As such, even in defeat, the…
Image source: Getty Images In my view, purchasing UK dividend shares is the best way to target a long-term second income. The FTSE 100 alone is packed with exceptional dividend growers (like BAE Systems and Ashtead) and income stocks with enormous dividend yields (such as HSBC and Legal & General). The long-term forward dividend yield on Footsie shares is 3% to 4%. With some careful stock selection, I think investors can create a portfolio that delivers a large and increasing long-term second income. Here are three smart steps for you to consider to target a large passive income in retirement.…
The average rate on a 30-year U.S. mortgage has fallen to its lowest level in four months, welcome news for prospective homebuyers who have been held back by stubbornly high home financing costs. The long-term rate fell to 6.63% from 6.72% last week, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday. A year ago, the rate averaged 6.47%. Borrowing costs on 15-year fixed-rate mortgages, popular with homeowners refinancing their home loans, also fell. The average rate dropped to 5.75% from 5.85% last week. A year ago, it was 5.63%, Freddie Mac said. Elevated mortgage rates have helped keep the U.S. housing market…
Image source: Getty Images The FTSE 100 has enjoyed a stellar year, so far. Up 10.7% since 1 January, it’s outperformed multiple other major blue-chip share indices including the S&P 500 (up 7.3%), Nasdaq (up 8.5%) and the Nikkei (up 3.2%). In that time, it’s touched record highs, approaching 9,200 points over the past week. And it looks poised to hit new all-time peaks given strong demand for undervalued UK shares. Or does it? Source: Google Finance Data from IG suggests that investor sentiment may actually be turning against the Footsie — it shows shorting activity involving the index rose…