If you’re building a passive income stream from U.S. dividend stocks, the days right before a company’s ex-dividend date matter: you have to own the shares before that date to collect the next payout. Below are six dividend-paying stocks whose…
Carnival’s Best Quarter Ever Sends Cruise Stocks Soaring Carnival Corporation, the world’s largest cruise operator, just posted the strongest quarter in its history — and beat its own forecast on every single metric that matters. Record revenue, record net yields…
Benjamin Graham, the investor often credited as the father of value investing, was known for favoring simple, durable ideas over complicated models. One of the most useful is the Rule of 72 — a shortcut that answers a question every…
Mintos recently sent investors a reminder worth acting on: the Mintos app puts a whole portfolio in your pocket, across every asset class the platform offers. That’s a good excuse to walk through what the app actually covers today —…
Our ECB rate-hike article covered the policy move itself — the deposit facility rate rising to 2.50% on 16 September 2026 — with a quick snapshot table of savings rates. Two weeks on, it’s worth a closer, dedicated look: which…
These three new InRento crowdfunding projects, launched in September 2026, give investors a way to spread a single decision across Latvia, Poland and Romania in one sitting. InRento — the Vilnius-based, Bank of Lithuania-regulated buy-to-let and built-to-let crowdfunding platform I’ve…
Once you’ve decided to build a stock portfolio through low-cost ETFs, the actual decision comes down to two things: which low-cost ETFs to hold, and which broker to hold them through. Trading fees on European markets have fallen to a…
REITs vs real estate crowdfunding is one of the most common questions for retail investors looking to add property exposure without buying a physical building. Real estate has always been a core building block of a diversified portfolio, but for…
On 10 September 2026, the European Central Bank announced a 25 basis point increase to the ECB deposit rate, effective 16 September 2026: the deposit facility rate rose to 2.50%, the main refinancing rate to 2.65%, and the marginal lending…
Mintos peer-to-peer investment marketplace offers an exclusive bonus for new investors: €25 when you invest €1,500 within 30 days of registering. Campaign details Bonus: €25 Qualifying condition: invest at least €1,500 within 30 days of registering (subject to Mintos’ full…