Simply Wall StreetEnergy Fuels (TSX:EFR) Advances Rare Earth Magnet Output—Is Its Critical Minerals Strategy Gaining Traction?Earlier this week, Energy Fuels announced that Robert Kirkwood resigned from the board effective October 15 and celebrated operational milestones,….14 hours ago Source link
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Image source: Getty Images British American Tobacco (LSE:BATS) is an income share that last cut its dividend in 1999. And over the past 26 years, its share price has increased more than tenfold. Talk about a win-win. However, there’s some evidence to suggest that the British American Tobacco (or BAT as it’s known) stock market valuation is running out of puff. And no matter how good a company’s payout might appear to be, this is a warning sign that — in my opinion — needs to be taken seriously. Today (28 September), the group’s share price remains around 30% lower…
Simply Wall StreetEnergy Fuels (TSX:EFR) Advances Rare Earth Magnet Output—Is Its Critical Minerals Strategy Gaining Traction?Earlier this week, Energy Fuels announced that Robert Kirkwood resigned from the board effective October 15 and celebrated operational milestones,….13 hours ago Source link
Image source: Getty Images Markets might be at record highs, but that doesn’t mean all stocks are. Here’s one that I think is worth considering right now for a Stocks and Shares ISA. Two concerns Duolingo (NASDAQ:DUOL) is the global leader in digital language learning. But since May, its share price has fallen 41%. This appears to be due to two main reasons. First, investors are worried about rising competition from ChatGPT and Google Translate (which has released a practice mode). Second, the stock’s forward price-to-sales ratio is still around 14. So it was very expensive before. If the first…
Image source: Getty Images Over the last 12 months, FTSE 100 oil major BP (LSE:BP) has returned 26p per share in dividends. So someone wanting a £1,000 a year second income currently needs 3,846 shares. The dividend yield is 5.6%, which is well above the FTSE 100 average. But to figure out whether or not this is a good opportunity, investors need to think about how durable the return is likely to be. Demand An obvious question for investors looking at BP shares is what the long-term demand for oil is likely to look like. Unlike the US, the energy…
Image source: Getty Images When it comes to passive income, I usually tell myself not to get swept away by dividend yields alone. Chasing the biggest payouts can be a quick way to stumble into a trap. But when a FTSE 100 stock boosts its yield from 3% to 6% in the space of a year, I can’t just shrug and walk away. That’s exactly what happened with Admiral Group (LSE: ADM). In August, the insurer hiked its interim dividend from 51.3p to 85.9p per share. That’s an 86.4% increase, the sort of figure that makes even the most cautious…
Image source: Getty Images With a £100,000 investment ISA, investors can potentially generate a lot of passive income. Today, there are many different types of income investments available and the yields on offer can be attractive. Sitting on £100k and looking for income ideas? Here are three to consider. Gilts Gilts are UK government bonds. When you buy one, you’re essentially lending the government money in return for interest. With these investments, the investor typically receives ‘coupon’ payments twice a year. Interest rates will vary depending on when the gilt was issued and the time to maturity but there are…
Image source: Getty Images Dividend stocks come in all shapes and sizes, each offering the potential to create or boost a second income. Here, I’ll highlight a FTSE 100 blue chip and FTSE 250 investment trust that I think could do the trick. First up is HSBC (LSE:HSBA). The Asia-focused bank has been in the news this week because it demonstrated the world’s first-known quantum-enabled algorithmic trading with US tech giant IBM. The quantum computer helped solve a real-world problem in bond trading, delivering up to a 34% improvement over standard methods in predicting how likely a trade would be…
If you own a car, there’s a good chance it’s recording data about you every single time you get behind the wheel — and selling it to companies for their own profit. But what information, exactly, are automakers harvesting about U.S. motorists, and how could it amplify the already-devastating financial burdens of car ownership for families with no choice but to drive? Check out this explainer from Half As Interesting, which explores one of the less talked-about dangers of car dependency: Hidden technology that transforms vehicles into tools of mass surveillance, with almost no choice to opt out. And if…
Image source: Getty Images Taking a Stocks and Shares ISA from £20,000 to £1m is ambitious but theoretically possible. For example, if an average growth rate of 12% a year could be sustained for 35 years, a seven-figure portfolio would result. In fact, since September 2020, the share price of the FTSE 100’s Endeavour Mining (LSE:EDV) has grown by an average of 13.4% a year. If that rate held steady, someone could become an ISA millionaire within 32 years. However, a double-figure growth rate is the exception rather than the norm. And past performance shouldn’t be relied upon to predict…