Markets move up and down — that’s a fact. Emotional reactions to those movements, however, are optional. But even the most analytical, financially literate clients are not immune to anxiety, fear, or regret. When emotions take hold, investors tend to lose perspective. They start zeroing in on recent losses, alarming headlines, or isolated data points rather than the big-picture goal or why they started initially investing. To appease clients, financial advisors often respond with more information like additional charts, statistics, and explanations. Yet when a client is emotionally activated, more detail fuels the fire, further pushing the client toward the…
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Image source: Getty Images It’s great to have cash in the bank account today. But for patient investors, having less today can mean more tomorrow. This is true when focusing on FTSE 100 stocks that pay generous dividends. Here’s how someone could build up a robust portfolio that could (in theory) pay out income for life. Ignoring the highest options In my opinion, the trick to generating dividend income year after year from stocks is to focus not on the highest-yielding ones. Of course, a high dividend yield is very attractive. But this might only be the case for a…
Image source: Getty Images Earnings season is in full swing, with some of the UK’s biggest stocks having already reported this month. But I often find the best opportunities are in those stocks that seldom make the news. With that in mind, I noticed two lesser-known FTSE 250 stocks with earnings due this week. One presents a compelling income opportunity while the other hints at recovery potential. But are they worth considering? Mitchells & Butlers Pub group Mitchells & Butlers (LSE: MAB) is set to release its full-year results for the 52 weeks ended 27 September on Friday (28 November). …
Image source: Getty Images At the start of 2025, the Aston Martin (LSE:AML) share price wasn’t in great shape at 106p. Now at 59p as we move towards 2026, it’s in a complete mess. This means the FTSE 250 stock is down 98% since early 2019! Yet Rolls-Royce serves as a reminder of what can happen if an iconic British company’s turnaround proves successful. Shares of the FTSE 100 engine maker are up more than 1,000% in the past three years. So, like James Bond limping out of a burning building, might the Aston Martin share price also stage its…
Image source: Getty Images News broke late last week that International Consolidated Airlines Group (LSE:IAG) – or IAG as it’s known — is interested in acquiring another airline as part of a formal bidding process. This came as a surprise to me, but once I did some more research, it made a lot of sense. The stock is up 58% in the past year, but if it wins, I think there’s serious potential for the IAG share price to keep going. What we know so far It’s targeting TAP Air Portugal that was nationalised back in 2020 due to the…
Image source: Getty Images Legal & General (LSE: LGEN) shares are a magnet for income seekers, and with good reason. Only one FTSE 100 stock yields more, but that’s a company I wouldn’t touch with a bargepole today. Advertising giant WPP offers an eye-popping trailing dividend yield of 10.5%. However, investors won’t get that because the board just halved the dividend after a 70% slump in half-year profits. Legal & General has a sky-high trailing yield of 8.9% but there’s a key difference. Barring surprises, I think it looks sustainable. And there’s something else to admire. A rare premium I’ve just been…
Image source: Getty Images My top two growth stocks have just taken a beating, and I won’t deny it hurts. Both plunged 25% in the last month and are the biggest fallers on the FTSE 100 over that short period. So what do I do? The first is the private equity and infrastructure specialist 3i Group (LSE: III). Until recently, it was one of my standout investments, more than doubling my money in the two-and-a-bit years after I added it to my SIPP. 3i Group shares slump Since 1945, 3i has built a strong track record of buying underperforming companies, scrubbing them up and…
Image source: Getty Images The 250 companies on London’s secondary index, the FTSE 250, can provide a ripe hunting ground for those wishing to maximise their income from dividends. At the top end, yields of 10% or more do exist. And today, the number one dividend payer is Bluefield Solar Income Fund (LSE: BSIF) that’s shelling out an incredible 12.54%. But before jumping in, it’s worth remembering a few things about investing. For one, we shouldn’t be buying just for a percentage yield. We’re not simply buying a ‘stock’ either. Any money stumped up is an investment in the company…
Graphic: EccoClass struggle. Infirm secondary superheroes. Suicidal sheep. And sex that literally knocks you into a different time zone. It’s all in Jonathan Lethem’s new collection of short stories, “A Different Kind of Tension” (Ecco). But why would we, at Streetsblog, care about a writer who has bent literary genres for three-plus decades as he’s bounded between California and Brooklyn with nary a thought for the car culture against which we rage daily? Why would we care about the author of two acclaimed novels — “The Fortress of Solitude” and “Brooklyn Crime Novel” — that are among the greatest in American…
Image source: Getty Images People try different things to earn a second income – including taking on a second job. Could there be easier ways to try and earn some extra money? A much less time-intensive but potentially lucrative approach involves buying a diversified portfolio of shares in blue-chip companies that pay dividends to their shareholders. That can be done even on a fairly modest budget. So here is how someone investing less than £100 per week could aim to grow a second income this way. A slow and steady approach to building income Let’s say someone invests £90 a…