Image source: Getty Images Some believe generating a second income is the same amount of work as a second job. That’s not always the case. Through the stock market, an investor can earn passive income without requiring a lot of ongoing maintenance once the portfolio is set up. With tools to help make it even more attractive, I think it’s something worth considering. The steps needed A Stocks and Shares ISA is a valuable tool that many people can utilise. By using it to house the stock portfolio, an investor can benefit from favourable tax treatment. For example, if a…
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Image source: Getty Images Nvidia‘s long been the poster child for the AI theme. Yet given the recent push past its $5trn market-cap and concerns around valuation, I don’t feel it’s the best value right now. However, there’s another growth share that’s up 71% over the past year that I think still looks very attractive. A pivot paying off I’m talking about Alibaba (NYSE:BABA). The stock’s up 71% over the past year, as it has strongly pivoted to focus on AI and cloud growth, committing to invest heavily in related infrastructure. For example, in February, it announced that it would…
Image source: Getty Images The Persimmon (LSE: PSN) share price ended Thursday (13 November) with a 3.3% rise, on the back of a very solid third-quarter update. It dipped 5% Friday morning though, but pulled most of that back. Despite “some softening in the market since the summer,” Persimmon saw its private forward sales position improve 15% to £2.09bn since the same period a year ago. With a modest average selling price rise of 1.5%, that’s 13% more homes. Why Friday’s wobble? Sentiment appears to be weakening ahead of the Budget. And analysts have been paring back their price targets…
Image source: The Motley Fool With Warren Buffett announcing that he’ll no longer be writing Berkshire Hathaway’s annual report, there’s been a lot of focus on his amazing long-term track record recently. It really is quite astonishing – since the mid-1960s he’s generated a return of around 20% per year for his investors. That’s nearly twice the annual return of the S&P 500 over that time and much higher than the returns that most other investment managers have delivered in recent decades. It begs the question – how’s he done it? A focus on quality and compounding I’ve spent a…
The Aviva (LSE: AV.) share price fell 6% Thursday (13 November) even after solid third-quarter figures. I see reasons why this might just be a brief pullback, as analysts keep raising their targets. I suspect some profit taking, with the shares up 43% in the past 12 months. But investors could also be watching out for any signs of cracks in the strong sector performance in 2025. Even after a year of price gains, the Aviva dividend still looks attractive. A forward 5.7% yield isn’t as high as it was, but analysts see more future rises coming. Upbeat quarter The…
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Image source: Getty Images The Tesco (LSE: TSCO) share price is on a hot streak. It’s more than doubled in the last five years, and it’s up 32% in the last 12 months. Dividends are on top, and there have been quite a few of those, with the stock yielding more than 4% at times. That’s a nippy performance from a supposedly stodgy FTSE 100 blue-chip. It shows how FTSE 100 shares can deliver more excitement than many realise, even household names like this one. This kind of success can’t be predicted though. The more I research and write about…
Image source: Getty Images The past seven days (at 13 November) have seen some large swings in the share prices of a number of FTSE 100 stocks. For example, the continuing surge in the gold price has helped push Endeavour Mining and Fresnillo higher. And investors were seemingly impressed with SSE’s plans to spend £33bn on additional renewable energy infrastructure, even though shareholders are being asked to contribute £2bn towards the final bill. But it’s movements in the opposite direction that interest me the most. That’s because a sharp fall could present an opportunity to take a position in a…
Image source: Getty Images An ISA is one of the simplest and most effective ways to save and invest, giving people the chance to tuck away up to £20,000 a year and take all returns completely tax-free. Please note that tax treatment depends on the individual circumstances of each client and may be subject to change in future. The content in this article is provided for information purposes only. It is not intended to be, neither does it constitute, any form of tax advice. Readers are responsible for carrying out their own due diligence and for obtaining professional advice before…
Image source: Getty Images I’ve been doing a bit of research on the habits of successful passive income investors, and I came across a bit of a surprise. They all seem to name dividend stocks as a major part of their investment portfolios — though that’s not the surprising part. No, what I hadn’t expected was to find a large number of them recommending real estate. Yes, real estate has been profitable for a number of people. But I had a very shaky venture into it. And it has a fair few drawbacks for individual investors. Not really passive One…