Christopher Ruane, Author at The Motley Fool UK

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Turn a £20K ISA into £1,980 in annual passive income? Here’s how!

16 March, 2024 | Christopher Ruane

Our writer thinks that by investing in the right blue-chip shares, he could use an ISA to generate sizeable passive…

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Hargreaves Lansdown has this investment trust idea. So do I!

15 March, 2024 | Christopher Ruane

Christopher Ruane runs his slide rule over an investment trust he thinks could give his ISA more exposure to British…

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How I’d invest £80 a week in shares to target a £500-a-month second income

15 March, 2024 | Christopher Ruane

Christopher Ruane explains how he'd start building a second income by investing a little bit more than a tenner each…

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NIO stock is 30% cheaper than in January. So is it a bargain?

14 March, 2024 | Christopher Ruane

Christopher Ruane explains why he might consider buying NIO stock for his portfolio -- but probably not any time soon.

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Here’s how I’d start buying shares with £500, this week!

13 March, 2024 | Christopher Ruane

Christopher Ruane explains how he would start buying shares for the first time if he had never invested before and…

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How I’d invest £300 in penny shares today

11 March, 2024 | Christopher Ruane

Christopher Ruane explains the approach he takes to buying penny shares (or any shares!) and illustrates with an example from…

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Here’s how I try to find brilliant shares for my SIPP

10 March, 2024 | Christopher Ruane

Christopher Ruane shares the approach he takes when hunting for shares to buy and hold in his SIPP as he…

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Here’s how I’d start investing with under £300

10 March, 2024 | Christopher Ruane

Is it possible to start investing even without thousands of pounds to spare? This writer thinks so -- and explains…

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With no money in the bank, I’d use the Warren Buffett method to build wealth

10 March, 2024 | Christopher Ruane

Can learning from billionaire investing legend Warren Buffett help this writer as he aims to build wealth in the stock…

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I’d target £1,600 in annual dividends from a Stocks and Shares ISA like this

9 March, 2024 | Christopher Ruane

By investing a Stocks and Shares ISA in the right way, our writer believes he could earn £1,600 annually in…

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These 2 shares could earn me a £398 monthly second income!

9 March, 2024 | Christopher Ruane

Christopher Ruane explains how he could aim to earn hundreds of pounds per month on average as a second income,…

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I’d buy 9,833 shares of Legal & General to target £2,000 of yearly passive income

9 March, 2024 | Christopher Ruane

Christopher Ruane explains how and why he might aim to earn thousands of pounds annually in passive income by buying…

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Down 31% since January, is NIO stock a bargain?

8 March, 2024 | Christopher Ruane

Christopher Ruane weighs some pros and cons of buying NIO stock for his portfolio at the moment, after its poor…

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Down 27% in 2024, is Tesla stock now a bargain?

6 March, 2024 | Christopher Ruane

Tesla stock has had a very poor start to 2024. Should this writer treat the lower share price than before…

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This FTSE 250 share looks badly undervalued to me!

6 March, 2024 | Christopher Ruane

Christopher Ruane explains why a FTSE 250 share that's a household name looks like an ongoing bargain to him even…

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How I’d invest a £100K SIPP to target £8K in dividends annually

3 March, 2024 | Christopher Ruane

Christopher Ruane sets out some principles he adopts when investing his SIPP and explains how he would aim for a…

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Is the Rolls-Royce share price headed to £5 — or 50p?

2 March, 2024 | Christopher Ruane

Christopher Ruane considers some bull and bear factors that could move the Rolls-Royce share price up or down in coming…

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Here’s how I’d invest a £10K Stocks & Shares ISA to target £900 in dividends annually

2 March, 2024 | Christopher Ruane

By investing a Stocks and Shares ISA the right way, our writer thinks he could aim to turn a £10K…

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Could Rolls-Royce shares still be the biggest bargain on the FTSE 100?

2 March, 2024 | Christopher Ruane

Can a FTSE 100 share that has increased eleven-fold in under four years really be a bargain? Our writer reckons…

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New to investing? I wish I’d known these 3 Warren Buffett approaches!

2 March, 2024 | Christopher Ruane

Christopher Ruane discusses three lessons from the latest Warren Buffett letter that he thinks can help investors of all experience…

£9,000 of savings? Here’s how I’d aim to turn that into £530 of monthly passive income

2 March, 2024 | Christopher Ruane

Christopher Ruane explains how and why he would spend some spare money to build passive income streams by buying dividend…

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How I’d invest £200 a month in UK shares to target a £3K+ second income

1 March, 2024 | Christopher Ruane

Our writer explains how he would target a second income north of £3,000 every year in the long term by…

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The Aston Martin share price has halved. Time to buy?

29 February, 2024 | Christopher Ruane

The Aston Martin share price has fallen badly since last summer. With sales growing, is now the time for our…

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This FTSE share has tripled in five years. Could it move higher?

29 February, 2024 | Christopher Ruane

The price of this FTSE AIM share has been heading downwards, but is still much higher than five years ago.…

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Why did Direct Line shares just soar 27%?

28 February, 2024 | Christopher Ruane

Direct Line shares have jumped more than a quarter in the course of today's trading session. Our writer explains why…

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These 2 shares are Dividend Aristocrats. Which should I buy this March?

28 February, 2024 | Christopher Ruane

Our writer likes the business model of this pair of FTSE 100 Dividend Aristocrats. So why would he only consider…

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Down 31% this year! Is now the moment to buy NIO stock?

27 February, 2024 | Christopher Ruane

NIO stock has moved sharply downwards in the past couple of months. Christopher Ruane likes the business potential -- but…

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With a spare £280, here’s how I’d start buying shares this March

27 February, 2024 | Christopher Ruane

Our writer reflects on what he has learnt on the stock market to explain how he would start buying shares…

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What might the recent Aviva share price performance tell me as an investor?

27 February, 2024 | Christopher Ruane

Christopher Ruane looks at how the Aviva share price has performed over the past 12 months and considers whether he…

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Down by a quarter, is the BT share price a steal?

27 February, 2024 | Christopher Ruane

The BT share price has more than halved in the past five years. What is holding it down -- and…

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2 cheap shares I think have hidden growth prospects

27 February, 2024 | Christopher Ruane

Christopher Ruane looks at two cheap shares in the FTSE 100, both yielding over 8%, that he thinks might benefit…

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2 high-yield FTSE 250 shares I’d buy now – and 1 that I wouldn’t

27 February, 2024 | Christopher Ruane

This writer considers a trio of FTSE 250 shares with attractive dividend yields and explains which two he would buy…