Royal Mail (RMG) has dealt a blow to embattled income investors by suspending its dividend for this financial year as it restructures in the wake of the coronavirus crisis. Announcing the loss of 2,000 management jobs alongside its annual results, the listed postal operator said it will not pay a …
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A sudden fall of 16pc in any share price is certainly cause for alarm. This is what happened to ULS Technology, a holding in our Income Portfolio, over the course of Tuesday and Wednesday this week. What is going on with this stock? At first sight the answer – and this may appear extraordinary …
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Questor Income Portfolio: a firm that offers a perennially popular form of family entertainment is a better bet than a delivery business struggling to reinvent itself Our replacement for Royal Mail, which we removed from our Income Portfolio in late November over fears that it would not make a success of its transition …
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Questor Income Portfolio: the election gave our income stocks a late fillip, while bonds made steady income and some worthwhile capital gains It was a year of two – rather unequal – halves for the Income Portfolio in 2019. Until the election our holdings were becalmed but many came to life …
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Questor Income Portfolio: Boris Johnson’s victory has reinvigorated the very stocks in which our portfolio is largely invested What did the general election do for holders of Questor’s Income Portfolio? There has, naturally enough, been no effect so far on the dividends paid by our holdings but in capital terms the …
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With 2020 not far off now, today I’ll be examining the 2020 dividend forecasts for three very popular UK dividend stocks – BT Group (LSE: BT.A), Royal Bank of Scotland (LSE: RBS), and Royal Mail Group (LSE: RMG). Below, you’ll find the current consensus dividend forecast, the prospective yield, the …
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Questor Income Portfolio: the company admits that it could make a loss next year and everything now depends on the success of its belated – and risky – restructuring Questor’s decision in December 2016 to tip Royal Mail has not proved to be our finest hour. To start with all went well: …
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Questor Income Portfolio: the prospect of a hard-Left government rightly instils fear in investors. But what is a suitable course of action? Does a possible Corbyn government represent an existential threat to our portfolio? In theory, any business based or listed in Britain is at some risk from a hard-Left government. …
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Questor Income Portfolio: we have a heavy domestic bias, which is doing us no favours when it comes to share prices, although our income is holding up nicely As it is the first Friday of the month we publish today our performance table for the Income Portfolio. It tells a …
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While it is tempting for income-seekers to chase the highest yield, investors would do better to keep an eye on the long-term. Successful income investing should be a balance between achieving an optimal income stream and protecting the capital over the long term. It is not about chasing short-term performance, …
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