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Investing Articles

£5,000 to invest? Consider 5 no-brainer dividend shares with over 20 years of growth

| Mark Hartley

These UK dividend shares have some of the longest track records of consistent growth, making them a dream for passive…

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Investing Articles

How to build passive income starting with just £3 a day

| Cliff D'Arcy

Starting with only £3 a day, it's possible to build a pot worth £200,000 over decades. But which investments does…

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Investing Articles

£5,000 invested in Tesco shares at the start of 2025 is now worth…

| Ben McPoland

Tesco shares have enjoyed a very strong run over the past couple of years. But where next for this FTSE…

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Dividend Shares

Yielding 10.41%, is this the best dividend share in the FTSE 250?

| Jon Smith

Jon Smith points out a dividend share with a double-digit yield, but explains why digging below the surface provides important…

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Investing Articles

Can dividends REALLY provide a second income you can live on?

| Royston Wild

Achieving a strong and sustained passive income in retirement may be easier than you think, even as yields on UK…

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Will the soaring BP share price surge 88% in 2026?

| Royston Wild

BP's share price has risen by double-digit percentages in 2025 -- and some analysts think even greater gains could be…

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Investing Articles

Here’s what £5,000 put into HSBC shares in January would be worth now!

| Christopher Ruane

Would someone who bought HSBC shares back in January now be sitting on a paper profit or loss? Christopher Ruane…

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Investing Articles

It’s the most popular UK stock in 2025 but hasn’t grown in 5 years! What’s going on?

| Harvey Jones

Harvey Jones is baffled by the sheer popularity of this UK stock. Its shares have hardly grown in recent years…

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Dividend Shares

How much do you need in a FTSE 250 portfolio to target £2,147 in monthly income?

| Jon Smith

Jon Smith runs through the steps needed to build up a generous dividend portfolio and outlines why the FTSE 250…

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Investing Articles

No savings at 40? Use Warren Buffett’s golden rule to potentially build a £12,000 second income

| Andrew Mackie

Following Warren Buffett’s approach, I’ve learned how disciplined investing can grow a passive income – but only if hidden risks…

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Dividend Shares

Shock news: over 1 year, the FTSE 100 is beating the S&P 500!

| Cliff D'Arcy

For most of the last 15 years, the US S&P 500 index has thrashed the UK's FTSE 100. However, this…

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Dividend Shares

Here’s a stock lurking in the FTSE 100 with a 9% dividend yield forecast

| Jon Smith

Jon Smith highlights a FTSE 100 company that he thinks has been in the headlights for share price growth recently…

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Investing Articles

How much do you need in an ISA to target a £5,555 monthly passive income?

| Muhammad Cheema

Muhammad Cheema explains how an investor could target £5,555 in monthly passive income over time by making use of a…

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Investing Articles

Investors can target £22,491 in passive income from £20,000 in this FTSE dividend gem

| Simon Watkins

This ultra-high-yielding FTSE gem’s dividend is forecast to rise even higher in the coming years, driving high passive income flows…

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Investing Articles

I’m targeting £11,363 a year in retirement from £20,000 in Aviva shares!

| Simon Watkins

£20,000 invested in Aviva shares could make me £11,363 in annual retirement income from this FTSE 100 passive income investment…

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Investing Articles

I asked ChatGPT to produce an unbeatable second income ISA portfolio and it said… 

| Harvey Jones

Harvey Jones asked artificial intelligence to come up with a portfolio of dividend-paying stocks to produce a second income for…

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Investing Articles

2 British income shares to consider before the Christmas boom

| Mark Hartley

Our writer scoured historical market data to uncover which income shares typically do well in the run up to Christmas.…

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Investing Articles

Forget high yields? Here’s the smart way to build passive income with dividend shares

| Stephen Wright

Stephen Wright outlines how investors looking for passive income can put themselves in the fast lane with dividend shares.

