dividend percentage Archives - Philip J Milton & Company Plc https://www.miltonpj.net/tag/dividend-percentage/ North Devon's Leading Wealth Managers Fri, 07 Jun 2024 10:45:58 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 https://www.miltonpj.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/PJMCO-Site-Image-4-100x100.png dividend percentage Archives - Philip J Milton & Company Plc https://www.miltonpj.net/tag/dividend-percentage/ 32 32 The politics of investment? https://www.miltonpj.net/2024/06/07/the-politics-of-investment/ Fri, 07 Jun 2024 10:45:56 +0000 https://www.miltonpj.net/?p=11252 So the Dow Jones pushed up again, breaching 40,000 and almost double its March 2020 pandemic low. At the depth of the financial crisis in 2009, it was 7,062. Still, you know my sentiments in the short-term here… what possibly could go wrong over there? How are investments similar to politics? Well, here’s one. Over […]

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]]> General Election issues for the markets? https://www.miltonpj.net/2024/05/25/will-a-general-election-hit-the-markets/ Sat, 25 May 2024 14:55:27 +0000 https://www.miltonpj.net/?p=11186 A General Election looms! So the Dow Jones has pushed higher again, breaching 40,000 and almost double its March 2020 pandemic low. At the depth of the financial crisis in 2009, it was 7,062. Still, you know my sentiments in the short-term here… what possibly could go wrong over there? The UK has been pushing […]

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]]> Markets, investments and taxes https://www.miltonpj.net/2024/05/03/uk-markets-holding-against-us/ Fri, 03 May 2024 12:09:16 +0000 https://www.miltonpj.net/?p=11155 Good afternoon. Well, the UK market is progressing comfortably whilst the US has slipped-back. Our clients’ 5 April reports will be landing on door mats imminently and it is pleasing to note that generally gentle progress has continued since then. BHP makes an audacious bid for UK-quoted Anglo American, owner of DeBeers amongst other mining […]

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]]> The new tax year – what are the market movers and shakers? https://www.miltonpj.net/2024/04/12/new-tax-year-2024-market-movers-and-shakers/ Fri, 12 Apr 2024 12:00:00 +0000 https://www.miltonpj.net/?p=11131 I hope that you have had a good Easter. Welcome to the new tax year, a time for opportunity to maximise your ISA and Pension allowances for example – better earlier than later! Watch-out too as the Taxman cometh if you have too much in dividends, interest or investment gains as the tax-free allowances are […]

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]]> Happy Easter musings and the financial markets https://www.miltonpj.net/2024/03/28/easter-wishes-and-the-financial-markets/ Thu, 28 Mar 2024 14:29:50 +0000 https://www.miltonpj.net/?p=11115 My apologies for another eshot so soon but I wanted to take this opportunity to wish you a very Happy Easter. The time has crept-up upon us quickly this year, to a special time when too many parts of the world are quite broken and without easy resolution. Let us reflect upon those whilst at […]

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]]> A dubious watershed? https://www.miltonpj.net/2024/03/01/big-seven-now-dominate-us-stock-market/ Fri, 01 Mar 2024 13:32:48 +0000 https://www.miltonpj.net/?p=11082 So they have done it… the big seven US stocks have accounted for 75% of the gains of the whole US market this year, powered higher by Nvidia’s stunning results last Wednesday week. The biggest 10% count for 75% of the value of the whole market, the highest since the 1930s. That’s higher that the […]

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]]> Are you confident about your retirement plan? https://www.miltonpj.net/2024/02/07/are-you-confident-about-your-retirement-finances/ Wed, 07 Feb 2024 14:42:15 +0000 https://www.miltonpj.net/?p=11064 A recent study by Standard Life has shown that less than one in 10 of those aged over 65 feel confident about managing their retirement finances. Retirement is of course an uncertain time for many people, whether financially or simply the trepidation of entering the unknown and perhaps not knowing how you might spend your […]

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]]> Financial predictions for 2024? https://www.miltonpj.net/2024/01/15/financial-prediction-for-2024/ Mon, 15 Jan 2024 10:00:00 +0000 https://www.miltonpj.net/?p=11016 Ominous Bitcoin So the SEC has approved 11 ETFs which invest in Bitcoin. First of all, don’t worry – we shan’t be buying them. Bitcoin is not an ‘asset’ and has nebulous, proven legitimate value and use. This ‘development’ is added to the latest speculative explosion about ‘AI’ (which of course has myriad applications and […]

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]]> Happy markets and a Merry Christmas https://www.miltonpj.net/2023/12/20/merry-christmas-and-buoyant-markets/ Wed, 20 Dec 2023 10:00:00 +0000 https://www.miltonpj.net/?p=11045 We’d like to wish all the readers of this column a very Merry Christmas and hope you are able to look forward to a positive New Year. The markets in fact are proving quite buoyant and we (and our clients of course) have seen some good increases in several of our core holdings. As of […]

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]]> Encouraging end to a volatile 2023 https://www.miltonpj.net/2023/12/19/encouraging-end-to-volatile-2023/ Tue, 19 Dec 2023 10:00:00 +0000 https://www.miltonpj.net/?p=10986 Well, a nice Christmas Present of buoyant markets and some grand increases for several of our core holdings. Indeed, even today at the time of writing, of the FTSE350, of the major movers upwards to greet the morning, we have 11 of the strongest 12 – that must be a record for us… there is […]

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