https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yeSdeQRbhPs

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AV. Aviva FTSE 100 23.8p 22-May

Yesterday, the UK insurance giant, Aviva plc paid out its May 2025 dividend.

https://www.aviva.com

23.8p a share

https://www.londonstockexchange.com/news-article/AV./total-voting-rights/15979333

the total number of voting rights in Aviva plc was 2,741,505,825.

thus:-

2,741,505,825 x £0.238 = £652,478,386.35

That is £652 Million

https://www.londonstockexchange.com/stock/AV./aviva-plc/company-page

Yesterday, the UK banking giant, Lloyds Banking Group paid out its May 2025 dividend.

https://www.lloydsbankinggroup.com

2.11p a share

https://www.londonstockexchange.com/news-article/LLOY/total-voting-rights/17014540

the total number of shares issued by Lloyds Banking Group plc with rights to vote is 60,142,756,773 ordinary shares

thus:-

60,142,756,773 x £0.0211 = £1,269,012,167.9103

That is £1269 Million = £1.2690121679103 billion

https://www.londonstockexchange.com/stock/LLOY/lloyds-banking-group-plc/company-page

Astronomy Picture of the Day

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html

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On Tuesday his week, 13th May to be precise, Aberdeen (formerly Standard Life – Aberdeen) paid out its Mat 2025 dividend

https://www.aberdeeninvestments.com/en-gb

7.3p a share

https://www.londonstockexchange.com/news-article/ABDN/total-voting-rights/17016074

The total number of voting rights in the Company, as at 30 April 2025, is 1,840,743,245

thus:-

1,840,743,245 x £0.073 = £134,374,256.885

That is £134 million

https://www.londonstockexchange.com/stock/ABDN/aberdeen-group-plc/company-page

John C. Bogle – Wikipedia

John Clifton “Jack” Bogle (May 8, 1929 – January 16, 2019) was an American investor, business magnate and philanthropist. He was the founder and chief executive of The Vanguard Group and is credited with popularizing the index fund. An avid investor and money manager himself, he preached investment over speculation, long-term patience over short-term action and reducing broker fees as much as possible. An ideal investment vehicle for Bogle was a low-cost index fund representing the entire US market, held over a lifetime with dividends reinvested.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHN3XxCyWJM

The FTSE Global All Cap Index Fund is a Vanguard index fund that tracks global companies.

https://www.vanguardinvestor.co.uk/investments/vanguard-ftse-global-all-cap-index-fund-gbp-acc/overview

Number of stocks as at the date 31 Mar 2025 :- of the fund

7,114 Stocks

Top Ten Holdings are:-

Apple Inc 3.70% of the fund
Microsoft Corp 3.15% of the fund
NVIDIA Corp 2.87% of the fund
Amazon.com Inc 2.02% of the fund
Meta Platforms Inc 1.43% of the fund
Alphabet Inc 1.03% of the fund
Broadcom Inc 0.87% of the fund
Alphabet Inc 0.85% of the fund
Tesla Inc 0.81% of the fund
JPMorgan Chase & Co 0.77% of the fund

Courtesy of Vanguard

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Today the Foreign & Colonial Investment trust pays out its May 2025 dividend

4.8p a share

https://www.londonstockexchange.com/news-article/FCIT/total-voting-rights/16883986

The total number of voting rights that can be exercised in the Company is, 482,018,501

thus:-

482,018,501 x £0.048 = 23,136,888.048

That is £23 million paid to shareholders

https://www.londonstockexchange.com/stock/FCIT/f-c-investment-trust-plc/company-page

Courtesy of The Financial Times

The L&G Climate Action Global Equity Fund whose objective of the Fund is to provide long-term capital growth.

The Fund is actively managed and seeks to achieve its objective by investing at least 80% of its assets in a broad range of equity securities from around the world, including Developing/Emerging Markets

The Fund will invest in companies that are not currently aligned to climate transition or companies taking steps towards climate transition alignment. Companies that are not aligned to climate transition are those that are not on track to meet net zero carbon dioxide emissions by 2050 (“Net Zero CO2”). The Fund will also invest in companies that are already taking steps to meet Net Zero CO2, or contributing to the transition to Net Zero CO2.

Courtesy of Legal & General Investment Management

“Choosing individual stocks without any idea of what you’re looking for is like running through a dynamite factory with a burning match. You may live, but you’re still an idiot.”

Joel Greenblatt – Wikipedia