Image source: Getty Images The Self-Invested Personal Pension (SIPP) is a powerful weapon I believe every Briton should consider opening. Thanks to the benefits of juicy tax breaks — and the boost this provides to the compounding process — even someone late to the investing party stands a decent chance of retiring with an abundant income. Here’s how even someone with less than 20 years to retirement can target a decent income in later life. Compound benefits There are some drawbacks to the SIPP compared with, say, the Stocks and Shares ISA, another popular product among long-term savers and investors.…
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Image source: Getty Images Last year I bet the farm on a beaten-down UK growth stock I’d been watching for years. Well, not quite the farm, but a fairly hefty slice of my Self-Invested Personal Pension (SIPP). So far it hasn’t paid off, but I’m seeing signs of a recovery and I’m hoping for more to come. The stock is trainer and athleisure specialist JD Sports Fashion (LSE: JD). It’s had a rough ride thanks to the cost-of-living crisis, troubles at key supplier Nike, and now Donald Trump’s tariffs on Chinese goods. All this came just as JD was making a big…
Image source: Getty Images With the FTSE 100 pushing towards fresh all-time highs, some stocks within the index are following suit. This makes some shares potentially overvalued, meaning investors must be cautious when seeking good value opportunities. Yet there are certainly options to consider, as I stumbled across this FTSE 100 stock over the weekend. Soaring high I’m talking about the International Consolidated Airlines Group (LSE:IAG). It’s a popular name among many investors, owning and operating companies such as British Airways, Aer Lingus and others. The stock is up 107% over the past year, as the company continues to benefit…
Image source: Getty Images The Greggs (LSE:GRG) share price has fallen 42% since the start of January. But the company isn’t in decline by any means – sales grew 7% during the first half of the year. Given the firm’s position at the start of 2025 though, this shouldn’t be a huge surprise. And understanding this can help long-term investors avoid similar situations in future. Short opportunities Short sellers make money when shares go down. And just as there are various reasons for thinking a stock will go up, there are different things short sellers look for. One type of…
Posted on: 05 September 2025 A Voluntary Nature Market – featuring nature ‘credits’– has the potential to close the multi-billion-euro nature funding gap in Ireland, according to a new report published today [5 September 2025] by Trinity College Dublin and BiOrbic Research Ireland Centre for Bioeconomy. The report, ‘The Voluntary Nature Market in Ireland: State of Play, September 2025’, maps out the key challenges and opportunities in Ireland’s burgeoning Voluntary Nature Market. The report is authored by researchers from BiOrbic Research Ireland Centre for Bioeconomy, Trinity Business School and Trinity’s School of Natural Sciences. It calls for the development of…
Image source: Getty Images A £10,000 investment in Shell (LSE:SHEL) shares 29 years ago — when Google’s graph oddly begins — is now worth £22,085. That’s a return of 120.85% — Shell currently trades at around £26.41 per share, up £14.45 since 1996. While the stock has grown steadily over nearly three decades, this performance tells a nuanced story about Shell’s long-term value for shareholders. It’s growth, but it’s not really all that strong. Of course, investors will have received dividends during the period. The dividend yield in 1996 was reportedly equal to around 3.4%. There have been periods without…
Image source: Getty Images The share price of defence contractor BAE Systems (LSE: BA.) has soared over the last few years. Currently, the shares are trading for 1,788p – roughly 130% higher than the level they were at three years ago. Here, I’m going to provide my share price forecast for 2026. Let’s crunch some numbers. Favourable backdrop Before running some calculations, it’s worth looking at the backdrop here to set the scene. This will help to give some context to my assumptions and predictions. Looking ahead, I think business conditions for BAE Systems are likely to be quite favourable.…
Image source: Getty Images Phoenix‘s (LSE: PHNX) shares boast one of the highest dividend yields on the FTSE 100. The yield’s nudged up to 8.5% today (8 September) after investors gave a cold reception to half-year results. Shares in Phoenix Group Holdings, to use its full name, are down 5% this morning, but I reckon the reaction may be a little harsh as there are plenty of positive numbers in there. I hold this stock and even after today’s drop, I’m still sitting on an 18% share price gain over the last year. Add in the dividends, and my total…
Against a backdrop of falling sales and earnings, Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) stock jumped 5.6% on Friday (5 September) after the company unveiled its ‘2025 CEO Performance Award‘. What’s the incentive? Although there’s plenty of devil in the detail of the deal, the headline is that if Elon Musk can get the company’s stock market valuation to $8.5trn within 10 years, he will receive shares worth a staggering $1trn. Tesla’s current market-cap is $1.09trn. If the group’s chief executive and largest shareholder were to meet all of the targets, the company’s stock price would be at least $2,739. At the moment, it’s…
Image source: Olaf Kraak via Shell plc Shell (LSE: SHEL) shares have dipped 7% from their 26 March 12-month traded high of £28.43. This has largely reflected a decline in the global benchmark Brent oil price since that point. Such a drop might be a good opportunity for me to add to my holding in the energy giant. That is provided the decline does not signal some fundamental reason why the underlying business should be worth less than before. To find out what the case is here, I re-examined the business and ran the key numbers. How does the energy…