Monthly Archives: July 2026

L&G Global High Yield Bond Fund

The L&G Global High Yield Bond Fund has the objective to provide a combination of capital growth and income over the long term. The Fund is actively managed and seeks to achieve this objective by investing at least 80% of its assets in a broad range of fixed income securities from around the world. The Fund aims to deliver this objective while maintaining a lower weighted average carbon intensity than the Benchmark Index.

Fund size (20 Jul 2026)$932.2m

Courtesy of Legal and General Investment Management

Courtesy of Legal and General Investment Management

Courtesy of Legal and General Investment Management

Courtesy of Legal and General Investment Management

Legal & General Cash Trust

The Legal & General Cash Trust is a fund that is designed for investors looking
to preserve their money from an investment in deposits and short term instruments.

This fund may be appropriate for investors looking to invest for a short period of time.

Fund size: £4,236.7m

Courtesy of Legal and General Investment Management

Courtesy of Legal and General Investment Management

Courtesy of Legal and General Investment Management

Legal & General Cash Trust | L&G Fund Centre

iShares MSCI India UCITS ETF

The iShares MSCI India UCITS ETF gives exposure to one of the largest and fastest growing economies in the world, with direct investment into large- and mid-cap stocks covering approximately 85% of the Indian stock market, and can be used as part of a broader equity portfolio to seek growth.

Net Assets of Share Class (Million) : $5130.72 USD

Courtesy of BlackRock

Courtesy of BlackRock

Courtesy of AJ Bell

ISHARES IIND Stock | London Stock Exchange

The Debt of Deutsche Telekom: €6160 million = £5242.97 million on annual debt interest

On the the largest telecoms group on the world is Deutsche Telekom.

https://www.telekom.com/

Courtesy of Deutsche Telekom

2025 it had revenues of €119.081 bn = £101.354 bn

Debt capital strategy | Deutsche Telekom is the URL for its debt.

Courtesy of Deutsche Telekom

Yes, it carries debt of €133.8 bn = £113.881 bn

Courtesy of Deutsche Telekom

Interest Payments are €6160 million = £5242.97 million = £5.242 bn of annual interest payments on its €133.8 bn = £113.881 bn.

Yellow Cake PLC

Yellow Cake is a London-quoted company, providing investors with direct exposure to the uranium market through our physical holding of uranium oxide concentrate (U3O8) and by entering into transactions where beneficial commercial opportunities arise from uranium ownership. Yellow Cake’s physical uranium holdings provide an opportunity to profit from an anticipated rise in the uranium price arising from the short- and medium-term supply and demand asymmetry.

Courtesy of Yellow Cake PLC

TR-1: Notification of Major Holdings – 07:00:13 29 Jun 2026 – YCA News article | London Stock Exchange

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WisdomTree Energy Transition Metals ETF

WISDOMTREE NRGT Stock | London Stock Exchange

WisdomTree Energy Transition Metals is a fully collateralised, UCITS eligible Exchange-Traded Commodity (ETC) designed to provide investors with a total return exposure to a basket of Thematic Metals Baskets futures contracts. The ETC provides a total return comprised of the daily performance of the WisdomTree Energy Transition Metals Commodity Index index (WTETMCTR)

Verizon Communications: Debt Position $177 Billion dollars

The US Telecommunications giant Verizon, who’s roots can be traced back to the merger of the 2 “baby bells”, NYNEX and Bell Atlantic, today is giant in the global telecommunications landscape.

https://www.verizon.com

It carries debt as part of its financing operation of the overall business

https://www.verizon.com/about/sites/default/files/Verizon-IR-Debt-Portfolio-033126.pdf

Courtesy of Verizon.

Total Debt that Verizon carries is $177 Billion dollars

The 2025 Annual Report has some salient information:-

https://www.verizon.com/about/sites/default/files/2025-Annual-Report-on-Form-10k.pdf

Courtesy of Verizon.

Now the annual report is up to Dec 2025. Debt was stated at $147 Bn, (see below) and then 3 months later, the debt has increased to $177 Bn. In a quarter, the debt has grown by $30 Bn in just 3 months

Courtesy of Verizon.

You can see above, Debt Interest = Financing Costs are $6.694 Billion

From the Income statement we see:-

Courtesy of Verizon

Verizon has revenues of $106 Bn (income) and while the income stream is huge, it still needs $6.694 Bn to simply pay interest on its debt to its Bond Holders (the creditor)