Buying shares while the prospects for the FTSE 100 are so uncertain may appear to be an unwise move. After all, share prices could move lower and you may experience paper losses.
However, in the long run, such a strategy may improve your prospects of generating high returns. The past performance of the FTSE 100 shows that it has a solid track record of delivering recoveries after its crashes.
With that in mind, here are two high-yielding large-cap shares that seem to offer good value for money. They could be worth buying today and holding for the long term.
British Land
The past six months have been hugely volatile for investors in British Land (LSE: BLND). The real estate investment trust’s share price moved higher as investors became more optimistic about the UK’s economic outlook, but has dropped by 22% since the start of the year.
Further uncertainty could be ahead in the short term for the company’s investors. However, over the long run, its current valuation suggests that it offers a favourable risk/reward opportunity. For example, it trades on a price-to-book (P/B) ratio of just 0.5. This indicates that there is scope for its shares to move significantly higher without becoming overvalued.
Of course, there are risks facing British Land. Reduced demand for retail units due to the growth of e-commerce and an uncertain outlook for the UK economy could hold back investor sentiment. However, its recent results showed that its increasingly limited focus on the retail sector and a strong balance sheet could provide it with improving financial prospects in the long run. As such, now could be the right time to buy a slice of it while it offers a dividend yield of 6.3%.
RBS
Another FTSE 100 share that has displayed a substantial amount of volatility in recent months is RBS (LSE: RBS). Its financial prospects also depend to a large extent on the performance of the UK economy, which could mean that investor sentiment is very changeable in the near term.
However, with RBS recently reporting that it exceeded all of its 2019 financial targets, despite experiencing a challenging market, it seems to be making progress in delivering improving levels of performance. It has exceeded its cost reduction target, while net lending growth was ahead of guidance in 2019.
Looking ahead, the bank is forecast to post a rise in its bottom line of 10% in the 2021 financial year. It is expected to yield 9.6% next year, with its dividend due to be covered 1.5 times by net profit. Therefore, it appears to have a wide margin of safety included in its valuation. This could make the present time, although very uncertain, an opportune moment to buy shares in RBS and hold them for the long term.