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Image source: Getty Images The FTSE 100 is a brilliant source of passive income. Today, it’s packed with dividend-paying blue-chip stocks including one of my favourites, Legal & General Group (LSE: LGEN). This is a share I hold myself, and I’m dazzled by how much income it pays. It currently yields a stunning 8.45% – more than twice a best-buy savings account rate. Even better, that figure should rise over time as Legal & General increases its shareholder payouts. It hiked its dividend by 5% to 21.36p per share in 2024 and now plans to lift it by 2% annually…
Image source: Getty Images In the UK, the full new State Pension is £230.25 a week, or a total of £11,973 a year. That’s certainly a nice chunk of change to help out during retirement. But sadly, it doesn’t come close to what’s needed to live comfortably. According to the Pensions & Lifetime Savings Association, a pensioner needs to have an income of at least £43,900 a year to enjoy financial freedom once retirement comes a-knocking. The good news is investing just £500 a month can potentially help close the £31,927 gap when starting early. Earning £32,000 passively Let’s start…
Image source: Getty Images Recently, I was thinking about what in my Stocks and Shares ISA and Self-Invested Personal Pension (SIPP) I’d hold on to if I couldn’t touch these investment accounts for 10 years. My goal was to assess the true long-term conviction I have in my current holdings. It wasn’t an easy exercise. Because today, technology’s reshaping industries at an alarming pace and all kinds of companies in my portfolio are seeing their business models disrupted. However, I did identify a handful of businesses I’m confident will still be dominating in a decade’s time. Here’s a look at…
Oaktree Capital have managed to repay the bond of Inter Milan in full by agreeing refinancing with new sources.Gazzetta.it report that the Nerazzurri owners have obtained a more advantageous interest rate than the 6.750% rate of the existing bond.Inter Milan have announced the repayment of the entirety of their bond.The total amount of the bond had been €400 million. However, with the interest, the total amount that the Nerazzurri owed to bond holders came to €412 million.How Oaktree Capital Have Refinanced Inter Milan BondInter Milan’s bond had a maturity in February of 2027. Therefore, it is notable that the club…
Image source: Getty Images While hunting for high-yield opportunities on the FTSE All-Share, I recently identified two cheap shares that look undervalued. For income-focused investors, finding companies offering both strong dividends and modest valuations can be a powerful combination. I tend to look for businesses with low price-to-earnings (P/E) ratios, high dividend yields and solid free cash flow. These are often signs the market has overlooked potential value. After some digging, two stocks caught my attention: MAN Group (LSE: EMG) and International Personal Finance (LSE: IPF). MAN Group MAN Group’s one of the world’s largest publicly-listed hedge fund firms with…
Image source: Getty Images Greggs (LSE: GRG) shares are down by around 30% over the past year. That’s obviously disappointing for existing shareholders. But as the share price has fallen, the dividend yield has risen, making the passive income opportunity for new investors more compelling. Here, I’ll look at how much in dividends a £20k investment in this FTSE 250 stock could generate. Passive income potential Greggs’ annual payout has certainly trended in the right direction over time. A decade ago, it was 19p per share. Last year, the dividend had risen to 69p, which translates into a trailing yield…
Image source: Getty Images Leveraging the wealth-building benefits of the stock market is a fantastic way to start earning a second income stream. And while it takes money to make money, frugal saving can often supply the capital needed to get the ball rolling. That’s especially true for those who’ve already amassed £250,000 in the bank. Obviously, most Britons don’t have a quarter of a million pounds lying around. However, according to the latest figures from HMRC, there are currently around 253,000 ISA accounts with at least £250,000 or more as of October 2024. And that number’s been steadily rising…
Image source: Getty Images Compared to other US indices like the S&P 500, the Dow Jones Industrial Average doesn’t tend to get as much attention. Yet, the index has delivered some fairly robust gains over the years. Over the long run, it’s averaged a 10.9% total annualised return. And in more recent years, this rate’s been slightly higher at around 12% since 2020. What does this translate to in terms of money? Since 2020, the Dow Jones is up by 67%. But when factoring in dividends paid along the way, the total return reaches closer to 76.6%. So that means…
Image source: Getty Images FTSE 100 gold and silver miner Fresnillo (LSE: FRES) has absolutely rocketed over the last 12 months. It’s up a staggering 155%, with a 41% surge in the last week alone. That makes it one of the top-performing blue-chips over the past year. And it’s no mystery why. The gold price has been on a tear, rising 45% in the last year. Silver’s doing well too, up 23%. With conflict flaring up across the Middle East and fears over global growth never far away, precious metals are having a moment. That’s great news for gold bugs. Not so good…