Saving cash by investing in high dividend stocks
Saving money might not be the highest priority on your todo list but we all need to be saving for a rainy day. Whilst many are struggling just to make ends meet, the question is how do you make money given the poor returns from putting money in a bank account? One way is to [...]
House hold name stocks paying more than 10%
With falls in stockmarket share prices, some shares now look really cheap compared with their dividend payouts. Two well known listed companies are paying out dividends of over 10%. Compared to paltry rates in the bank, investing in shares could over as much as 5 times or even 100 times the tiny interest rates on [...]
Ftse 100 heads towards 5,600.
The major uk share index is finding it’s way to 5600, just a week after reaching lows of 5,100. Hopefully this stability in the marketplace will help more inward investment as confidence regains.
Shares pick up investor confidence returns.
The share market is showing signs of recovery as more investors put money back into the markets. The markets such as the ftse 100 are still a long way from the highs of the year, but after their recent rout it looks like things are stabilising.
Thomas cook shares nosedive
The holiday group shares have taken yet another nose dive leaving the battered company with even less working capital.
Global crisis creates more market turmoil
Yet more worries over the euro zone are sending shares even lower as investors pull more cash out of the market and attempt to preserve capital and avert money being lost to a recession. This comes after recent rises in most global stock exchanges around the planet.
Where to stash your cash in a recession
So your money gets nothing in your bank account. What should you do to make more than inflation, or to get a real return on your mone. There are a number of options: 1. Property In a recession, people rent. We are seeing more and more worries over housing and this is forestalling many in [...]
Secrets of share investing: the dividend
Buying shares is all about managing risk. It means ensuring your downside is limited. In uncertain times when you cannot be sure of capital growth it makes sense to ensure there are other elements which can compensate. One of those elements is the dividend. The dividend is the key to ensuring a floor to a [...]
FTSE 100 heads for 5,300
The recent market trend has been thankfully for many investors upwards. This could mark a turning point as investors return to the marketplace. We could be retracing or we could be at the beginning of another bull run. Many will be happy the market appears to be stabilizing somewhat, but the question always remains about [...]
Ftse 100 appears to have stabilized
Could we be through the worst of the turbulence in the market. There was some gain the major UK index yesterday which is being cemented by steady gains today. The US market is yet to open, and there were slight gains in that market yesterday on the Dow and the S & P market.
