Alan Oscroft

5 days ago | msn.com | Alan Oscroft

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5 days ago | fool.co.uk | Alan Oscroft

The biggest threat on the horizon for the Lloyds Banking Group (LSE: LLOY) share price has to be the car loan mis-selling scandal. And the horizon is getting pretty close, with the Supreme Court verdict expected in July. The Financial Conduct Authority says the outcome will inform its next steps regarding any redress scheme. And it plans to make an anouncement within six weeks of the court decision. It all comes with Lloyds shares close to a five-year high. There could be a lot riding on this.

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

Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) shares fell out of favour when CEO Elon Musk joined in with US President Donald Trump’s political plans. Sales have hit a sticky patch. April sales across 32 European countries tumbled 49% year on year. And that’s a period when total battery-driven vehicle sales climbed 28%. Anyone who risked £10,000 on Tesla shares a year ago must have surely have taken a bit of a haircut, right? Not a bit of it. At the time of writing, the Tesla price has climbed 103% in those 12 months.

1 week ago | msn.com | Alan Oscroft

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

The UK stock market has been rising, and that means yields from the top dividend stocks have been falling. But I still see three Footsie companies with yields above 8%. Should we be considering them now, in case they rise and further erode their big yields? Phoenix Group Holdings (LSE: PHNX) held the FTSE 100 dividend top spot earlier in the year. It’s fallen to third now the share price has risen by 25% since the start of 2025. But we’re still looking at a nice fat 8.6% forecast yield.