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Legal & General Group Plc (LSE: LGEN)
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Investing Articles

Up to 9.6% yields! 2 FTSE shares investors are rushing to buy today

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How much do you need in an ISA to target a £30,000 passive income at retirement?

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Andrew Mackie crunches the number and constructs a tiered-increase in ISA contributions, starting with a yearly contribution of £5,000.

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See how much retirement income 5,502 Legal & General shares generate today

| Harvey Jones

Harvey Jones does some sums to show how much pension income an investor could get by putting a lump sum…

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Dividend Shares

This FTSE 100 stock has a 9.6% dividend yield forecast for the coming years

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Jon Smith outlines a large-cap FTSE 100 company with a high dividend yield and a forecast that made him sit…

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Investing Articles

£5k in savings? Here’s how that could ultimately produce a £1,354 annual second income!

| Christopher Ruane

Christopher Ruane looks at how putting £5,000 into a portfolio of carefully-chosen dividend shares could produce a long-term second income.

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Investing Articles

3 top dividend stocks to consider for passive income now

| Muhammad Cheema

Muhammad Cheema looks at Legal & General, Rolls-Royce, and AbbVie as three dividend stocks with great potential to make investors…

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Investing Articles

Here’s a 5-stock FTSE 100 portfolio to consider to target a £1k monthly passive income

| Royston Wild

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Investing Articles

Legal & General wasted £500m on its own shares. Or did it?

| Cliff D'Arcy

Legal & General spent £500m of shareholders' money to buy shares now worth just £488m. Was this a big mistake,…

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Investing Articles

£20,000 in Legal & General shares could mean £1,820 passive income just in year 1

| Alan Oscroft

Investors seek passive income in many and varied ways. But there's only one long-term option for me: high-yielding UK dividend…

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Investing Articles

3 popular UK income stocks I won’t touch with a bargepole right now

| Zaven Boyrazian, CFA

Investors are rushing to buy these three income stocks, but Zaven Boyrazian has spotted some critical weaknesses that make him…

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Investing Articles

It pays to be careful when looking for passive income stocks

| James Beard

Our writer’s a fan of earning passive income from UK shares. But here he explains why it’s important to be…

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Investing Articles

A massive 9.1% yield at a 36.3% discount!? Should investors consider buying this passive income gem?

| Zaven Boyrazian, CFA

This passive income stock has one of the highest dividend yields in the FTSE 100 that could also be significantly…

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Frequently Asked Questions

Demand for Legal & General’s services have historically remained strong. But given the various niches it operates in, overall growth hasn’t been particularly impressive, making LGEN stock more popular amongst income investors.

However, it’s worth being aware that the financial services sector is highly regulated. Any intentional or accidental breach of regulations can result in significant financial penalties, potentially destabilising the LGEN share price.

Yes. Legal & General shares pay a cash dividend at an average 52% payout ratio. The stock has one year of consecutive dividend growth.

Barratt Development shares pay out a dividend twice a year, in April and August.

Legal & General shares are listed on the London Stock Exchange. They can be bought from any investment account that provides access to this exchange platform.