[ad_1] Image source: Getty Images HSBC Holdings (LSE: HSBA) posted a 14% fall in third-quarter pre-tax profits this morning (28 October) but the share price jumped 3% in early trading. The stock had previously fallen back a bit in October in anticipation. A $1.1bn (£824m) provision for costs related to Ponzi scheme perpetrator Bernie Madoff did some damage. And a further $1.4bn in legal provisions didn’t help. It all means profit before tax for the quarter came in at $7.29bn, below estimates for $7.65bn. Another bank crisis We’ve just had the car loan mis-selling case that hit Lloyds Banking Group…
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[ad_1] Image source: Getty Images FTSE 100 stocks can go from heroes to zeros fast. Quality companies tend to claw their way back though, given time. That’s why at The Motley Fool we urge readers to invest with a long-term view. Income-paying UK blue-chips also offer one major consolation in quiet periods: investors can collect and reinvest regular dividends while they wait for the next burst of share price excitement. The GSK share price has struggled I took that view when I added pharmaceutical stock GSK (LSE: GSK) to my Self-Invested Personal Pension (SIPP) in March 2024. When I began writing…
[ad_1] Image source: Getty Images This year has proved once again just how volatile FTSE 100 mining stocks can be. Fresnillo (LSE:FRES) has slumped 23% in the space of a fortnight, yet is still up more than 200% since the start of January. The recent reversal is due to a sharp pullback in the price of both gold and silver. The former has dipped below $4,000 an ounce, while silver is now at $45 (down from $53 a couple of weeks ago). With Fresnillo producing both precious metals, investors have been quick to hit the Sell button. But has this…
[ad_1] Image source: Getty Images Every time I check the Diageo (LSE: DGE) share price, I need a stiff drink. I thought I was buying a bargain, when I bought the FTSE 100 spirits giant weeks after it had been slammed by a profit warning in November 2023. That warning was triggered by a slump in Latin America, where hard-up drinkers downgraded to cheaper brands, and stocking issues emerged. Since then, the problems have piled up. Sales have dropped, its premium brands strategy has misfired, and the cost-of-living crisis has hurt consumers. The shares are now down 30% in a…
[ad_1] Image source: Getty Images Dividend shares are brilliant because they offer income on top of any capital growth when the share price rises. Effectively, investors get two bites of the same cherry. Even if a share price stalls, the dividend still rewards investors for their loyalty. And if the price dips, reinvested dividends may pick up more shares at a lower level, which can really pay off when they recover. As a huge fan of FTSE 100 income stocks, I was intrigued to see Chris Beauchamp, chief market analyst at IG Group, highlight three “dividend stars” to watch, citing…
[ad_1] Image source: Getty Images Wizz Air’s (LSE: WIZZ) share price hit extreme turbulence on 5 June, dropping 35% since then. The very basic question I always ask as a long-term investor in such a situation is: will it recover in the next 30 years? This is the period I regard as the standard investment cycle. It begins around the age of 20 with the first investments and potentially ends around 50 in a comfortable retirement. If the answer to my question is yes, then I will look at how much value the stock has in it. This is essentially…
[ad_1] Image source: Getty Images Five years ago, the BP (LSE: BP.) share price was down in the dumps. BP had set itself net-zero carbon emissions targets — no matter how bizarre that sounded coming from a huge global hydrocarbons company. The plans are shelved now. And in the past five years the price has rebounded 120%. So £5,000 invested back then would have turned into £11,000 today. Oh, no, that’s not quite right. With dividends it would be around £13,100 — approximately, using today’s exchange rates. The next five years? It really shows how uncertainty, short-term market trends, and…
[ad_1] Image source: Getty Images Finding high-quality stocks that generate passive income became increasingly important to me after I turned 50. This is because such shares can provide significant dividend streams with little effort on my part (hence the ‘passive’ label). I intend to use these to continue to reduce my working commitments as I age. Of course, such income can be drawn on earlier in life, to make it much more comfortable. One stock I have held for several years for its passive income flows is Rio Tinto (LSE: RIO). This has averaged an annual dividend yield of 7.34%…
[ad_1] Image source: Getty Images There aren’t many penny shares offering a dividend yield above 5%, but Michelmersh Brick (LSE:MBH) is one of them. The AIM-listed brickmaker’s share price is down 11% year to date and 43% since April 2021. However, the selling might have gone too far, at least according to the four City analysts following the stock. They have an average share price target of 136p — some 54% above the current 88p. What’s more, all four rate the stock as a Strong Buy. Challenging backdrop Michelmersh is a premium brick and building products manufacturer, operating throughout the…
[ad_1] Let’s be honest — 2025 hasn’t been the most exciting year for Tesco (LSE: TSCO) shares. The stock’s only up around 23% this year, which hardly sets the market alight. But zoom out to a three-year view and it’s a different story altogether. Including dividends, Tesco’s delivered a total return of roughly 140% since 2022. That means a £5,000 investment back then would now be worth around £12,000. A £7,000 return in just three years is a decent chunk of passive income by anyone’s standards. But is the performance above average when compared to other similar shares? Let’s take…