Alan Oscroft

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How can I protect my 2025 Stocks and Shares ISA against tariff war pain?

1 week ago | fool.co.uk | Alan Oscroft

Anyone who rushed to use up as much of their Stock and Shares ISA contribution limit before April rolled round might have regretted their timing soon after. A few days before the ISA deadline, President Trump announced sweeping tariffs on imports from just about everyone. Within days the FTSE 100 had slumped to 7,545 points. That’s a whopping 15% loss from March’s all-time high. The index has already regained about half that loss. But we’ve no idea what might happen next.
How can I protect my 2025 Stocks and Shares ISA against tariff war pain?

1 week ago | msn.com | Alan Oscroft

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With the Rolls-Royce share price still down 10%, can I resist buying?

1 week ago | fool.co.uk | Alan Oscroft

The Rolls-Royce Holdings (LSE: RR.) share price has regained some of its recently-lost ground, after dipping below 600p in early April. That pushed it down to levels we hadn’t seen since before February’s full-year results sent it flying high. Not long ago I was wondering how soon Rolls-Royce shares might make it through the £10 barrier. There’s actually nothing special about that price really. But markets do seem to like round decimal numbers.
With the Rolls-Royce share price still down 10%, can I resist buying?

1 week ago | msn.com | Alan Oscroft

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Here are the latest forecasts for Lloyds shares out to 2027

1 week ago | msn.com | Alan Oscroft

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Here are the latest forecasts for Lloyds shares out to 2027

1 week ago | fool.co.uk | Alan Oscroft

Lloyds Banking Group (LSE: LLOY) shares have had a rocky couple of weeks since the US fired a salvo of tariffs at its key trading partners around the world. The Lloyds share price has been moving up and down almost as quickly as the words from the White House have been changing. It makes things tricky for private investors. And it’s good to remember that the City’s professional analysts don’t really have it any easier at times like this.
Here's why the B&M share price just jumped 5%

1 week ago | fool.co.uk | Alan Oscroft

The B&M European Value (LSE: BME) share price is down 39% in the past 12 months. But on Tuesday (15 April), the shares jumped sharply when the market opened, putting on a quick 7%. The price has faded a bit, but as I write it’s still 5% ahead. It’s due to a trading update for the year ended 29 March. The owner of B&M stores in the UK and France, and the UK Heron Foods chain, saw full-year revenue rise by 3.7% to £5.6bn. Like-for-like revenue fell a little in the two UK operations.
Cheap FTSE 250 shares to consider buying right now?

1 week ago | fool.co.uk | Alan Oscroft

QinetiQ Group (LSE: QQ.) shocked FTSE 250 investors with a profit warning on 17 March. But is it set to bounce back? In a trading update, the defence and security specialist lowered its full-year organic revenue growth forecast for 2025 to about 2%. At Q3 time in January, it had told us to expect “high single digit organic revenue growth“. It sweetened the revenue downgrade a bit by announcing “an extension to our share buyback programme of up to £200m over the next two years“.
Cheap FTSE 250 shares to consider buying right now?

1 week ago | msn.com | Alan Oscroft

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2 cheap passive income shares to consider buying right now

1 week ago | fool.co.uk | Alan Oscroft

2018 was apprently the best year for passive income investors ever, with a record total of £85.2bn paid in dividends by FTSE 100 companies. According to AJ Bell‘s Dividend Dashboard, which surveys analyst forecasts, 2025 is unlikely to beat that. But it could come close, with projections for £83bn. We also have £28.9bn in FTSE 100 buyback plans so far. That’s more than half of 2024’s total, and we’re only just past the first quarter.