Image source: Getty Images Great Britain 1, America 0. We’re winning ladies and gents! In terms of 2025 stock market performance at least. After years of repeated and really quite large hammerings, the Union Jack is fighting back against the Stars and Stripes. With valuations over the pond looking frighteningly high, especially in the tech sector, investors are flocking to more reasonably valued stocks like those on the FTSE 100. I count myself among those who have reallocated capital because of this very trend. The knock-on effect is an 11% gain for the Footise this year with several months to…
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The forest carbon credit market has emerged as a cornerstone of global climate mitigation strategies, promising to offset emissions through reforestation and afforestation. Yet, as investors and policymakers pivot toward nature-based solutions, a critical paradox looms: the albedo effect—the reflectivity of Earth’s surfaces—can undermine the climate efficacy of these projects. Recent scientific advancements and policy analyses reveal both the transformative potential and the hidden risks of forest carbon offset initiatives. For investors, understanding this duality is essential to navigating a market in flux. The Albedo Effect: A Double-Edged SwordAlbedo, the measure of how much sunlight a surface reflects, has long…
Image source: Getty Images The share price of Dr Martens (LSE:DOCS), the renowned FTSE 250 bootmaker, has risen 17.9% over the past four trading days. The catalyst appears to be a note from Peel Hunt stating that the group is “making headway”. The broker claims the investment case looks “increasingly positive”. It has set a new price target of 112p, which is around 27% higher than today’s (21 August) closing value. However, both remain well below the 370p offer price when the group listed in January 2021. A difficult period Since floating, the company’s struggled with falling demand. In light…
Key Takeaways Traders expect the S&P 500 to move about 0.8% in either direction through the end of the week, with Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s speech on Friday likely to be a driving force behind that move. Stocks jumped more than 1% the day of last year’s Jackson Hole speech, when Powell signaled the Fed was ready to cut interest rates for the first time in 4 years. Analysts earlier this week expressed concern that investors were overly optimistic about the likelihood of a September rate cut, but expectations and stocks have drifted lower in recent days. Wall Street was…
Image source: Getty Images James Anderson knows a thing or two about growth investing in the stock market. From 2000 to 2022, he managed Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust, unearthing gems including ASML, Tesla, and Nvidia. Savvy picks like these propelled the trust into the FTSE 100 in 2017. Nowadays, he helps run Lingotto Innovation, a growth-focused strategy that similarly attempts to find massive stock market winners. In May, Anderson and co-manager Morgan Samet spoke to Barron’s. In this interview, they highlighted three stocks they’re very excited about over the next decade. EVs Let’s start with the most familiar, BYD (OTC:BYDD.F).…
This marks the eighth legally binding pact Singapore has signed for the bilateral trading of carbon credits to meet its national climate targets.The implementation agreement was signed on the sidelines of the Singapore Regional Business Forum in Bangkok. The list of eligible carbon crediting methodologies that will be recognised between the two countries, which is still pending, “will be published in due course,” stated Singapore’s Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) in its press release.Under the agreement, project developers will be required to make contributions equivalent to 5 per cent of share of proceeds from authorised carbon credits toward climate…
Image source: Getty Images WH Smith (LSE: SMWH) shareholders got a nasty surprise yesterday (21 August) when the share price crashed 40% to 660p. That puts the FTSE 250 stock at a 12-year low. Ouch! I was bullish In recent months, I had started to warm up to the WH Smith investment case. It was selling its high street stores, which were in structural decline, to focus on outlets in airports, hospitals, train and service stations. I found the idea of WH Smith becoming a pureplay global travel retailer quite attractive. That’s because there’s a captive audience in airports, where…
Image source: Getty Images I’m always hunting for the best dividend shares to add to my passive income portfolio, but I can’t buy them all. It’s an ongoing balancing act trying to find the right mix of attractive yields and long-term reliability. For me, the most reliable dividend payers tend to be companies with consistent industry demand, strong leadership, and a proven track record of payouts. Add to that a healthy balance sheet and manageable debt levels, and it often makes for a compelling investment case. One company that has been on my radar for some time is Admiral Group…
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Asian shares were mixed on Friday after Wall Street fell to a fifth straight loss, hurt by losses for Walmart and worries over coming cuts to interest rates.Traders remain cautious, looking for cues about U.S. monetary policy from a meeting of central bankers in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, where Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell is due to speak on FridayIn Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 shed early gains, slipping 0.1% to 42,597.94 after Japan’s core inflation rate slowed to 3.1% in July, from 3.3% in June.ING Economics, in a commentary, said the rate was broadly in line with…
Image source: Getty Images Oh dear, I’m going to need my ISA to start generating even more passive income. That’s because — due to artificial intelligence (AI) — the end is nigh. No, not because a rogue state might use it for dubious purposes. Instead, I’ve just read that accountants are currently in what’s predicted to be the seventh fastest-declining job role over the next five years. And I’m one. Thankfully, Derek Blair, the new president of the Institute of Chartered Accounts in England and Wales, disagrees. He says: “Rather than killing the profession, AI is likely to make it…