Image source: Getty Images The new UK State Pension leaves a lot to be desired. Even if an individual earns the full weekly amount of £230.25 a week, this is still only £11,973 a year. That’s far below the £43,100 income that the Pensions & Lifetime Savings Association recommends for a comfortable retirement. However, with the markets experiencing a new wave of volatility and uncertainty in recent weeks, fear of another crash is on the rise. Yet, despite appearances, that could prove to be a terrific opportunity for an investor to supercharge their retirement income and beat the State Pension…
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WH Smith’s (LSE:SMWH) one of the UK’s great ‘Jekyll and Hyde’ stocks. While growth at its Travel division remains strong, trouble at its High Steet unit remains a drag on its shares. But with its beleaguered traditional business being offloaded, things could be looking up as WH Smith ramps up expansion across the world’s airports, rail stations and other travel hubs. Could it now be one of the FTSE 250‘s best growth stocks to consider buying? Let’s take a look. Mixed bag WH Smith’s tired, cluttered high street stores have long lagged in the cut-throat retail market. With consumer spending…
However else one may describe the share price movements of Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA), boring is not an adjective that springs to mind. Tesla stock has halved in value since a December high. But that still leaves it 381% higher than it was five years ago. I would be delighted if I put £10,000 into a share and five years later was sitting on a shareholding worth £48,000. I have never owned Tesla stock, but could now be the time to add it to my portfolio? After all, I would now be able to buy two shares for the same amount…
Image source: Getty Images I remember when I turned 40, the concept of retirement suddenly became all the more real. I had a pension, but I hadn’t planned much else and felt the need to secure a passive income stream. Was I too late to start? Even though I still had 25 years to build my strategy, I was worried it might not be enough. However, that’s not necessarily the case. Here’s a plan that a 40-year-old investor may want to consider with the aim to secure a more comfortable retirement. The target: £12,000 a year Dividend stocks are usually…
Image source: Getty Images The stock market‘s a great place to make money, but it can also be a place to lose it. Fortunately, investors can put themselves ahead of the competition by just avoiding one simple mistake. In general, the worst thing investors can do is sell stocks when prices are low. This seems like a straightforward principle, but it’s surprising how often it seems to happen. Sell low? Warren Buffett‘s instruction to be greedy when others are fearful is well known. But – as Buffett also acknowledges – working out when prices are at their lowest is nearly…
Image source: Getty Images After sleeping though much of the 2010s, BAE Systems’ (LSE:BA.) shares have roared into life since Russia invaded Ukraine in early 2022. Someone who invested £10,000 in the defence giant a decade ago would have seen the value of their shares rise to £34,428 today. BAE Systems’ share price now stands at £17.48 per share versus 508p in mid-April 2015, a whopping 244% increase. That’s a pretty great return, in my book. And it looks even more impressive when factoring in dividends. On this basis, someone who bought in 10 years ago would have £39,152 to…
Image source: Getty Images A lot of people want to start buying shares at some point but are never quite sure when to begin. If prices seem too high, they worry that maybe it is not a good idea. But if prices fall significantly, fear can set in. Actually, that is not just a problem for stock market beginners. Many experienced investors also spend a lot of time trying to time the market. But the reality is that nobody knows what will happen tomorrow in the stock market, let alone further ahead. Sitting out of the market hoping to avoid…
FlexShares Credit-Scored US Corporate Bond Index Fund (NASDAQ:SKOR – Get Free Report) was the recipient of a significant increase in short interest during the month of March. As of March 31st, there was short interest totalling 8,000 shares, an increase of 35.6% from the March 15th total of 5,900 shares. Currently, 0.1% of the company’s shares are short sold. Based on an average daily volume of 67,800 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.1 days. FlexShares Credit-Scored US Corporate Bond Index Fund Stock Up 0.1 % Shares of SKOR stock opened at $47.87 on Friday. The firm’s 50-day moving average…
Image source: Getty Images Shares in FTSE 100 distributor Bunzl (LSE:BNZL) crashed 25% on Wednesday (16 April) after the firm’s Q1 trading update. That puts the share price back where it was in March 2021. I won’t keep anybody in suspense here. I think the drop is a sharp overreaction and I’m in the process of figuring out how to buy this for my portfolio as soon as I can. Why is the stock down? There wasn’t much to like about Bunzl’s performance in the first quarter of 2025. Sales from existing businesses were down almost 1% and margins contracted,…
Image source: Getty Images Leveraging the power of a Self-Invested Personal Pension (SIPP) is a fantastic way to build retirement wealth. This special type of investment account not only grants access to the stock market but also provides powerful tax advantages that can propel a portfolio much higher than a regular trading account. So with that in mind, if an investor had £5,000 today, how much money could they have in the next decade? The tax advantages of a SIPP Just like a Stocks and Shares ISA, SIPPs eliminate capital gains and dividend taxes from the equation. However, unlike an…