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Alan Oscroft

Alan is a freelance writer who began writing for The Motley Fool in the late 1990s. He has been a private investor for more 30 years, and has explored a number of strategies, settling on high-yielding blue-chip shares.

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Investing Articles

Here’s how a 50-year-old could aim for £1,400-a-month passive income from an ISA

| Alan Oscroft

Investing in a Stocks and Shares ISA is one way to target long-term passive income, even for those hitting their…

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Time for a Berkeley Group share price recovery as FY guidance is confirmed?

| Alan Oscroft

After slumping in 2024, investors will want to see better from the Berkeley Group Holdings share price. Here's what the…

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How much lower can the Nvidia stock price fall?

| Alan Oscroft

After the Nasdaq sell-off, where next for the Nvidia stock price? Predicting a recovery or a further fall might be…

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How much lower can the Tesla stock price fall as rival NIO climbs?

| Alan Oscroft

Many investors have been hoping for a Tesla stock fall for ages, to set up a nice buying opportunity. So…

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Why did this high-flying FTSE 250 stock just fall 15%?

| Alan Oscroft

Profit doubled sooner than expected, but this FTSE 250 share price slumped after a cracking five years. Confused? Here's what…

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Businessman hand flipping wooden block cube from 2024 to 2025 on coins
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How high can the Rolls-Royce share price go in 2025? Here’s what the experts say

| Alan Oscroft

The Rolls-Royce share price has smashed through even the most ambitious predictions, so where does the City think it'll go…

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The 2025 Stocks and Shares ISA countdown is on! It’s time to plan

| Alan Oscroft

It's that time of year again, to close out our 2024-25 Stocks and Shares ISA strategy and make plans for…

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Prediction: this FTSE 100 dividend stock can keep paying passive income for years

| Alan Oscroft

This FTSE 100 company suffered falling profits in the past few years. But we might have just seen the year…

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As the Admiral share price jumps after profit nearly doubles, should I buy?

| Alan Oscroft

The admiral share price has been steadily rising over the past couple of years, and the latest results give us…

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Here’s how we can earn passive income from a Stocks and Shares ISA while we sleep

| Alan Oscroft

How many different ways are there to generate a passive income? There are probably hundreds out there, but there's only…

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It’s time to wave goodbye to abrdn, as the aberdeen share price jumps 12%

| Alan Oscroft

The abrdn share price has had a terrible few years. But do these strong 2024 results mean aberdeen shares have…

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The Fresnillo share price gains after 2024 profits soar. Is it time to invest in silver demand?

| Alan Oscroft

A strong spell for precious metals has helped push up the Fresnillo share price in the past two years. And…

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Here’s how Warren Buffett’s 2024 letter to shareholders can teach us to be better investors

| Alan Oscroft

The latest 2024 letter from Warren Buffett is a bit shorter than previous ones, but it's still packed with words…

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Here’s why the Aviva share price just jumped 4%, and why there could be more to come

| Alan Oscroft

The latest results show the Aviva turnaround bringing home the goods, and it shows in the share price gains of…

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Here’s how DeepSeek could be great news for the Nvidia stock price

| Alan Oscroft

Nvidia stock is still depressed even after a cracking set of fourth-quarter results. But could DeepSeek AI be a boon,…

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How much further can the Tesla stock price fall?

| Alan Oscroft

Tesla stock soared late last year, and now it's slumping. Which way will the winds be blowing by the end…

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As the WPP share price slumps on FY results, is this a big buying opportunity for me?

| Alan Oscroft

I've been watching WPP share price weakness for the past few years. Have mixed 2024 results just pushed it a…

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As the Rolls-Royce share price hits a record high, I missed out badly

| Alan Oscroft

Yet another cracking set of results sent the Rolls-Royce Holdings share price upwards once again as FY 2024 delivered in…

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Will the Aston Martin share price fall further, or is it time to buy?

| Alan Oscroft

How does the Aston Martin Lagonda share price look for investors, a day after 2024 full-year results pushed it down…

