Image source: Getty Images What’s the best way to go about building up the biggest passive income pot we can in an ISA? Today’s Stocks and Shares ISA millionaires have something in common. They mainly put the bulk of their investment money into reliable companies generating strong cash flow and paying dependable dividends. The masterstroke is to reinvest each year’s dividend cash in new shares, and then let it build up over the years. How much difference can the miracle of compound returns make? It could be enough to take our breath away. Plough the cash back in We’ve seen…
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Record Revenue: Carbon pricing generated over $100 billion for public budgets in 2024—more than half allocated to environmental, infrastructure, and development initiatives. Wider Coverage: 28% of global GHG emissions are now priced, with all major middle-income economies implementing or exploring carbon pricing. Credit Market Shift: Compliance market demand for carbon credits nearly tripled, while voluntary market growth remained flat. Carbon pricing mechanisms raised more than $100 billion in 2024, according to the World Bank’s latest State and Trends of Carbon Pricing 2025 report. Over half of the revenue was directed to fund environmental, infrastructure, and development projects, signaling a growing…
Image source: Rolls-Royce plc Anyone who decided to buy Rolls-Royce (LSE:RR) shares five years ago has done very well. The share price is up 677% since June 2020 and it isn’t really showing any signs of slowing down. The good news keeps coming with the announcement this week that the company has been selected to build the UK’s first small modular nuclear reactors. So is it too late to buy Rolls-Royce shares? How much higher can it go? According to Peter Lynch, one of the biggest mistakes an investor can make is assuming shares that have gone up can’t go…
USD/JPY rises to near 144.00 as demand for the US Dollar has increased against the Japanese yen in a risk-off environment. Israel strikes Iran to rid-off existing survival threat from Iran. The BoJ and the Fed are expected to keep interest rates steady next week. The USD/JPY pair climbs to near 144.00 during European trading hours on Friday after recovering early losses. The pair strengthens as the US Dollar (USD) outperforms across the board amid growing war tensions between Israel and Iran. The US Dollar Index (DXY), which tracks the Greenback’s value against six major currencies, is up almost 0.5%…
Image source: Getty Images How much would a UK investor need in a tax-efficient Stocks and Shares ISA to retire comfortably? This is a question that popped up recently during a conversation I had regarding passive income. Naturally, there’s no exact answer as it depends largely on each individual’s interpretation of comfortable. Further to that, it depends on whether the investor is looking for regular income or simply enough savings to live off. Realistically, an income-focused investor would need around half a million pounds to achieve a minimal dividend income. Based on an average 5% yield, that could return £25,000…
Image source: Getty Images The Greatland Gold (LSE:GGP) share price has been one of this year’s best performers. Since the start of 2025, it’s risen over 160%. This has helped push the group’s market cap (as of 13 June) to £2.18bn. I’m certain much of this rally reflects the increase in the price of gold. During times of economic uncertainty, investors tend to buy the precious metal as it’s generally perceived to be a reliable store of value and a hedge against inflation. Over the past 12 months, its price has risen 45%. At $3,391 an ounce, it’s currently not…
Image source: Rolls-Royce plc The Rolls-Royce Holdings (LSE: RR.) share price has climbed 670% in the past five years. But one thing worries me a bit. Much of it was driven by the business recovering from its pandemic-linked crisis. And as we move ahead, it surely has to transition more and more to genuine new growth. If the growth trajectory does slow, will that knock the share price? It really could. But I can see reasons for being optimistic about the long-term future. Not just engines Rolls-Royce’s small modular nuclear reactor (SMR) business is part of its New Markets segment.…
Image source: Getty Images BP (LSE: BP) shares tend to follow the oil price, and that’s exactly what they’re doing today. Israel’s strike on Iranian military facilities has sent Brent Crude racing past $74 a barrel. At the start of the month, it was closer to $60. That’s a rise of more than 20% in less than a fortnight. The BP share price hasn’t climbed quite so fast, but it’s still up around 3% today, the second-best FTSE 100 performer after defence giant BAE Systems. It’s up 6% over the past week but down 18% over 12 months. Oil price…
Image source: Getty Images BAE Systems‘ (LSE: BA) share price is topping the FTSE 100 leaderboard as I write this in 13 June, as I guessed it would be. I reckoned the defence engineer was only going one way after news broke that Israel had attacked Iranian nuclear facilities. While nearly all my portfolio is in the red this morning, BAE Systems is a rare exception, along with oil giant BP. Writing that doesn’t give me any pleasure. I’d much rather the BAE share price was falling, because the world had found more peaceful ways to sort out its differences.…
Image source: Getty Images WH Smith (LSE: SMWH) is a dividend stock that hasn’t done much growing in recent years. In fact, it’s 58% lower than before the pandemic struck in early 2020! However, that hasn’t stopped activist investor Palliser Capital from building a near-5% stake in the FTSE 250 retailer. And according to a Sky News report, Palliser reckons there’s scope for the shares to nearly double over the next three years! What we know Established in 1792, WH Smith is synonymous with the British high street. However, that business was sold to Modella Capital for £76m in March, leaving…