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Image source: Getty Images After a slow start to the year, shares in insurance giant Aviva (LSE: AV.) have been picking up pace. They’re up 9.1% year to date and 19.1% over the last 12 months. That beats the performance of the FTSE 100. If I’d picked up shares in Aviva a year ago, I’d…

Image source: Getty Images FTSE shares are on a tear. Both the FTSE 100 and FTSE 250 have posted impressive gains so far in 2024. But not all stocks have enjoyed the rally. In fact, a handful of them have posted losses year to date. Here are two that have underperformed, falling by over 10%.…

Economic instability has been a defining factor of the 2020s but the FTSE 100 has done well to escape its wrath. Adding 442 points this year, it recently hit an all-time high above 8,400. But does that mean the index is now packed full of overbought shares? I don’t think so. The lingering effects of…

Image source: Getty Images In its 2023 financial year, Greggs (LSE:GRG) generated £1.02 a share in passive income for its shareholders. That was a 73% increase on the previous year and, if repeated in 2024, means the stock is currently yielding 3.7%. This is based on a share price as I write on Friday (28…

Image source: Getty Images Warren Buffett once said that: “Someone’s sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.”  Good for them, but I don’t want shade – I want passive income. Fortunately, something similar is true of dividend stocks. Good ones distribute cash to shareholders for years, great ones…

Image source: National Grid plc I want to build up some passive income for my retirement years, and I’ve looked at a number of different ways to do it. But I keep coming back to UK dividend stocks, for one main reason. I don’t have to do any work. I invest a bit of cash,…

Image source: Getty Images UK shares have enjoyed some impressive gains since the start of 2024. The FTSE 100’s risen 6% in value. However, these strong upward movements are fuelling fears of a potential stock market crash. These dire warnings aren’t just coming from fringe commentators either. None other than the Bank of England has…

Image source: Getty Images Building a passive income stream of £50,000 a year would set anyone up for life. But money like that doesn’t come easy. It takes a lot of time and dedication… and a tenner a day. With £10 a day invested into a diversified portfolio of dividend shares and growth stocks, the…

Source de l’image : Getty Images FTSE250 détaillant de restauration rapide Greggs (LSE : GRG) est devenue une sorte d’institution britannique. Ses produits séduisent tous les groupes démographiques (Steak Bake pour moi) et l’année dernière, il a été remplacé McDonald’sest le meilleur fournisseur de plats à emporter pour le petit-déjeuner au Royaume-Uni. Cependant, le cours…

Source de l’image : Getty Images Le haut rendement est la promesse toujours attrayante d’un investissement axé sur la valeur qui offre un petit rendement supplémentaire. Mais comme de nombreux investisseurs l’apprennent à leurs dépens, des rendements élevés ne sont pas toujours synonymes de rendements élevés. Non seulement une entreprise peut réduire ses dividendes quand…