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£10,000 invested in Lloyds shares 20 years ago is now worth…

| Alan Oscroft

Lloyds shares are soaring in 2025 after a pretty decent 2024. But it hasn't always been like that, so what…

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How much would we need in a Stocks and Shares ISA for £1,000-a-month passive income?

| Alan Oscroft

A Stocks and Shares ISA or a Cash ISA? They both have their place, but for long-term investing there's only…

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7.6% dividend yield! I’m eyeing up this FTSE 250 stock to aim for big passive income

| Alan Oscroft

My next stock market buy’s likely to be in the FTSE 250, and I'm looking for shares I think can…

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Road 2025 to 2032 new year direction concept
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£10,000 invested in Rolls-Royce shares at the start of 2025 would already be worth…

| Alan Oscroft

After Rolls-Royce shares had another cracking year in 2024, the start we've seen so far in 2025 could hardly have…

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6.9% yield! I like this FTSE 100 dividend stock as I aim for big passive income

| Alan Oscroft

I love a good dividend stock, especially one with its share price unjustly depressed and the yield pushed up. Does…

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With 7%+ dividend yields, are these among the FTSE 250’s best passive income stocks?

| Alan Oscroft

The smaller mid-cap index for building some long-term passive income? Yep, I think I see a lot of very attractive…

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Here’s what Stocks and Shares ISA investors are buying in 2025 to build a second income

| Alan Oscroft

Which shares are investors buying right now in the hope of eventually retiring on a healthy second income? Quite a…

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Here’s why the Standard Chartered share price jumped 5% on FY results

| Alan Oscroft

Investors have pushed the Standard Chartered share price higher in the past 12 months. Judging by these results, it seems…

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As Lloyds launches a £1.7bn buyback, is the share price too cheap to ignore?

| Alan Oscroft

Car loan mis-selling and a full-year profit miss combine to push the Lloyds share price up after FY results. It…

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Here’s what £10,000 invested in BT shares a year ago would be worth today

| Alan Oscroft

BT shares might have gone off the boil a bit in 2025, but looking back 12 months we see a…

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£10,000 invested in BP shares at the end of 2024 is now worth…

| Alan Oscroft

BP shares have been underperforming for a few years now, but a recent uptick reflects growing interest in a revamped…

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This FTSE 100 stock is down 25% from its 52-week high. Should I buy?

| Alan Oscroft

Analysts think the price-to-earnings ratio of this FTSE 100 stock could fall by half in the next two years if…

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£10,000 invested in Nvidia stock just two weeks ago is already worth…

| Alan Oscroft

Nvidia stock's been making big losses and big gains so far in 2025, at least on paper. But long-term valuation…

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Here’s why Lloyds shares have dipped sharply

| Alan Oscroft

Lloyds shares got a boost recently when the Treasury petitoned the Supreme Court to go easy on the car loan…

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Here’s how compounding is the key to Stocks and Shares ISA growth

| Alan Oscroft

Should we take out our Stocks and Shares ISA income each year, or reinvest it in more shares? The difference…

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How much would someone need in UK shares to earn £5,000 in passive income each month?

| Alan Oscroft

Thousands of Stocks and Shares ISA investors have built up more than a million pounds and can sit back and…

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Would Warren Buffett buy BP shares, as oil excitement grows?

| Alan Oscroft

Warren Buffett is a big investor in the oil business, and BP's performance has been attracting investor attention in results…

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The NatWest share price has doubled in 12 months. These FY results show us why

| Alan Oscroft

NatWest solidly beat 2024 full-year expectations, but the share price fell! Welcome to another typical day on the stock market.

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Here’s how I’m trying to build a second income using a Stocks and Shares ISA

| Alan Oscroft

To target a second income from the stock market, it's surely best for us to look for high dividends, isn't…

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£20,000 invested in Barclays shares a year ago is now worth…

| Alan Oscroft

An ISA allowance invested in Barclays shares a year ago could be showing cracking results today. But it's the long…

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This Q3 revenue boost could be just what the Vodafone share price needs

| Alan Oscroft

Vodafone reported a rise in Q3 revenue and plans more shareholder returns, but the share price hasn't reacted well so…

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