Is April 2026 a great time to buy Lloyds shares?
Image source: Getty Images Lloyds (LSE: LLOY) shares were stuck in the doldrums for years. An investor buying in during 2010 would be down on the stake 14 years later. There weren’t even any dividends paid until 2015 – a hangover from the Great Recession when banks of all shapes and sizes were slashing payouts […]
Senior Lebanese official says advocating for temporary ceasefire to allow for talks
Comments from an unnamed senior Lebanon official: Lebanon is advocating for a temporary ceasefire to allow for talks with Israel Any talks would be on a separate track but use the same model as US-Iran truce No date or location set yet Lebanon needs US as guarantor of any deal with Israel Meanwhile, an Axios […]
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy says company will rebuild shopping experience with AI
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy and Delta Airlines CEO Ed Bastian discuss consumer sentiment, Amazon’s chip manufacturing efforts and more on ‘The Claman Countdown.’ Amazon is signaling a major shift in how it plans to serve customers, starting with rewriting parts of its own playbook. CEO Andy Jassy released his annual letter to shareholders on Thursday, […]
‘We want to make our supporters proud’
Relegation-threatened Leeds are facing an injury crisis ahead of Monday night’s trip to cross-Pennine rivals Manchester United. Joe Rodon and Anton Stach sustained injuries during the FA Cup win at West Ham on Sunday and will be out for at least three weeks while Dan James is not available against his former club. Noah Okafor, […]
Michael J. Fox Jokes About CNN’s Premature Death Post
Michael J. Fox CNN Said I’m Dead … How Do I Figure Out If They’re Right??? Published April 9, 2026 8:50 AM PDT Michael J. Fox says CNN’s premature death post about him really sent him into a tailspin … not because it hurt his feelings, but because he needed to figure out if they […]
Want to aim for a £500 second income each month? Here’s how much it takes
Image source: Getty Images Here is a simpler-sounding idea to generate a second income than taking on an additional job: buying a portfolio of high-quality shares in the hope that they pay dividends. Dividends are never guaranteed, so it pays to manage risks by diversifying the portfolio properly and carefully assessing shares before purchasing them. […]
Buyers in the EURUSD push the price to new session highs
The EURUSD is pushing to new session highs, with the move supported by softer oil prices and a modest easing in geopolitical tensions. Headlines out of the Middle East have helped sentiment, after Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu signaled a shift toward diplomacy—directing his cabinet to focus on Hezbollah disarmament and potential normalization talks with Lebanon. This […]
Fleetwood Mac Drummer Mick Fleetwood Gets Married for the 5th Time
Fleetwood Mac Mick Fleetwood Says ‘I Do’ … for the 5th Time!!! Published April 9, 2026 8:15 AM PDT The cat’s out of the bag … Mick Fleetwood has gone and tied the knot for a fifth time … and he spilled the news himself by dropping honeymoon pics! The 78-year-old Fleetwood Mac drummer looks […]
Down 95%, what might it take for the Aston Martin share price to rise 2,000%?
Image source: Aston Martin Could the Aston Martin (LSE: AML) share price possibly grow 2,000%? That number may sound like pie in the sky – but it would simply take the share back to where it stood five years ago, before it lost 95% of its value. Might that happen? Investing arithmetic can seem counterintuitive […]
Trump will ask Netanyahu to reduce bombing in Lebanon to help negotiations
I take this as good news that the two issues are being linked by the US. We may be seeing some kind of final flurry of strikes before the Strait is opened and Israel and Lebanon have a ceasefire as well. The market is also taking this as good news as the S&P 500 ticks […]
