My usual process for choosing HYP (High Yield Portfolio) shares is simply to go down the list of big caps ranked by descending yield and pick a share from each sector which also exhibits the other characteristics I seek, though I don’t see those other characteristics as inviolable.
Month: September 2006
Motley Fool: Investing Podcasts
In our regular Money Talk podcasts, David Kuo and his guests discuss a wide variety of financial topics. Below we’ve listed the best investing podcasts we’ve done in recent months. Click on the “Streaming version” links to listen to each podcast or right click on “Download” and use Save Target As to download a file for later use.
Money Links For 5th Sep 2006
Links to other interesting money articles on 5th Sep 2006.
Motley Fool: Six Of The Best
“I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.” ~ Mark Twain
Motley Fool: Life Insurance – The Essentials?
The other day, while flipping TV channels, I chanced upon one of those American makeover programmes – the kind where a team of volunteers marches into a desperate family’s life, pulls down their house and builds them a new one inside seven days.
Motley Fool: Ten Tricks To Boost Your Savings
We Brits have become enthusiastic borrowers in recent years. Indeed, our personal debt (including mortgages) has grown by 9% a year over the last thirteen years. Alas, we haven’t done quite so well when it comes to saving. According to the Bank of England, since the end of 1997, our savings have increased by an average of 7.5% a year.
Motley Fool: Five Ways To Beat Rising Car Insurance Prices
So, young men and women, if you think your car insurance seems expensive now, just you wait!
Motley Fool: Top Credit Cards For Clever Fools
More people have a cashback or reward credit card than a zero percent card now, according to Morgan Stanley. Now just 17% of cardholders have a 0% offer. 21% have a credit card offering cashback and 30% use cards offering points rewards. Obviously free money with 0% interest just isn’t good enough for you people!
Motley Fool: Stamp Duty – A Tax From The Past
Stamp duty is a pretty annoying tax. Every time you want to buy shares in a UK company, you have to pay a 0.5% charge. The tax applies to any company incorporated in the UK or any foreign company that maintains a share register in the UK.
Motley Fool: Harness Your Inner Grouch For Share Success
I asked a friend to introduce me to a rather attractive woman at a party.