The FTSE 100 index has started the year well as it surged to a record high. It moved to a high of £8,645, up by over 75% from ...
the highest on the FTSE 100, and it’s forecast to hit 10.9% this year. Dividend growth has been solid, as this chart shows. Chart by TradingView Dividends are ideally covered twice by earnings.
The wider FTSE 100 index held firm today, down 7.37 points at 8312.32, in a session when sterling steadied near $1.23. It had been at a one-year low of $1.2239 yesterday as sluggish growth and ...