Image source: Getty Images There are some UK shares with interesting dividend yields on offer at the moment. But when it comes to investing, things aren’t always what they seem. I’m firmly of the view that dividend stocks can be great passive income investments. Finding the right ones however, can be a tricky business. High yields There are a number of stocks that have dividend yields that seem too good to be true. And in some cases, that’s because they are. Regional REIT (LSE:RGL) is one example. According to some sources, the real estate investment trust (REIT) is set to return…
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Image source: Getty Images The share price of one of my top-performing S&P 500 stocks took a shocking dive yesterday (19 February). Axon Enterprise (NASDAQ: AXON), a leading developer of security products in the US, lost over 16% of its stock value in a matter of hours. Just one day prior, on Tuesday, the shares had hit a new all-time high of around $715. But when markets opened the following morning, the price began a rapid descent to $580. So what happened – and is this a sign to sell? Rating downgrade The devastating collapse seems to have been prompted…
For more reading on inflation, check out Puzzles of Inflation, Money, and Debt by Thomas S. Coleman, Bryan J. Oliver, and Laurence B. Siegel from the CFA Institute Research Foundation. As most of us in the West will take some time off at the end of the year, I want to invite you to think about your investments and what the next year and the years thereafter will bring. In particular, I want you to consider all the ways in which you could be wrong. Over the last several weeks and into early January, I am going through this process professionally, as I write my big…
The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) has completed a public Hong Kong dollar-denominated bond offering, raising HK$4 billion (US$549 million), the multilateral development bank said on Thursday. The three-year senior unsecured fixed-rate sustainable-development bonds pay an annual coupon of 3.847 per cent, and will settle locally in Hong Kong’s Central Moneymarkets Unit (CMU), which tracks and manages Hong Kong-dollar debt securities and other financial products. The bonds attracted investors domestically and across Asia-Pacific, with the final order book reaching HK$9 billion and more than 25 orders, according to the bank’s official statement. AIIB said the issuance highlighted the opening of…
Image source: Getty Images When looking for FTSE 100 stocks to invest in, there are many factors to consider. From recent results and financial ratios to management, developments, and market position, the range is daunting. One place I like to start is by checking recent broker ratings. Since major brokers can’t afford to make too many mistakes, they hire the best and brightest minds to guide their decisions. So when two top US brokers put in positive ratings for Barclays (LSE: BARC), I had to see what the fuss was about. Strong results On 18 February 2025, Bank of America…
Image source: Getty Images The Lloyds Banking Group (LSE: LLOY) share price has been driven largely by the car loan mis-selling probe in recent weeks. It rose after chancellor Rachel Reeves urged leniency from the Supreme Court in its forthcoming case. And it fell again when the court rejected the government’s overtures. And now Lloyds’ shares have moved up a few percent on full-year results morning (20 February) despite a 20% plunge in profits. News of a new £1.7bn share buyback was something of a sweetener. But what did the bank say about the mis-selling? Mis-selling provisions Previously, Lloyds had…
Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson during a press conference on Jan. 17, 2025.Florian Gaertner | Photothek | Getty ImagesSTOCKHOLM — Europe is at risk of becoming a “museum” if it doesn’t soften strict curbs on artificial intelligence technologies and deregulate, Sweden’s Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said Thursday.”I think we really need to step up in Europe … the American economy, Chinese economy have been growing far faster compared to the European economies over the last 20 years,” the premier told attendees of the Techarena event in Stockholm.”If we don’t change that, Europe will actually become some kind of a museum…
Listen to the article 7 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. The following is a guest post from Mohit Gupta, CFO of Zefiro Methane and COO of X Machina Capital Strategies. Opinions are the author’s own. Sustainability leadership is a strategic imperative, not a choice. Consumer expectations are shifting away from vague “green initiatives” toward genuine, verifiable sustainability efforts. Banks and asset managers are increasingly prioritizing businesses with lower carbon intensity. CFOs must act now to demonstrate their company’s commitment to environmental responsibility or risk losing brand loyalty, growth opportunities, capital access and…
Image source: Vodafone Group plc The Vodafone (LSE:VOD) share price is now only 4.5% above its 52-week low. It’s a sad decline for the telecoms giant that was once Britain’s most valuable listed company. Today, it’s ranked 31st in the FTSE 100 league table of market-caps. And no matter what the company’s directors do — or how well it performs — it doesn’t appear to reverse the decline. Ringing the changes In February 2020, the group’s shares were changing hands for around 150p. They are now 57% lower, at around 66p. But from an operational perspective, the company hasn’t been…
Image source: Getty Images FTSE 250 broadcaster ITV (LSE: ITV) has fallen 15% from its 22 July one-year traded high of 88p. As a share’s yield moves in the opposite direction to its share price, this has pushed up its annual return to 6.7%. By contrast, the average FTSE 250 yield is just 3.3% and the FTSE 100’s is 3.5%. It is also very close to the 7% minimum I look for in shares selected for my passive income portfolio. This is designed to generate a high yearly passive income so I can keep reducing my working commitments. Passive income…