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Find out which companies are planning double-digit dividend increases
Thursday 09 Mar 2023There have been some notable dividend increases in recent weeks from well-known companies on the stock market including a 31% hike from advertising group WPP ( WPP ) while banking giant HSBC ( HSBA ) raised its ordinary dividend by 28% on top of comments that it might pay a special dividend once...
The investment plan to help your children graduate without big debts
Thursday 09 Mar 2023With tuition fees in England currently standing at £27,500 for a three-year course, or £9,250 a year, your children might need a financial leg-up when they go to university. Fear not, as we have a plan. It’s easy to see why students graduate with significant debts, particularly as there are rent...
What is ‘the 4% rule’ and is it still relevant to investors today?
Thursday 09 Mar 2023For those in retirement who either don’t have a significant pension pot or aren’t set up to receive a steady stream of income from their investments, drawing on their capital may be the only solution to supplementing the state pension. The question is, how much should they withdraw each year, and...
Building your first ISA: How to get started with investing
Thursday 02 Mar 2023Many people believe that cash is a safe way of saving, but when it comes to the long term, cash is not king. Over the past two decades average UK savings rates have been going one way – down. Since about 2012, average interest on cash savings have been about 2% a year or less. This decline could be...
The small cap market is shrinking fast as businesses fail
Thursday 02 Mar 2023One of the least-talked about but most damaging side-effects of 2022’s ‘mini-Budget’, which turned financial markets on their heads for several weeks, has been the wave of smaller companies delisting, either through choice or out of necessity. In some cases, the executive boards have decided the...
Revealing the bargain stocks which may have been left behind
Thursday 23 Feb 2023With the FTSE 100 hitting new all-time highs and global stock markets in the ascendency since the Autumn it has arguably become more difficult to find stocks which offer good value. This article delves into the unloved parts of the UK stock market to search for opportunities which investors may...
Time to invest in the UK: funds to play a resurgent stock market
Thursday 23 Feb 2023Finally, everyone is talking about UK stocks. The spotlight is back on the country after the UK’s FTSE 100 was one of the few major indices globally to record positive returns in 2022 and this year it has broken through the 8,000 level and hit a new record high. Hopefully, this will lead to the...
Discover the funds and stocks which pay monthly and quarterly incomes
Thursday 23 Feb 2023Lots of people like to use the income from stocks and funds to help meet their monthly outgoings. In this article we look to help with the process of selecting appropriate investments by examining the range of UK stocks, funds and investment trusts paying monthly or quarterly dividends. Bearing in...
The £5 investment challenge. Get on board and invest a little bit more each month
Thursday 23 Feb 2023Saving and investing often works best if you set yourself small incremental challenges to put more money away. In this article we look at how you might start a 12-month period by investing £100 per month into the markets and then increasing the amount by £5 each month. By doing so you would be...
Emerging markets: a cold winter for China and growth back in favour
Thursday 23 Feb 20231. China’s reopening and impact on energy prices. China’s economic reopening is proceeding swiftly, despite the spike in Covid-19 cases in early January. Investor attention has recently switched to the reopening’s impact on energy prices. In contrast to Europe, China is experiencing a bitterly cold...