[ad_1] Savers can take advantage of a type of savings account offering 5.375% interest but they will need to act fast and have a minimum of £1,000 to invest. The Treasury has launched a new gilt offering 5.375% interest until January 2056, which means savers will need to commit to saving their cash for 30 years. Gilts are government bonds which are issued to help fund public spending, although they are very similar to cash-based savings accounts.The word gilt means gold-edged or government backed.Dan Coatsworth, investment analyst at AJ Bell said: “In the current market, 5.375% equivalent interest could have…
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[ad_1] Image source: Getty Images Investors seeking a second income from dividend-paying FTSE 100 shares sometimes have to sacrifice potential share price growth. Is that a trade-off worth making? To find the answer, I looked at investment manager M&G (LSE:MNG), which offers one of the highest yields on the entire FTSE 100, at 9.13% on a trailing basis. Since it was hived off from blue-chip insurer Prudential in October 2019, floating at 225.2p a share, its shares have gone nowhere. In fact, they’ve fallen 2.4% to today’s 219.8p. Management and investors would have hoped for better, but they have some…
[ad_1] It has not been a great year for Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA). The electric vehicle maker saw car sales and profits plummet in the first quarter. Tesla stock is up 55% in barely a month – but it is still 15% cheaper now than at the start of 2025 and 29% below where it stood in December. So, even though the share price has rebounded strongly lately, clearly lots of investors continue to avoid Tesla. Are they wise? Or might they miss out on a potentially brilliant long-term opportunity? If so, could now be the moment for me to snap…
[ad_1] New framework aims to ensure integrity, equity, and transparency in the global carbon crediting mechanism. A United Nations supervisory body responsible for implementing the carbon market under the Paris Agreement has adopted two landmark standards to strengthen the integrity and ambition of climate action through the Paris Agreement Crediting Mechanism (PACM). This decision is expected to bolster global efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by enabling the generation of high-integrity carbon credits. The new standards, agreed during a recent meeting of the Supervisory Body of the Paris Agreement, set out how emission-reducing projects will measure their actual climate impact.…
[ad_1] The alternative asset management firm is still growing at an impressive rate. Brookfield Asset Management (BAM), one of the top alternative asset management firms in the world, went public in 1983. But in December 2022, it rebranded itself as Brookfield Corp. (BN 0.12%) and spun off its core asset management business as the “new” Brookfield Asset Management. Brookfield Corp. now serves as the parent company of Brookfield Asset Management, which it holds alongside its other investments. The new Brookfield Asset Management became a pure asset manager, which earns management fees through its investment funds. Brookfield Asset Management’s stock has…
[ad_1] Image source: Getty Images There are a lot of cheap-looking shares even in the top flight of the UK stock market right now. Not only that, but some of them have an attractive dividend yield to boot. While the average FTSE 100 yield is currently around 3.6%, the trio of UK shares I’ve highlighted for investors to consider each offers a yield of 6.6% or higher. British American Tobacco For starters, there is a business sector that is perennially popular with dividend lovers: tobacco. British American Tobacco (LSE: BATS) is the force behind lots of well-known brands globally, such…
[ad_1] Photo Credit: Mati Carbon What if fighting the changing climate was as easy as spreading dust on a field? Mati Carbon, a startup using crushed volcanic rock to pull carbon from the air and strengthen soil, just won the $50 million Xprize for Carbon Removal, TechCrunch reported. The win is turning heads across the climate tech world. Mati’s technology is based on a naturally occurring process called enhanced rock weathering. The company grinds up basalt, a volcanic rock, into fine dust, which is then spread across farmland. As the rock weathers, it reacts with CO2 in the air and…
[ad_1] Image source: Getty Images The stock market can seem like an intimidating place. But it can also be viewed as an intriguing and potentially lucrative place to try and build wealth. However, a lot of people never even start investing despite best intentions. One reason for that is the idea that it takes lots of money. In fact though, it is possible to start buying shares with far less money than some other asset classes require. If someone had a spare £400 and no prior stock market experience, here is how they could get going today. Setting up a…
[ad_1] Image source: Getty Images The FTSE 100‘s up by nearly 5% in 2025. However, investors who tapped into some key trends earlier this year have already enjoyed much bigger gains. The top three risers in the FTSE 100 this year have all risen by more than 50%. A long-term winner? Defence contractor Babcock International (LSE: BAB) has seen its share price rise by more than 60% already in 2025. This £4bn business has benefitted from a string of contract wins, including a recent £1bn deal with the British Army. Prime Minister Keir Starmer has said he plans to increase…
[ad_1] Tariff chaos may have subsided, but markets could be in for another bout of policy-fueled volatility in the coming months if bond investors throw a tantrum over the tax bill.President Donald Trump’s “Big, Beautiful Bill”—the 389-page tax bill that aims to extend Trump’s 2017 tax cuts—could add around $4 trillion to the US deficit over the next decade, according to a projection from the Tax Foundation, a non-partisan think tank.While the bill stalled on Friday amid opposition from within the Republican party, it is likely that a tax bill will get done this year.For bond investors worried about the…