James Fox

3 days ago | fool.co.uk | James Fox

Investing for a second income typically means investing in dividend stocks. However, most will be aware that many UK stocks have performed quite well in the last two years. And the market’s pushing all-time highs. This can mean investors need to work harder to find high-yielding and well-valued dividend stocks. Here are two I believe are overlooked — partially because of their size — and could contribute to a well-rounded second income portfolio.

4 days ago | msn.com | James Fox

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4 days ago | fool.co.uk | James Fox

With the stock market performing rather well in recent months, I’ve increasingly been looking harder to find the stocks I want to add to my portfolio. And when stocks go up, dividend yields typically fall as the relationship is inverse. One small-cap stock that caught my eye is Card Factory (LSE:CARD). It’s not the most exciting company in the world, or even in the UK, but it could be an exciting stock. The company’s valuation multiples are very low and the dividend yield is top tier.

4 days ago | fool.co.uk | James Fox

The Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust (LSE:SMT) share price typically reflects the value of the companies it invests in. Currently, the stock is trading at a 12% discount to the net asset value (NAV) of the portfolio. That suggests investors are getting exposure to the likes of MercadoLibre and Amazon at a discount. But it’s not quite that simple. That’s because Scottish Mortgage also invests in privately listed companies like SpaceX, which is its largest holding.

5 days ago | fool.co.uk | James Fox

As I write on Monday morning, oil prices are ticking upwards as the world weighs the impact of US strikes on Iran and potential retaliation. And when oil prices push up, investors’ first thoughts are often about the performance of Shell and BP (LSE:BP.) shares. Today, I want to take a closer look at the latter. For years, BP has traded at a discount to Shell and its American peers partially because of the fallout of the Deepwater Horizon disaster in 2010.