Investors hunting passive income in the UK often end up in the same aisle: insurers. Legal & General, Standard Life, and Aviva have the name recognition. Sabre Insurance (LSE:SBRE) doesn’t — it’s a £410m company most people have never heard of. At roughly 170p, however a £10,000 stake buys 5,882…
A China indicator that greases risk-taking in stocks and bitcoin is flashing red
China’s “credit impulse” is flashing red for risk assets.So far, bitcoin has mostly shrugged it off. Source link
7.2% and 6.2% yields! 2 dirt-cheap FTSE 100 dividend shares for an ISA
The UK stock market has surged again in 2026, pulling the yields on dividend shares lower. The FTSE 100 — that popular hunting ground for passive income investors — has risen 10% since 1 January. As a consequence, the index’s overall dividend yield has tumbled to 2.9%, below the long-term…
OpenAI says its new 'Astra' AI can build attacks without human help
Astra is the first OpenAI model to reach its “Critical” cybersecurity threshold, meaning it can find previously unknown vulnerabilities and develop ways to exploit them across hardened systems. Source link
Nvidia nears $14B Hugging Face deal with $1B employee retention package – report (NVDA:NASDAQ)
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Bitcoin withstands $90 oil and rising yields while gold slides. A firm dollar is the catch
BTC trades choppy as $90 oil and rising bond yields weigh on stocks and gold. Source link
As September starts, should I fear a stock market crash?
Image source: Getty Images Will the stock market crash soon? The economic and financial storm clouds have been gathering for a while. The post-Summer holiday period when traders get back to their desks can mean high activity levels in the City. More than one past crash has begun in the…
2 struggling FTSE 100 stocks to consider buying in September?
Many FTSE 100 stocks have held up pretty well recently. Despite all the uncertainty about inflation, interest rates, mounting government debts, and the Middle East conflict, the blue-chip index is still up almost 18% in a year. However, the following two Footsie shares have been underperforming. Is it time to…
After crashing by half, are Diageo shares finally due an almighty comeback?
Image source: Getty Images Only two FTSE 100 shares have fared worse than Diageo (LSE: DGE) over the last three years. For the record, they’re Burberry and Entain. But unlike them, spirits giant Diageo was once a fixture on lists of top 10 UK blue-chips. The initial damage was inflicted by a…
Here’s how you could start investing this September, for £100 a month
Image source: Britvic (copyright Evan Doherty) If I have heard one person say how quickly this year has gone so far, I have heard dozens! New Year’s resolutions such as ‘go to the gym’, ‘start investing’ and ‘set up passive income streams’ now seem like a distant memory in many…