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How I’d aim to build a £750k pension pot, starting at age 45

| Edward Sheldon, CFA

Edward Sheldon calculates that if he saved £1,000 a month into a pension starting at the age of 45, he…

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How to target a passive income of £59,000 a year to never work again!

| Zaven Boyrazian, MSc

By investing regularly in UK dividend shares, investors can unlock a passive income of nearly £60,000 a year. Zaven Boyrazian…

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How I’d target £10,000 in passive income per year

| Alan Oscroft

Ten grand in passive income could make a very nice addition to my retirement years. And many ISA investors achieve…

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How I’d aim to build a £300k pension pot, starting at age 55

| Edward Sheldon, CFA

It’s never too late to start saving for retirement. Here, Edward Sheldon explains how he'd aim to build a sizeable…

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No savings at 30? I’d use a Stocks and Shares ISA today to aim for a million!

| Charlie Carman

If I started my investing journey at 30, I'd open a Stocks and Shares ISA now to harness the power…

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No pension at 50? How I’d aim to build passive income of £436 a week for a comfortable retirement

| James Beard

Having enough passive income to supplement the state pension is the key to a happy retirement. It's possible starting at…

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No savings? Here’s how I’d target a second income of £1,000 a month from scratch

| Harvey Jones

Having a second income in retirement will make my final years a lot more fun. Here's how I'd look to…

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How FTSE 100 shares could provide £12,169 of passive income in retirement!

| Royston Wild

Markets can go up and down. But over the long term, UK share markets have a great track record of…

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2 FTSE 100 dividend stocks I’ve bought to target retirement riches!

| Royston Wild

I'm not despairing over the prospect of a weakened State Pension. I think buying top dividend stocks could help me…

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How I’d use my ISA to target a £5k annual second income

| Alan Oscroft

How easy, or hard, is it to build a good second income for our retirement? I do some sums to…

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Could I retire rich by drip feeding money into FTSE 100 shares?

| Christopher Ruane

Christopher Ruane explains why he thinks regularly spending money on a selection of FTSE 100 shares could him grow long-term…

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3 shares I bought for a second income when I retire

| Alan Oscroft

A second income is becoming a bit of a necessity for those of us looking forward to retirement these days.…

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I’d buy 50,000 Lloyds shares for £100 in monthly passive income

| Alan Oscroft

What's the best way to fund our retirements? Mine is by investing for dividend income, and that includes buying Lloyds…

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How I’d earn £250 a month from a Stocks and Shares ISA

| James J. McCombie

Just how big of a Stocks and Shares ISA, and what dividend yield would I need, to generate £250 a…

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No savings? Drip-feed £500 a month into UK shares and aim to retire in comfort

| Zaven Boyrazian, MSc

Buying UK shares could help investors worried about retirement boost their wealth and establish a sizable nest egg. Zaven Boyrazian…

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Why the FTSE 100 is my number one choice for passive income

| Alan Oscroft

When I see share prices falling, my thoughts turn to the boosted dividend yields than can help me secure higher…

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No savings at 30? I’d shoot for a million by drip-feeding £10 a day into a Stocks & Shares ISA

| Mark Tovey

I opened my first Stocks and Shares ISA last year. Now I'm fretting about how much I should have saved…

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How to target £5,000 per year in passive income from shares

| Alan Oscroft

Aiming for passive income to help fund retirement? I want to share my secret for achieving exactly that. And it's…

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How to target a £1m pension pot to retire early

| Cliff D'Arcy

By investing every month for decades, one can turn modest sums into big pension pots. Here's one way to build…

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How I’d invest in FTSE 100 shares to target £5,000 in passive income

| Alan Oscroft

To generate long-term passive income, I can't think of anything better than buying shares in the UK's best dividend-paying companies.

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Here’s how I try to find the right stocks to buy for my pension

| Christopher Ruane

When investing for retirement over a long time frame, how does our writer filter for possible stocks to buy? Here…

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How I could invest £25 a day to target a £2,500 monthly passive income

| Mark Tovey

With £25 a day, I could build a passive income worth £2,500 a month. I'm considering this golden portfolio allocation…

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3 reasons I invest for retirement by buying FTSE 100 shares

| Christopher Ruane

To invest for retirement, this writer buys shares in blue-chip UK firms. Here he explains a trio of reasons he…

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No savings at 40? Here’s how I’d start investing in a Stocks and Shares ISA

| Harvey Jones

Investing in a Stocks and Shares ISA is a great way to build tax-free wealth for the future. Here's how…

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How I pick shares for passive income in retirement

| Alan Oscroft

We all have our individual strategies for building a portfolio of passive income shares. I think the successful ones share…

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Why investing in UK stocks for passive income could be more important than ever! 

| Royston Wild

The age at which people can claim the State Pension could rise sooner than expected. Here's what I'm doing to…

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How I’d invest £100 a month to target a £1,000 second income

| Roland Head

Roland Head shares a simple strategy he'd use to target a reliable second income from dividends, including some example stocks…

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As I near 50 without enough savings, what would Warren Buffett say to 17-year-old me?

| James Beard

As he approaches his 50s with insufficient savings, our writer considers what Warren Buffett would have told him 33 years…

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Don’t ‘save’ for retirement! I’d invest in dirt-cheap UK shares instead

| Zaven Boyrazian, MSc

Buying undervalued UK shares in 2023 could potentially unlock a substantially larger nest egg than simply putting money in a…

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No savings at 40? The Warren Buffett method could help investors get rich and retire early

| Zaven Boyrazian, MSc

Billionaire investor Warren Buffett uses a simple investing method that can be used to potentially unlock an impressive nest egg.

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I’d drip feed £100 a week into FTSE shares to try and retire early

| Christopher Ruane

By regularly putting money into blue-chip shares chosen from the FTSE indices, our writer thinks he might be able to…

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How I’d aim for £500 in monthly income from FTSE dividend stocks 

| Harvey Jones

Dividend stocks look good value at the moment and I'm wondering how much I need to invest to generate the…

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Is investing £3 a day enough to fund a generous passive income for life?

| Harvey Jones

Investing in UK shares is a great way of generating passive income in retirement. So is £3 a day enough,…

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No savings at 40? I’d start by investing £1k in a Stocks and Shares ISA

| Harvey Jones

The best time to start investing is always now. Starting early gives me the maximum possible time to build wealth…

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I’m following Warren Buffett’s advice to build a passive income from shares

| Harvey Jones

Retirement is still some years away, but when I get there I want to generate a comfortable passive income from…

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I’d invest £10 a day in a Stocks and Shares ISA to try for a million

| Harvey Jones

Investing relatively small, regular sums inside a Stocks and Shares ISA can build up over time to help support a…

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Interest rates are rising, but I’m still investing in shares to try to get rich and retire early

| Harvey Jones

Savers are finally getting higher interest rates on cash after more than a dozen years in the doldrums. Yet I…

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How I’d invest £3 a day in FTSE shares to build passive income of £5,000 a year

| Harvey Jones

Investing just a few pounds in dividend shares each day will build up over time and could generate a passive…

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No savings at 40? I’d buy FTSE 100 stocks at today’s dirt-cheap prices

| Harvey Jones

FTSE 100 stocks are great value right now and offer incredible dividends. If I was 40, I would buy a…

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I’d rather generate passive income from shares than buy-to-let

| Harvey Jones

UK shares generate passive income with a lot less effort than becoming a buy-to-let landlord. And they're much easier to…

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