The UK currency is the British pound sterling. This is abbreviated by GBP throughout the financial world, but you may come across another term, GBX. The latter is actually used more frequently with listed companies on the London Stock Exchange, but what exactly is it?
Stock is essentially a security that indicates the ownership of a company. Also known as equity, holding shares of a stock enables the owner access to assets, profits, and votes equal to how much of a stock is held. The more stock a party holds of a company, the more they’re entitled to.
The markets are turning red. You’ve enjoyed countless months of safe passage into the lands of green gains, but now your portfolio is starting to slide. What do you do? Sell everything and hope that the markets will recover within the next few years? Not at all! Here’s what you need to do when the markets inevitably crash.
Earning regular dividend payments is a great source of passive income. I’ve written plenty about choosing some great dividend stocks to invest in, helping secure your financial future. It’s not always positive news for dividend-paying stocks. They can be cut as well as increased. Your favourite company just cut its dividend payout to shareholders. What do you do?
If you dream to retire early at the age of 50, or even 40, you’re going to need to cut back on spending and aggressively save. To enjoy life to its fullest without working, your retirement funds and investment portfolio will need to cover your current (or desired) level of expenditure. So how much should you aim to have invested?
Apple has been around for decades, producing some of the best tech gadgets around and the company just announced a stock split. What exactly is this; how does it affect investors; and should you invest in Apple ahead of the stock split? I’ll run through some numbers to help you make a decision.
Wells Fargo showcased just how sensitive the bank is to the current climate by slashing its dividend output by 80%. That wasn’t a typo. Wells Fargo cut its dividend from $0.50 per share to just $0.10. This will be paid out on September 1, but will investors be hanging around to collect? I won’t be selling Wells Fargo … for now.
No stock is immune to market fluctuations and that includes dividend aristocrats. Dividends account for a fair chunk of the stock market return to investors, but just how can we choose dividend stocks that are considered safe? I’m going to run you through some factors you should consider when buying stocks.