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Investing Articles

15,446 Diageo shares gets me a £1,000 monthly second income. Should I?

| Stephen Wright

Diageo has been a second-rate income stock for investors over the last few years. But the new CEO sees potential…

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Investing Articles

Want to stuff your retirement portfolio with high-yield shares? 5 to consider that yield 5.6%+

| Christopher Ruane

Not everyone wants to have a lot of high-yield shares in their portfolio. For those who might, here's a handful…

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Investing Articles

Should I scoop up some Magnum Ice Cream shares for my ISA? 

| Ben McPoland

The world's largest ice cream business started trading on the London Stock Exchange today. Is this the next buy for…

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Investing Articles

I’ve made this much from 417 shares in this FTSE 100 dividend income gem since 2020…

| Simon Watkins

My £10k investment in this FTSE 100 heavyweight has grown hugely since 2020. With dividends up and the shares still…

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Investing Articles

Here’s how investors can target £7,570 a year in dividend income from £20,000 in this FTSE 250 media gem

| Simon Watkins

This FTSE 250 star looks very undervalued, but with a 6%+ dividend yield investors could lock in high passive income…

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Investing Articles

Collapsing prices and soaring yields! Are these income shares an epic opportunity?

| Zaven Boyrazian, CFA

These income shares have taken a massive hit in 2025, but dividends continue to be paid, resulting in massive 9%…

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Investing Articles

At 8.6%, this FTSE 100 dividend stock has the largest yield on the index

| James Beard

Our writer takes a look at the highest-yielding FTSE 100 stock. But how sustainable is this return? Could it be…

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Investing Articles

Up 95% since January, this FTSE 250 stock is a whisker away from the FTSE 100

| Ben McPoland

This FTSE 250 stock has already nearly doubled year to date, but analysts at JP Morgan Cazenove reckon it could…

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Investing Articles

How many BP shares do I need for a £1,000-a-month passive income?

| John Fieldsend

BP shares are now paying one of the highest FTSE 100 dividend yields. Are they they perfect ticket to a…

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Investing Articles

With a 3.2% yield, has the FTSE 100 become a wasteland for passive income investors?

| Stephen Wright

With dividend yields where they are at the moment, should passive income investors take a look at the bond market…

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Investing Articles

Forget buy-to-let and think about buying REITs for passive income instead!

| Zaven Boyrazian, CFA

With tax hikes on buy-to-let, Zaven Boyrazian explains a sneaky loophole for earning rental real estate passive income entirely tax-free…

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Investing Articles

1 FTSE 100 stock on my ‘best stocks to buy now’ list

| Zaven Boyrazian, CFA

Zaven Boyrazian highlights one under-the-radar FTSE 100 stock offering a 6.6% dividend yield that’s on his ‘best stocks to buy’…

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Taylor Wimpey has a 9.2% dividend yield, but its share price is down 21%, so should I buy the stock?

| Zaven Boyrazian, CFA

Taylor Wimpey’s share price has dropped significantly in 2025, but with a 9.2% dividend yield, is it now a passive-income-generating…

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Investing Articles

With 7.5%+ dividend yields, are these 3 UK stocks too great to ignore?

| Royston Wild

The dividend yields on these UK stocks range from 7.5% to almost 11%. Royston Wild explains whether they're deserving of…

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Investing Articles

No savings? Consider building a powerful income with dividend stocks

| Royston Wild

Discover how you could generate a regular passive income of almost £40,000 a year by regularly investing and buying dividend…

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Investing Articles

Prediction: here are the Taylor Wimpey share price and the dividend forecast for next Christmas 

| Harvey Jones

The Taylor Wimpey share price has had a bumpy 2025 but Harvey Jones hopes the FTSE 250 ultra-high yielder-will feel…

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Investing Articles

Is Tesco a second income gem after its 12.9% dividend boost?

| Mark Hartley

As a shareholder, our writer was happy to see Tesco raise dividends -- again. Is it finally a serious contender…

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Investing Articles

How much do you need to invest in a FTSE 100 ETF for £1,000 monthly passive income?

| Andrew Mackie

Andrew Mackie tested whether a FTSE 100 ETF portfolio could deliver £1,000 a month in passive income – the results…

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Investing Articles

One of my top passive income stocks to consider for 2026 is…

| Zaven Boyrazian, CFA

This under-the-radar income stock has grown its dividend by over 370% in the last five years! And it might just…

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How big does a Stocks and Shares ISA need to be to target a monthly income of £1k?

| Mark Hartley

Mark Hartley calculates how much investment is needed to target a £12k tax-free annual income in 2026, and the stocks…

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Investing Articles

How to target a passive income of £45,000 a year from UK shares and hopefully never work again!

| Zaven Boyrazian, CFA

By investing regularly in top-notch British stocks, investors can generate enough passive income to eventually stop work and enjoy a…

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Investing Articles

Here’s how much passive income someone could earn maxing out their ISA allowance for 5 years

| Christopher Ruane

Christopher Ruane considers how someone might spend a few years building up their Stocks and Shares ISA to try and…

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