[ad_1] Image source: Getty Images Sometimes I feel like giving up on the Legal & General (LSE: LGEN) share price. When I added it to my Self-Invested Personal Pension, I felt the shares were so cheap they were ready to rocket. The price-to-earnings ratio was around six or seven at the time. They haven’t done too badly over the last 12 months, climbing about 20%, but that was from a low base. At today’s 255p, they’re actually below the 265p they traded at back in August 2015. That’s a whole decade of going nowhere. FTSE 100 underperformer The board described today’s (6…
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[ad_1] The stock is up about 7% this year, and investors get reliable monthly income. Stubbornly high interest rates have made investing in property more of a challenge — there’s a huge difference in your mortgage when you’re weighing a sub-3% interest rate with one that’s 6%. That’s why I also appreciate Realty Income (O -0.38%) as perhaps one of the best real estate investment trusts (REITs) you can buy. But does it make sense to invest in Realty Income today? In a world of high interest rates, concerns about tariffs and trade wars, and a challenging retail landscape, is…
[ad_1] Image source: Getty Images The Glencore (LSE: GLEN) share price continues to see wild volatility swings. As a long-term shareholder I’ve remained firm. But is my conviction misplaced? H1 results Today (6 August) the miner reported a mixed set of results. Revenues were flat and adjusted earnings before income tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) came in 14% lower at $5.4bn. The primary driver for the fall was continued weak thermal and steelmaking coal prices as well as lower copper volumes. Strong copper prices — a result of tariffs and a dislocation in prices between the London Metals Exchange and…
[ad_1] In 2024, FTSE 100 miner Rio Tinto (LSE: RIO) paid $4.02 in dividends, fixed at a sterling equivalent of £3.10. This means a yield of 6.9% on the current £44.95 share price. By comparison, the current average yield on the FTSE 100 is 3.5%. Average savings in the UK are £11,000, and this invested in the stock would make £759 in first-year dividends. Over 10 years, on the same average yield (which may not happen, of course), this would increase to £7,590. And after 30 years on the same basis, it would increase to £22,770. Thirty years is what…
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[ad_1] Image source: Rolls-Royce Holdings plc Rolls-Royce’s (LSE: RR) share price has risen 142% from its 6 August one-year traded low of £4.43. This puts it around a record high. To some investors, it might appear counterintuitive that I am looking to add to my holdings in the firm at this price. After all, surely it cannot rise much further after such a spectacular increase? Others may think I am doing exactly the right thing, as the bullish price trend must inevitably continue. However, I know that a share’s price and value are not the same thing. Its price is…
[ad_1] A growing number of Indians are turning to personal loans to fund their vacations, according to a new report by digital lending platform Paisabazaar. The report, titled ‘How India Travels Using Holiday Loans (Vol. 2.0),’ shows that 27% of personal loan borrowers in the first half of 2025 used the funds for vacations — marking a rise from 21% in the same period in 2023.This shift has pushed holiday-related borrowing ahead of home renovation, which dropped to 24% from 31% over the same period.The insights are based on responses from over 5,700 users across 97 Indian cities and towns.…
[ad_1] Image source: Getty Images There are a lot of FTSE 250 stocks that look interesting to me right now. From tech names to real estate investment trusts (REITs), I’m seeing many opportunities. However, there’s one stock, in particular, that has caught my eye. This stock has almost everything I look for as a long-term investor and I think it could be one of the best stocks in the index to consider at the moment A FTSE 250 star The stock in focus today is IG Group (LSE: IGG). It’s a leading financial company that offers trading and investment platforms.…
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[ad_1] Image source: Getty Images When growth stocks hit short-term challenges, share prices can fall sharply. And these are the kind of opportunities long-term investors can aim to take advantage of. I think this has been the case with a few companies recently. So investors looking to build wealth over time might consider some names that usually trade at much higher valuation multiples. Amazon Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) saw its share price fall almost 10% after the firm’s Q2 earnings report. The main reason was the threat of tariffs, which are still a risk that investors need to consider. Results from AWS…