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HSBC(LSE: HSBA) (NYSE: HSBC.US) supports one of the most attractive dividend yields in the FTSE 100. At current levels, the bank supports a dividend yield of 4.6% and the City has a yield of 4.8% pencilled in for next year. Nevertheless, this hefty payout is not gold plated and the Read More...
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Warren Buffett is quoted as saying that he invests in companies that hed be happy to hold if the stock market closed and didnt reopen again for five years. In other words, hes a long-term investor who isnt too interested in what a companys share price does in the next Read More...
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Although we dont believe in timing the market or panicking over every stock fluctuation, understanding how a business is performing, competing and changing is vital to sensible investment. Theshare price ofHenry Boot (LSE: BHY) the property, land development and construction company lifted over 10% earlier today, following release of its Read More...
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Its been an incredibly difficult year for investors in Morrisons (LSE: MRW). Indeed, shares in the Bradford-based supermarket have fallen by 32% during the course of 2014, while the FTSE 100 has delivered a flat performance. Certainly, the supermarket sector is going through an extremely competitive and highly challenging period. Read More...
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Insurer Aviva (LSE: AV) (NYSE: AV.US) was famously forced to slash its overstretched dividends in 2012, disappointing a lot of investors who apparently thought that uncovered yields of nearly 9% were sustainable. But since then, Avivas new policy of rebuilding its dividend from a rebased level seems to be paying Read More...
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Global politics may be nightmarish volatile right now, but the reverse is true for global stock markets. Market volatility has been at its lowest level for a decade, while the Wall Street fear gauge recently hit a seven-year low. It seems that Western central bankers are more powerful than Isis, Read More...