Image source: The Motley Fool Warren Buffett has spent a lifetime advocating ‘value investing’. After reading The Intelligent Investor by Benjamin Graham, he was persuaded that the best way to make money was to buy stocks with valuations that don’t accurately reflect their intrinsic value. Central to his assessment is the use of discounted cash flow techniques. A popular strategy His approach has been copied by many others including Li Lu, who’s made the journey from a student leader during the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests to a successful investor. He’s been described as ‘Asia’s Warren Buffett’. And there’s another similarity.…
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Companies around the world are accelerating their climate commitments at a record pace. The Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) reports that corporates and other companies with both near-term and long-term net-zero targets jumped 227% in just 18 months. Firms setting near-term only goals also grew by almost 97% in the same period. This fast growth shows a big change in how companies see climate responsibility. This is especially true for high-emission sectors like Industrials, Consumer Discretionary, and Materials. The data shows that climate ambition is no longer a niche initiative. Companies are adding climate targets to their main business strategies.…
Opinion by: Nicholas Krapels, head of research and development at MantraBy 2035, the real-world asset (RWA) market is expected to reach over $60 trillion, with green RWAs well-positioned to become a significant subsector in this global onchain movement.Today, tokenized green assets still represent less than 1% of total climate assets and a similarly small percentage of RWAs, which currently are mostly tokenized treasuries. However, with the total value of green assets set to soar and the rate of tokenization increasing, the green RWA market is an untapped growth opportunity. Platforms are emerging to tokenize billions in green credits Impending strict EU regulatory…
An aerial view of a housing development on August 08, 2025 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Justin Sullivan | Getty ImagesAfter a significant surge in refinance demand the previous week, brought on by a drop in mortgage rates, both refinance and homebuyer mortgage application volume stalled last week. Mortgage rates inched only very slightly higher, but it was enough to drop total application volume 1.4% compared with the previous week, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s seasonally adjusted index.The average contract interest rate for 30-year fixed-rate mortgages with conforming loan balances, $806,500 or less, increased to 6.68% from 6.67%, with points…
Google, Kairos Power, and the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) have joined forces to bring the next generation of nuclear energy to the U.S. electricity grid. On August 18, the partners announced a landmark power purchase agreement (PPA) for Kairos Power’s Hermes 2 Plant in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. The project is the first step under a broader agreement between Kairos Power and Google to bring 500 MW of advanced nuclear capacity online by 2035. It will directly support the tech giant’s growth and clean energy goals. Kairos Scales Up Hermes 2 to Power Google Data Centers This agreement marks the first…
Germany’s government has launched a tie-up with a Singapore-based commodities firm on a project to develop lower-emissions methods of growing rice in Nigeria… Source link
The London Stock Exchange Group’s (LSEG.L) upcoming private securities market, powered by the Pisces framework, will be a transformative innovation that will open up liquidity in the private capital space, according to CEO David Schwimmer. The Private Intermittent Securities and Capital Exchange System (Pisces), proposed by the previous Conservative government and backed by Labour chancellor Rachel Reeves, will allow investors in private companies to sell shares on regulated exchanges. The London Stock Exchange Group is one of the companies planning to operate a Pisces trading venue, where shares could be traded on a limited number of days each year. “I…
Image source: Getty Images The FTSE 100 may be at a record high, but not all UK shares are expensive. Far from it. In fact, the small-cap space is packed with cheap stocks at which investors might want to take a closer look. Here are three of them. Ashtead Technology The first is Ashtead Technology (LSE: AT.), which rents out subsea equipment to the global offshore energy sector. The stock has been a horror show this year, falling 40%. One key problem is that global instability is negatively impacting large-scale energy projects and investment decisions. With tariff uncertainty persisting, these…
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Image source: Getty Images UK inflation climbed to 3.8% in July — the highest level since January 2024 — and there’s a chance it could go even higher. For this reason, I’ve been looking for dividend shares that investors may wish to consider buying. It’s not just because these businesses pay passive income. It’s also because the sectors in which they operate have tended to fare better than most when prices are rising. Steady demand An investment in Tesco (LSE: TSCO) isn’t free of risk. A massive market share doesn’t change the fact that it will always face strong competition…