Image source: Getty Images I’ve long argued that Legal & General (LSE:LGEN) shares are one of the FTSE 100‘s best bargains. It seems that the market is waking up to its brilliant value, too — the financial services giant is up 10.4% since the turn of 2025. That’s better than the broader Footsie’s 8.4% rise. … Read more
Roderick McIllree bought 7.5 million shares in 80 Mile (LON: 80M) at 0.002762p each. This takes the executive director’s stake to 6.4%. He is the largest shareholder. This comes after 80 Mile announced a deal to acquire 49% of Hydrogen Valley for £2m and 29% of the enlarged share capital of 80 Mile and a … Read more
Image source: Getty Images Despite the UK stock market hitting record highs, there are still plenty of high-yielding income stocks to capitalise on today. And one such business from the FTSE 250 is Greencoat UK Wind (LSE:UKW), offering as much as 8.2%. That’s more than double the average for most UK shares. And at today’s … Read more
Alliance Pharma (LON: APH) is recommending a bid of 62.5p/share by Aegros Bidco, which is owned by DBAY Affiliates and the ERES IV Fund. That values the healthcare brands owner at £349.7m. There is an alternative of one rollover share in the bid vehicle for each Alliance Pharma share. DBAY has been building up a … Read more
Image source: Getty Images One way to turn money sitting idle into a passive income generator is to invest it in shares that pay dividends. Here is how an investor (whether experienced or new) with a spare £9,000 in savings could use this approach to target an average monthly passive income of £343. Turning company … Read more
Cloud computing and hosting services provider Iomart (LON: IOM) has been struggling in recent years as profit and the share price have declined. Iomart chair Richard Last has bought an initial 50,000 shares at 77.27p each, which is not much above the low for the year. Richard Last joined the board last June. The … Read more
Image source: Getty Images It has been a record-breaking week for the flagship FTSE 100 index of leading blue-chip shares. The index hit a new all-time high. Over the past five years, the FTSE 100 has moved up by 43%. That sort of performance is impressive in my view, given the mature nature of the … Read more
Anglo American is ramping up efforts to streamline its business amid takeover pressure from BHP with the sale of its nickel business. Mining giant Anglo American has struck a deal to sell its Brazilian nickel business to Asian metals group MMG Limited in a transaction worth up to $500 million. The sale, announced today, will … Read more
Image source: The Motley Fool It has been a week to pop the champagne corks, with the FTSE 100 index of leading blue-chip shares reaching a new all-time record high. That may seem like a cause for celebration, but it also brought to mind for me some advice from billionaire investor Warren Buffett. Buffett famously … Read more
A contract win helped the Inspiration Healthcare (LON: IHC) share price rebound 44.4% to 19.5p. A $6m contract has been won by the Neonatal division and the core business is doing well. However, there are further delays to the Middle East contract – the first shipment is awaiting custom clearance – and revenues in the … Read more