Open this photo in gallery:From top left to right, Anita Bruinsma, Benjamin Felix, Natasha Macmillan, Desmond Nwaerondu, Anna Judek and Adam Chapman.THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Ratehub.caAs more Canadians turn to artificial intelligence for financial advice, The Globe and Mail wanted to know: How reliable are the answers? A 2024 report from the Bank of Montreal found that a third of Canadians are using AI tools to help manage their money, from setting household budgets to boosting their financial literacy.We posed some common personal finance questions to ChatGPT, then asked human personal finance experts to weigh in. (The Globe is not aware where…
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By Mike Dolan LONDON (Reuters) – What matters in U.S. and global markets today By Mike Dolan, Editor-At-Large, Finance and Markets Even if you don’t think tariffs are feeding price rises yet, the sharp jump in U.S. producer prices in July – driven by the biggest jump in retail and wholesale margins in two years – was a shot across the bow that tempers heady interest rate cut speculation. Lifting Treasury yields, buoying the dollar and stalling Wall Street stocks at record highs, the PPI report scotched any thought of a half point rate cut from the Federal Reserve next…
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Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Insurance broker Marsh, of Marsh McLennan, has issued a carbon credit insurance policy on a carbon removal project in the southern United States, according to an Aug. 6 release. The project from New York-based carbon removal company Chestnut Carbon previously obtained $210 million in the form of a non-recourse project finance credit facility from J.P. Morgan and a syndicate of lenders, according to a July 22 press release. Chestnut’s project will create a 60,000 acre afforestation project, planting an estimated…
Image source: Getty Images A quick Google search provides many ideas for generating passive income. Suggestions include earning royalties from the writing of a book, licensing photography or creating a YouTube channel. Personally, I think there’s nothing passive about any of these money-making projects. Each requires plenty of effort before any income can be earned. A better plan That’s why I prefer investing in dividend shares. Although a little bit of upfront work is required to identify the best stocks to buy, thereafter (assuming everything goes to plan) minimal effort’s needed. Personally, I like to invest using a Stocks and…
Professor Green hints at ‘fast food offering’ as he talks debt, business and how ‘money solves all problems’ Professor Green is best known for his rapping talent, but he’s also an entrepreneur on a mission to help young people get their businesses off the ground. The musician and mental health advocate has embarked on several ventures since rising to fame more than a decade ago, and now he’s rolling out two more in a month.I Used To Rave But Now I Roast is focused on events that combine dining and music, but with the bonus of a reasonable bedtime, and the…
Sadot Group Inc. (NASDAQ: SDOT) has navigated a volatile Q2 2025 with a mix of challenges and strategic progress, offering value-conscious investors a compelling case for early-stage value creation. Despite a 34% year-over-year revenue decline to $114.3 million and a sharp drop in GAAP EPS to $0.07, the company’s operational resilience and forward-looking initiatives suggest a transformational phase that could unlock long-term shareholder value. Q2 2025: A Tale of Two MetricsThe quarter’s results highlight a dichotomy: revenue contraction versus margin expansion. While trading activity plummeted to 26 agri-commodity transactions (vs. 76 in Q1 2025), the gross margin improved to 4.4%,…
Image source: Getty Images Arbuthnot Banking Group (LSE:ARBB) has quietly become one of the most interesting banking stocks in the UK market. Despite short-term challenges from falling interest rates, the stock has pushed up in recent months on the back of operational resilience, underpinned by growth in customer deposits, specialist lending, and funds under management. Earnings dip, but don’t worry Profit before tax halved to £10.9m for the first half of 2025 — down from £20.8m last year — with earnings per share dropping to 42.5p from 94.6p. However, these weaker earnings were widely expected following a series of UK…
Image source: Getty Images Rolls-Royce (LSE: RR) shares have been the talk of the town — or at least the City — for quite some time now. And it’s easy to see why, with the FTSE 100 engine maker serving up a mind-blowing 1,250% return in just three years. Recently, the stock hit 1,100p for the first time. But is anyone really surprised at this point? Probably not. Ambitious talk CEO Tufan Erginbilgic set tongues wagging earlier this week by saying that Rolls-Royce has the potential to become the London Stock Exchange‘s largest company. Speaking to the BBC, he said…
Australia’s Tasman Environmental Markets (TEM) has announced that its improved cookstove project in Papua New Guinea (PNG) has become the world’s first to issue Verified Carbon Units (VCUs) under Verra’s VM0050 methodology.VM0050, introduced in October 2024, sets a new benchmark for energy efficiency and fuel-switch projects involving cookstoves.Its alignment with the Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market’s (ICVCM) Core Carbon Principles signals robust environmental and social standards.The milestone issuance follows a successful third-party audit by SustainCERT and is seen as a breakthrough for scalable, community-based climate solutions.Relevant: ICVCM Gives Green Light For Three Stricter Cookstove Methodologies“We’re proud to lead…