Image source: Getty Images Everyone wishes they had a passive income stream that just rolls in. To earn £628 a week — about £32,650 a year — at a 5% yield, an investor would need roughly £653,000 inside a Stocks and Shares ISA. The advantage is that every penny of that income is tax-free. No dividend tax, no capital gains, no paperwork — just clean, sheltered returns. Hitting the number is purely arithmetic, but sheltering it in an ISA is what makes the income usable. Inside the wrapper, those dividends can flow straight into an investor’s pocket without HMRC taking…
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Image source: Getty Images Investors hunting for high-income opportunities often overlook the FTSE 250, wary of the index’s mid-cap volatility. Yet for those investors willing to dig a little deeper, there are many constituents that have proven business models. And don’t forget some will eventually be promoted to the premium FTSE 100. Could this stock be one of them? Stock under pressure Despite rising 62% since April, Aberdeen (LSE: ABDN) remains 67% below its 2015 highs. The culprits are structural challenges in its Adviser division and the long-term shift in asset management from traditional active funds to passive strategies. Today,…
Image source: Getty Images Kingfisher (LSE: KGF) saw a 5% share price rise Tuesday morning (25 November) after raising its full-year profit guidance on the back of a strong third quarter. The company now expects to report adjusted profit before tax of between £540m and £570m. And that’s a significant improvement on previous guidance for something near the top end of £480m to £540m. The owner of B&Q and Screwfix also says it’s on track to complete its £300m share buyback programme by March 2026. It’s already returned £175m by that route so far. CEO Thierry Garnier praised “performance in…
Image source: easyJet plc Another day, another fall in the easyJet (LSE:EZJ) share price. At 473.7p per share, the FTSE 100 airline’s dropped again on Tuesday (25 November), taking year-to-date losses to 15%. Today’s 1.4% decline may be all the more baffling given it’s just released forecast-topping numbers for the last financial year. Revenues were up 9% in the 12 months to September, at £10.1bn, even as broader consumer spending across its markets remained under pressure. So what on earth is going on? Solid numbers Thanks to that revenues jump, easyJet’s pre-tax profits also rose 9% over the period, to…
Image source: The Motley Fool It is only a few weeks until legendary investor Warren Buffett is due to step down from day-to-day management of Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B). His track record has been remarkable. According to Buffett’s most recent letter to Berkshire shareholders, the compounded annual gain of the per-share market value from 1965 to last year was a staggering 5,502,284%. That compares to 39,054% for the S&P 500 (with dividends reinvested) over the same period. That S&P 500 number is already impressive to me and I think it demonstrates the power of long-term investing. But the…
Image source: Getty Images I think of passive income as money made while I sleep. Perhaps I got the idea from legendary investor Warren Buffett, who said: “If you don’t find a way to make money while you sleep, you will work until you die.” Anyhow, the best way I have found of making money with little effort is through dividends paid by shares. The higher the better, of course, and the longer they persist even better than that. Recently I added to my portfolio of such shares, based on three key factors — so what were they? 7%+ annual…
Image source: Getty Images The FTSE 100’s always full of surprises. Who could have imagined a year ago that gold miner Fresnillo would rocket more than 250%? Or telecoms specialist Airtel Africa would soar 215%? Not me. Both stocks had largely passed my radar, until they suddenly went gangbusters. But another big success story was on my watchlist, so I’m kicking myself for missing out. It’s up a blistering 65% over 12 months so can it continue to soar? The stock in question is Asia-focused insurer Prudential (LSE: PRU), which I actually owed a couple of decades ago. I banked a quick…
Image source: Getty Images This has been a brilliant year for Britain’s flagship index of leading companies. The FTSE 100 index has grown 15% so far in 2025, meaning it is now 50% higher than five years ago. That strong performance has included the index repeatedly setting new all-time highs this year. Could it go even higher in 2026? Potential for further growth I think the short answer is yes. I do see the potential for the index to move higher next year. After all, 2025 has seen a sluggish UK economy and a number of risks to financial stability,…
Image source: Getty Images A high dividend yield can make a share an attractive passive income idea for some investors. But high yields can also be a red flag for other investors. Simply looking at yield alone however, tells us nothing about what may happen in future. After all, no dividend is ever guaranteed to last. A dividend yield is a snapshot of what a company is paying now, not necessarily what it will do in future. Still, some high-yield shares have indeed kept on paying or even growing their dividend per share annually in recent years. Phoenix Group and…
Image source: Getty Images Rumours are swirling that ISA reforms are on the way. According to ‘those in the know’, annual allowances for the Cash ISA are about to receive a substantial haircut. Experts at interactive investor have said that “the chancellor [is] believed to be eyeing up a reduction to either £10,000 or £12,000, akin to the pre-2014 ISA landscape when the cash limit was never more than half the overall allowance.“ That would mark a significant reduction from the current limit of £20,000. But I’m not panicking. In fact, any changes to the ISA allowance won’t change my…