Image source: Getty Images BT Group (LSE: BT.A) shares have divided the investment world for years. Many shareholders seeking dividend income have been happy to sit back and take the cash. Others have been scared off by a 70% share price fall over 10 years. But BT shares have been reasonably stable over the past five years. A bit volatile, but an overall 7.6% drop compared to five years of dividend yields around 5% and above doesn’t seem too bad. And in the past 12 months, BT has been setting the scene for a comeback. In that time, the share…
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Pedestrians walk through the festively decorated Burlington Arcade luxury shopping arcade in London, UK, on Monday, Dec. 4, 2023. Inflation in UK shops has fallen to a 17-month low as retailers fight to attract shoppers ahead of the crucial holiday period. Photographer: Jason Alden/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesBloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesThe U.K.’s inflation rate rose sharply to 3% in January, coming in above analyst expectations, according to data released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) on Wednesday.Economists polled by Reuters had expected a reading of 2.8% in the twelve months to January.Britain’s consumer price index (CPI) fell to…
Image source: Getty Images BP (LSE: BP.) shares have performed poorly in the past five years, gaining less than 2%. And we can’t just blame weak market sentiment towards big oil for that. Rival Shell‘s up 40% over the same time. Oil company shares are typically volatile and at the mercy of the oil price. So we need extra caution when looking at shorter-term price movements. But the comparison with Shell is telling, and something has clearly been going wrong at BP. It looks like things might be changing. And the BP share price has risen 18% just since the…
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Image source: Getty Images With its rich dividend culture, the London stock market’s a great place for investors seeking passive income. Even in these uncertain times, there are hundreds of companies tipped to pay a large and growing dividend in 2025 alone. Here are two that have grabbed my attention. It’s essential to note that dividends are never guaranteed until they’ve been paid. But if broker forecasts are correct, a £20k lump sum spread equally across these dividend shares will produce a £1,420 passive income stream this year alone. That’s based on an average 7% dividend yield. Here’s why I…
Image source: Getty Images DeepSeek is a real force in artificial intelligence (AI). Its advancements took the stock market by surprise in January and, as it is one of the most advanced AI platforms available, I asked it to pick me the best UK stocks to buy. Here’s what it said DeepSeek AI identified several stocks it deems undervalued in the current market. Among the top picks was Associated British Foods, a diversified consumer staples company with a market capitalisation of £13.9bn. The platform noted that ABF’s relatively low price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 9.5 times and significant potential for 34.8%…
Image source: Getty Images Navigating the stock market can be extra challenging during tough, uncertain times like this. Yet the London Stock Exchange‘s diverse range of UK stocks still provides investors a chance to achieve strong returns. Here are two top companies I think share pickers should consider today. Begbies Traynor Begbies Traynor (LSE:BEG) provides a range of services for companies in distress, and is an expert in the field of corporate insolvency. Its services are in high demand as the UK economy struggles, with latest financials showing revenues up 16% (or 11% on an organic basis) in the six…
A view of the logo of HSBC bank on a wall outside a branch in Mexico City, Mexico June 14, 2024. Henry Romero | ReutersEurope’s largest lender HSBC on Wednesday reported annual pre-tax profit of $32.31 billion, marginally missing analysts’ estimates, as the bank’s net interest income declined by $3.1 billion from a year earlier.For the full year, HSBC reported revenue of $65.85 billion, down from $66.1 billion in 2023.Here are HSBC’s full-year results compared with LSEG mean estimates:Pre-tax profit: $32.31 billion vs. $32.63 billionRevenue: $65.85 billion vs. $66.52 billionThe bank’s profit before tax for the fourth quarter nearly doubled from…
Everyone is saying that the voluntary carbon market (VCM) is pivoting to higher quality. But now Calyx Global and ClearBlue Markets are providing empirical evidence that it’s true. The VCM is, in fact, slowly improving on quality. Furthermore, our combined datasets suggest that higher quality is garnering higher prices. Is a flywheel in motion? The data hints at the possible revving up of a virtuous engine: Higher prices that reward higher quality can motivate credit generators to improve the integrity of their emission reduction (or removal) claims. This could be the key to accelerating the much-needed reform of the VCM—a…
Asset Allocation and Private Markets: A Guide to Investing with Private Equity, Private Debt, and Private Real Assets. 2021. Cyril Demaria, Maurice Pedergnana, Rémy He, Roger Rissi, and Sarah Debrand. John Wiley & Sons. Private market (PM) investing, according to the authors of Asset Allocation and Private Markets, entails some noteworthy challenges. For instance, analyzing returns is problematic, owing to stale pricing that arises from relatively illiquid trading. The task is further complicated by the difficulty of calculating correlations between private and public asset returns. Fund managers can game internal rate of return (IRR) calculations through the timing of company…