Pub and dining group Marstons (LSE: MARS) is one of my top FTSE 250 income picks for this year. The stock supports a dividend yield of 5.9% at the time of writing, and the payout is covered 1.8 times by earnings per share. These impressive dividend credentials suggest to me Read More...

Any news surrounding British shopping institution Marks & Spencer Group (LSE: MKS) and, more specifically, its long-troubled clothing division, is bound to attract plenty of column inches. And so it proved this week following the former FTSE 100 stalwarts decision to enter the massively-popular sports/athleisure fashion segment. The move on Read More...

When the market crashes, bargains become plentiful. For the astute investor, life-changing money can be made when everyone is panicking and selling. As Warren Buffett tells us, we should be greedy when others are fearful. At no time was this more true than during the 2008 Financial Crisis. When the Read More...

Restaurant Group (LSE: RTN) has been billed as a turnaround stock for years. The company has been hit by the storm of the casual dining crisis, which has seem many me-too businesses and copycats crushed in the consumer-driven slaughter. The credit boom years allowed the growth of many chains and Read More...

In 2016, JD Wetherspoon (LSE: JDW) traded below 600p. If youd bought 3,000 worth of stock back then at 600p (500 shares), youd currently have over 8,000 as Wetherspoon shares now trade above 1,600p. In an industry where pubs have been hit hard, with the closures of sites well-documented, Wetherspoon Read More...

After the general election last month, shares in British Land (LSE: BLND), one of the largest real estate investment trusts in the UK, surged as investors rushed to take advantage of a rare opportunity. For much of the past 12 months, shares in this real estate investment trust have been Read More...