Persimmon yields 13.8%, but can you trust it to deliver?

Persimmon yields 13.8%, but can you trust it to deliver?
With a dividend yield of 13.8%, Persimmon looks like a highly attractive prospect for income investors. But that sort of yield can also indicate a com…
8 Nov 2022
If you’d invested in: Persimmon and Centrica

If you’d invested in: Persimmon and Centrica
Persimmon is the UK’s second-largest housebuilder. In November, it said the total sales rate per site for the third quarter was in line with the same …
17 Nov 2017
Should you buy housebuilders?

Should you buy housebuilders?
House builders have seen their shares hammered since the Brexit vote. Is there further to fall – or is this a buying opportunity? Sarah Moore investig…
15 Jul 2016
FTSE 100 ahead as eurozone succumbs to deflation 

FTSE 100 ahead as eurozone succumbs to deflation
Falling prices in the eurozone have heaped yet more pressure on central bank boss Mario Draghi to turn on the money taps.
7 Jan 2015
It’s time to sell out of the housebuilding sector – here’s why

It’s time to sell out of the housebuilding sector – here’s why
Shares in housebuilders have done very well in the last few years. But it's time to sell. Ed Bowsher explains why, and picks a more attractive sector …
9 May 2014