[ad_1] Image source: Getty Images ITV (LSE:ITV) has often looked like a dirt-cheap FTSE stock to me, and I’ve tried to talk myself into investing (possibly out of nostalgia for shows like Heartbeat and A Touch of Frost!). But when I check in every few months to review the share, it’s gone nowhere. Not much has changed on this front. The share price is up 1% in 12 months and down 1% over five years. Not great drama then, though someone who invested four years ago would be down by 38%. Yet I can still see the appeal. There’s a…
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[ad_1] Image source: Getty Images Getting into the stock market need not take thousands of pounds. Here is how someone with no investing experience and only a few hundred pounds to spare could get going today and start buying shares. Set realistic expectations Upfront, let me say that while some people make fortunes in the stock market, others end up with less than they put in. In a way, I think it can make sense to start buying shares with a limited budget. That means any beginner’s mistakes will hopefully be less costly than if much bigger sums were at…
[ad_1] Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA): what a share! Whether you think it is one of the greatest growth stories of recent decades, or a wildly overpriced carmaker, the twists and turns of the Tesla stock price have been nothing if not dramatic! At the right price, I would be happy to own the share. Tesla has a strong brand, large installed customer base and a proven ability to innovate at speed. But before we look to the future and I explain whether I am ready to buy some Tesla stock at its current price, I will take a look in the…
[ad_1] Image source: Getty Images Earning money without having to work for it? That is the idea of passive income. One common way people earn such income is buying shares in companies that pay dividends and letting them do the hard work. Here, for just a fiver a day, is how someone could put that approach into practice and hopefully start earning money this summer. 1. Set up a share-dealing account One first move could be to find a home for that £5 a day. To that end, the investor could set up a share-dealing account or Stocks and Shares…
[ad_1] The voluntary carbon market (VCM) is undergoing a period of significant transition, with key indicators highlighting a mixed but cautiously optimistic landscape, according to a newly released report by Ecosystem Marketplace.Despite market pressures and declining liquidity, the 2025 State of the Voluntary Carbon Market report reveals signs of enduring demand and growing buyer discernment.While the overall transaction volume fell by 25%, the average price per carbon credit dropped only 5.5%, which suggests that underlying demand remains stable, even as fewer deals are being made.One of the most notable trends is the shift in market focus toward quality, as buyers…
[ad_1] Image source: Getty Images We’re blessed in the UK to have an abundance of dividend stocks to choose from. As such, it’s fairly straightforward to build a high-quality portfolio to target an attractive second income inside a Stocks and Shares ISA. Here, I’ll take a look at five FTSE 100 stocks that could do the trick. Minimum yield First, I think it’s worth pointing out the ‘risk-free rate’. In the UK, this is best approximated by the yield on 10-year UK government bonds (gilts). Currently, this stands at approximately 4.7%, and is essentially the return someone can expect from…
[ad_1] Image source: Getty Images Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) shares fell out of favour when CEO Elon Musk joined in with US President Donald Trump’s political plans. Sales have hit a sticky patch. April sales across 32 European countries tumbled 49% year on year. And that’s a period when total battery-driven vehicle sales climbed 28%. Anyone who risked £10,000 on Tesla shares a year ago must have surely have taken a bit of a haircut, right? Not a bit of it. At the time of writing, the Tesla price has climbed 103% in those 12 months. That 10 grand would now…
[ad_1] Image source: Getty Images Greggs (LSE:GRG) shares are up around 12% from where they were five years ago. That doesn’t sound like a lot given that the vast majority of the firm’s outlets were closed back then. By the start of June 2020, a phased reopening of stores was underway. But investors might wonder whether the company is really worth only 12% more than it was in the depths of the pandemic… Covid lows Unsurprisingly, 2020 wasn’t a good year for Greggs in any shape or form. Revenues fell 30% from the previous year and the company reporting a…
[ad_1] Image source: Getty Images As well as being one of the world’s most famous football clubs, Manchester United (NYSE: MANU) is also a listed company. That means investors can buy its shares for a Stocks and Shares ISA. But should I add some Manchester United shares to my portfolio? Let’s get the ball rolling and find out. Out of form As the chart above shows, the share price has hardly been in scintillating form in recent times. It’s down by around 16% over five years and a similar amount over 12 months. This means that someone who invested £10,000…
[ad_1] A reader says, “I was very happy with my mutual fund returns over the last few years until I started reading your articles. They made me realise it is just luck or one fortunate sequence of returns. I now recognise that the going will not always be good. This makes me wonder what the maximum loss in a mutual fund investment. How can I prepare for this?”Let us consider past data to appreciate the loss we expect from equity or equity mutual funds in an investment portfolio. Then, we will get to the hard part – preparing for this…