Stocks eye rate hike chances, Treasury yields: Top Takeaways

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Martin Lewis urges Octopus, EDF, OVO and British Gas customers to make £180 demand
The MoneySavingExpert has urged customers to check their energy bills and account balances as they could be owed a rebate of up to £180 from their supplier
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If I was retiring tomorrow, I’d buy these 2 ultra-high yield FTSE dividend shares today
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The Northern Echo
Universal Credit warning as 180,000 claimants have benefits stopped
New figures released by the DWP revealed more than 180,000 benefit claimants had their payments stopped
Sky News
Banks brace for Post Office showdown over cash access fee
Britain's biggest banks are bracing themselves for talks with the Post Office over a new deal to allow millions of their customers to withdraw cash at its branches. Sky News has learnt that a group of lenders including Barclays and HSBC are in the process of forming a shared interest group to represent the industry in talks with the government-owned company during the coming months. Roughly 30 banks and building societies participate in the existing deal, paying in aggregate approximately £200m annually to facilitate customer access to the Post Office's 11,500 branches.
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1 popular FTSE 100 share I wouldn’t touch with 2 bargepoles!
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The Telegraph
My 40-year mortgage starts today – and the interest I’ll pay is eye-watering
On Thursday I become a homeowner. It is a dream that I have achieved precociously, thanks to the generous support of my parents.
The Guardian
Rishi Sunak and Akshata Murty rise up rich list as fortune increases by £120m
Sunday Times rich list shows couple’s fortune soared while millions of Britons struggled with cost of living
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£9,000 of savings invested in abrdn shares could make me a £12,826 a year second income!
abrdn appears set for strong growth, looks undervalued, and pays a very high dividend yield that can make me a big second income. The post £9,000 of savings invested in abrdn shares could make me a £12,826 a year second income! appeared first on The Motley Fool UK.
The Telegraph
Three banking giants slash mortgage rates
Mortgages are falling amid hopes central interest rates could be cut as early as the start of summer. Barclays has announced it is lowering fixed-rate mortgage deals by up to 0.45 percentage points from Friday, while HSBC and TSB have also announced smaller rate reductions.
Belfast Live
Martin Lewis issues urgent warning to all Santander customers before Monday
The high street bank is cutting the rate on its easy access account from May 20. The account has been paying a previously top-of-the-market interest rate of a cool 5.2% but the new rate will be significantly less
Sky video
Thames Water investors to quit boards amid spectre of bailout
Representatives of Thames Water’s multinational syndicate of shareholders are poised to quit as directors of its corporate entities after refusing to inject the billions of pounds of funding required to bail it out.
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With an 8% dividend yield, I think this cheap FTSE 250 stock could be one not to miss
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This blue-chip FTSE 100 stock could return 25% over the next year… if analysts are right
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Here’s what investors need to know about the latest Warren Buffett stock
The mystery stock Warren Buffett has been buying has been disclosed to be Chubb – an above-average business at a below-average price. Is it still a buy? The post Here’s what investors need to know about the latest Warren Buffett stock appeared first on The Motley Fool UK.
Yahoo Finance Video
Tesla has a 'massive cash problem': Investor
Financial Analyst and YouTuber Kevin Paffrath joins Market Domination to discuss Tesla’s (TSLA) stock valuation and what to expect from the company by the end of the year. “My rule of thumb this year is patience for 2024,” Paffrath says, pointing to factors like the election and CEO Elon Musk’s posts on X that make Tesla a “tough” stock. “I’d like to get past not only the election — because then I think we’re going to see politics cool a little bit from the Elon point of view — but we’ll also have gotten past the shareholder vote. We’ll have gotten past the robotaxi event. We'll see how much adoption we actually get for full self-driving, ” he explains. Paffrath also says he’ll be closely watching how much cash Tesla will have by the end of the year: “I think there’s definitely a massive cash problem and that’s why I’m just saying patience this year.” For more expert insight and the latest market action, click here to watch this full episode of Market Domination. This post was written by Melanie Riehl
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Here’s why the Legal & General share price looks super attractive to me
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This out-of-favour UK growth stock could rise 89%, according to City analysts
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Bloomberg
China Sells Record Sum of US Debt Amid Signs of Diversification
(Bloomberg) -- China sold a record amount of Treasury and US agency bonds in the first quarter, highlighting the Asian nation’s move to diversify away from American assets as trade tensions persist.Most Read from BloombergUS Inflation Data Was Accidentally Released 30 Minutes EarlyPutin and Xi Vow to Step Up Fight to Counter US ‘Containment’Slovak Premier Fighting for Life After Assassination AttemptUS Inflation Ebbs for First Time in Six Months in Relief for FedChina Considers Government Buying
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Royal Mail group ‘minded’ to back £3.5bn bid proposal from Czech billionaire
International Distribution Services said Daniel Kretinsky’s EP Group had upped its proposal to 370p a share, from an initial 320p-a-share approach.
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Stocks eye rate hike chances, Treasury yields: Top Takeaways

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Martin Lewis urges Octopus, EDF, OVO and British Gas customers to make £180 demand

If I was retiring tomorrow, I’d buy these 2 ultra-high yield FTSE dividend shares today

Universal Credit warning as 180,000 claimants have benefits stopped

Banks brace for Post Office showdown over cash access fee

1 popular FTSE 100 share I wouldn’t touch with 2 bargepoles!

My 40-year mortgage starts today – and the interest I’ll pay is eye-watering

Rishi Sunak and Akshata Murty rise up rich list as fortune increases by £120m

£9,000 of savings invested in abrdn shares could make me a £12,826 a year second income!

Three banking giants slash mortgage rates

Martin Lewis issues urgent warning to all Santander customers before Monday

Thames Water investors to quit boards amid spectre of bailout

With an 8% dividend yield, I think this cheap FTSE 250 stock could be one not to miss

This blue-chip FTSE 100 stock could return 25% over the next year… if analysts are right

Here’s what investors need to know about the latest Warren Buffett stock

Tesla has a 'massive cash problem': Investor

Here’s why the Legal & General share price looks super attractive to me

This out-of-favour UK growth stock could rise 89%, according to City analysts

China Sells Record Sum of US Debt Amid Signs of Diversification

Royal Mail group ‘minded’ to back £3.5bn bid proposal from Czech billionaire

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