Image source: Getty Images I think Legal & General (LSE:LGEN) is one of the best FTSE 100 shares to consider for a large and passive income. It’s why I’ve made the financial services giant the largest single holding in my Self-Invested Personal Pension (SIPP). Over the last decade, the company has raised dividends every year except for 2020. In response to the global pandemic, it froze the annual payout at 17.57p per share. Dividends have risen strongly since then, culminating in last year’s 21.36p payout. It means that dividend yields have crept close to double-digit-percentage territory: Source: dividenddata.co.uk As a…
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Image source: Getty Images I sold Greggs (LSE: GRG) stock earlier this year. However, it keeps flashing up as potentially great value (at just under £20) on Stock Screener. So is this a FTSE share for me to rebuy for my ISA? Let’s find out. Strong brand When I look at Greggs, I see a few things I like about the business. These are why I originally bought the shares. Firstly, Greggs has a unique brand. The bakery chain from Newcastle, which sells around 140m sausage rolls a year, is brilliant at tapping into British humour. I’ve seen people wearing Greggs-branded…
Image source: Getty Images Dividends are never, ever guaranteed. But investors can vastly improve their chances of receiving a large and growing passive income by buying dividend shares that: Operate in defensive industries, and therefore enjoy long-term earnings stability. Have strong balance sheets with low debt and/or impressive cash flows. Enjoy robust economic moats (like barriers to entry, patented products and brand power). Maintain strong diversification, which protects profits from localised issues. With this in mind, here are three great dividend stocks I think savvy share pickers should look at today. iShares US Equity High Income ETF With holdings in…
Image source: Getty Images Retail banks like Lloyds (LSE:LLOY) are among the most popular shares out there for dividend investors. They’re known for their generous payout ratios and the predictable cash flows they enjoy from essential everyday products like loans, current accounts, and credit cards. Since 2020, this FTSE 100 share has paid total dividends of 10.9p per share. It’s delivered healthy cash rewards even though — like other UK banks — it was forced to suspend dividends by regulators during the pandemic. This means that someone who invested £10,000 in Lloyds shares at the start of the decade would…
The “unscrupulous nature of the enforcement” had stunned her and left the families and communities of those snatched up in the recent spate of immigration raids “irreparably” traumatized, Angelica Salas, Executive Director for the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights (CHIRLA), told City Council during a special session last week.Salas was there to bring councilmembers up-to-date on the rash of immigrant enforcement actions seen around the county and the hurdles L.A.’s Rapid Response Network – a network of 23 organizations and three dozen trained volunteers – had faced in trying to track, communicate with, and provide support to detainees.She then went…
The US Dollar has managed to recover, backed by the Middle East conflict. Until now, all the troubles for the global economy originated in America, from trade tariffs to the US fiscal problems that undermined confidence in the greenback and deprived it of its status as the main safe-haven currency.However, as soon as the epicentre of turmoil shifted, everything changed. The Middle East conflict is about to make the US dollar great again. The stability of foreign investors’ holdings of Treasury bonds indicates continued interest in the American currency. While China was getting rid of Treasuries in April, Japan and…
The highly public spat between Tesla CEO Elon Musk and President Donald Trump over the One, Big, Beautiful Bill highlights an ongoing, decades-long debate over national debt. The focus of this article is to explore a potential scenario and suggest a way to invest in protection against it. That path is via life and retirement insurance companies like Prudential Financial (PRU 0.21%), MetLife (MET 0.75%), and Corebridge Financial (CRBG 0.18%). Here’s why. Rising debt, rising debt servicing payments This chart gets to the heart of the matter. As shown below, the U.S. national debt has increased substantially, and so has…
Circle’s (CRCL) massive rally shows no signs of cooling. The stablecoin issuer soared as much as 15% in early trading on Friday, extending its stunning post-IPO surge as Wall Street bets big on crypto’s next major disruptor. “Circle as a top-tier crypto ‘disruptor’ with a sizeable future opportunity,” Seaport Research Partners analyst Jeff Cantwell wrote on Friday. “On the back of an improving regulatory climate, we expect adoption globally of stablecoins such as USDC,” he added. Cantwell initiated the stock with a Buy rating and a price target of $235 a share from Seaport Research Partners. During mid-morning trading on…
Christopher Waller, governor of the US Federal Reserve, during a Fed Listens event in Washington, DC, US, on Friday, March 22, 2024. A trio of central bank decisions this week sent a clear message to markets that officials are preparing to loosen monetary policy, reigniting investor appetite for risk.Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesFederal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller moved markets Friday after saying in an interview with my colleague, Steve Liesman, that the central bank could cut interest rates as early as July.That sparked a short-lived rally in stocks, as rate cut hopes always seem to do, though long-term bond…
The main point of investing for the long term is to make money. Furthermore, you’d generally like to see the share price rise faster than the market. Unfortunately for shareholders, while the First Western Financial, Inc. (NASDAQ:MYFW) share price is up 49% in the last five years, that’s less than the market return. Some buyers are laughing, though, with an increase of 27% in the last year. With that in mind, it’s worth seeing if the company’s underlying fundamentals have been the driver of long term performance, or if there are some discrepancies. AI is about to change healthcare. These…