These two FTSE 100 stocks could pay £28bn in dividends for 2021!
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During the market meltdown of March 2020, I started writing again for Fool UK for the first time since 2012. I also saw a once-in-a-generation opportunity to buy cheap shares at bargain prices. My instincts were correct: global stock markets have surged over the subsequent 14 months. The
FTSE 100 index today stands at 7,066.45, almost 2,075 points above the close of 4,993.90 on 23 March 2020. That’s a gain of more than two-fifths (41.5%). However, this is thrashed by the over-80% surge in the US
S&P 500 index.
I still see deep value in the FTSE 100
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This result demonstrates just how much money I can potentially make in the market by stock-picking rather than tracking an index like the FTSE 100. It also shows just how safe precious metals are perceived to be in times of trouble. Tellingly, gold rose above $2,000 for the first time ever in August. Silver hit a seven-year high one month earlier.
As the world’s largest producer of silver and the second biggest gold miner in Mexico, the economic havoc caused by the coronavirus has been a clear boon for Fresnillo. Even so, the FTSE 100 member’s gains pale in comparison to those achieved by the one-time small-cap miner
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