Image source: Getty Images We’re approaching the halfway point for the tax year and that had me thinking about how I could make the most of my Stocks and Shares ISA in the second half. I’ve made a lot better use of my ISA this year than I did last year. After all, with the tax-free returns on offer, why not? I want to try and get as close to maxing out my £20,000 limit this year as possible. Please note that tax treatment depends on the individual circumstances of each client and may be subject to change in future.…
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In a world full of momentum-chasing investors, value investing style has stood out, as ICICI Prudential’s Rs 50,000 crore Value Discovery Fund has grown at a staggering pace of 21% CAGR. An investment of Rs 10 lakh made at the time of the scheme’s inception in August 2004 would now be worth around Rs 4.67 crore.S Naren, CIO of ICICI Prudential AMC, who has been running the fund for the last 2 decades, says value investing has remained relatively uncrowded over the years.In this exclusive chat with ETMarkets, the star fund manager talks about periods of underperformance, challenges and how…
It’s been a terrific investment over the past decade, and its strong growth drivers help it sustain momentum. Microsoft (MSFT -0.78%) has been one of the top stocks on the market in the past decade. Buying and holding shares of this technology giant over this period has helped investors enjoy market-beating returns. More specifically, Microsoft stock has delivered an annual return of almost 27% in the past 10 years, assuming the dividends paid out by the company were reinvested. For comparison, the S&P 500 index’s annual returns over the past decade stand at 13% (assuming the dividends were reinvested). So,…
Wall Street has fallen in love with the artificial intelligence (AI) trend. This is not surprising, considering that PwC analysts expect AI to add nearly $15.7 trillion to the global economy annually by the end of 2030.Semiconductor giant Nvidia’s (NASDAQ: NVDA) shares have gained nearly 430% in the past three years. While the AI trend is still going strong, many analysts now view Nvidia’s shares as being priced for perfection. Challenges such as increasing competition, reduced pricing power, geopolitical and regulatory risks, and over-reliance on a few customers may negatively impact the company’s share price in the coming months.Billionaire investors…
By Jonathan Landay, Phil Stewart and Anthony Deutsch WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Iran did not include mobile launchers with the close-range ballistic missiles that Washington last week accused Tehran of delivering to Russia for use against Ukraine, according to three sources with knowledge of the matter. The sources – a European diplomat, a European intelligence official and a U.S. official – said it was not clear why Iran did not supply launchers with the Fath-360 missiles, raising questions about when and if the weapons will be operational. The U.S. official, who like the other sources spoke on condition of anonymity, said…
Image source: Getty Images The idea of generating a yield of 15% in a Stocks and Shares ISA is undoubtedly appealing. After all, that’s nearly double what the FTSE 100 typically generates after capital gains. And in terms of passive income, it translates to earning £3,000 a year for every £20,000. That means if an investor were to max out their annual ISA limit for 10 years, they’d be earning close to £30,000 a year without doing any work. So how can investors try to turn this fantasy into a reality? Earning a 15% yield First things first, earning double-digit…
HONG KONG (Reuters) – SAIC Volkswagen (ETR:), responding to reports it would close its Nanjing plant, said on Saturday that adjusting its production base was “normal and necessary”, Chinese media outlet Yicai reported. Reuters reported this week that Germany’s Volkswagen plans to stop production at one of its combustion engine car plants in China, in a sign of automakers’ struggles to manage overcapacity in the world’s biggest car market. Some reports said the joint venture of VW and Chinese partner SAIC Motor would close the Nanjing plant, although a person with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters the firm…
Sheets of newly-designed Japanese 10,000 yen banknotes move through a machine at the National Printing Bureau Tokyo plant in Tokyo, Japan, on Wednesday, June 19, 2024. Persistent weakness in the yen is raising concerns about the potential for a resurgence in cost-push inflation, likely weighing on private consumption.Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesJapan’s top currency diplomat Atsushi Mimura said authorities are “always watching markets” as a renewed build-up of yen carry trades could heighten market volatility, public broadcaster NHK quoted him as saying in an interview that ran on Friday. Mimura said yen carry trades built up in the past…
Rarely do we get the opportunity to hum a classic David Bowie song while thumbing through the latest science news, but this week we saw the return of spiders on Mars. No, they’re not real arachnids scurrying across the Red Planet’s surface — instead they’re part of a geological feature known as araneiform terrain. These dark, crack-like structures form when carbon dioxide seasonally erupts from the planet’s surface and resemble spiders scurrying across the terrain when viewed from a great height. And now, for the first time they have been recreated on Earth.But these “spiders” are not the only thing…