Stock Market Analysis & Opinion

UK stocks paid out an eye-watering £100 billion in dividends last year, and the bulk of that cash came from the biggest and best known companies in the FTSE 100 - including Ds Smith.Given the...

Elon Musk, the eccentric billionaire, is one of the biggest names in the business world. Musk, who holds South African, United States, and Canadian citizenship, co-founded PayPal, Tesla, Neuralink,...

Drawn into getting their hopes up, the European indices rallied on reports of a ‘productive working dinner’ between the US and China in Beijing last night, one that included talking of a...

A fresh round of Sino-US talks is boosting Asian and European markets this morning, raising hopes that a resolution to the ongoing dispute and the removal of tariffs that are in place will go some way...

DAX Xetra (cash index)The recovery in the course of the past few sessions has taken the market tentatively back through resistance, but this remains a rally built on shaky ground. Since the breakdown...

UK stocks paid out some £100 billion in dividends last year, with most of this coming from the biggest stocks in the FTSE 100 - including National Grid (LON:NG).These kinds of steady income are...

UK stocks paid out an eye-watering £100 billion in dividends last year, and the bulk of that cash came from the biggest and best known companies in the FTSE 100 - including International...

Some of the very best UK-listed companies can be found on the FTSE 100. These companies have often been paying dividends for a very long time, making them prime candidates for a tax-efficient ISA...

Croda International recently reported its full-year results for 2018 - and, with revenues up 1% to £1.39B and net income before extraordinary items increased 4% to £238.5M, the question is...

In this article, I’ll take a few of the best dividend safety metrics and apply them to Michelmersh Brick Holdings, which pays a rolling dividend yield of 3.56%.Michelmersh Brick Holdings...

US index futures are now eyeing a moderately higher start to Thursday’s session. Global growth worries are taking a toll, but losses in overnight trade have already been reversed and traders...

In 2012, one of the first companies I invested in as a defensive value investor was Centrica (LON:CNA), the company behind British Gas.It seemed like a good idea at the time. Centrica was a leading...

Legal & General recently reported its full-year results for 2018 - and the question now for investors is how its share price will respond in the coming weeks.All eyes are on the price because the...

Some of the very best UK-listed companies can be found on the FTSE 100. These companies have often been paying dividends for a very long time, making them prime candidates for a tax-efficient ISA...