Latest Monevator Posts
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Investing for beginners: Why do we invest? Here's the first part in a new occasional series of articles aimed at absolute beginners to investing. Apples for teacher appreciated. |
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Weekend reading: The agony of alpha The irrelevance of alpha for private investors, plus the rest of the week's good reads… |
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Freetrade: how to build your portfolio Mobile trading apps are on the rise. Here's how to run a good passive investing strategy on Freetrade using ETFs. |
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Weekend reading: Just the links, ma’am Straight to the best of the week's money and investing posts… |
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Should you hold cash instead of bonds? Is there any point in bonds any more, when you can get a higher rate of interest from a savings account? |
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Weekend reading: Is cash kaput post-Covid-19? What caught my eye this week. I have mentioned before my group of friends on an email list who’ve been debating Covid-19 since January. Well, this same group of friends was previously preoccupied by arguing the future of cash. I think cash use is doomed to dwindle in the West, probably fast. Most of them […] |
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Warren Buffett: America's Youngest Early Retiree In 1954, Warren Buffett got a job at Graham-Newman, which was a value investing company with an impressive track record. The company was managed by Benjamin Graham, the author of Security Analysis and The Intelligent Investor. Benjamin Graham is said to be the father of value investing, and one of the original security analysts to put security analysis on the maps. His annual salary was... |
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BP Cuts Dividends by 50% British based energy giant BP PLC (BP) cut dividends by 50% to 31.50 cents/share for each American Depository Receipt ( minus any ADR fees). This was the first dividend cut for BP since 2010, when it had a costly oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
This is the second oil major to cut dividends, after Royal Dutch Shell (RDS.B) cut dividends at the end of April 2020.
The turbulent global economy,... |
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Nine Dividend Paying Companies Raising Dividends Last Week As part of my monitoring process, I review the list of dividend increases every week. This exercise helps me to monitor existing portfolio holdings, and to identify promising companies for further research.
I tend to focus my attention on companies with at least ten years of annual dividend increases. This activity helps me to focus on companies with a higher chance of delivering sustainable... |