Image source: Getty Images It’s been a strong month for some of the UK’s lesser-known income stocks, with a few impressive share price gains catching investors’ attention. That often leads to one of the market’s quirks: as share prices rise, dividend yields usually fall. It’s a simple relationship — the same payout spread over a higher share price means a smaller percentage return. Take Imperial Brands as an example. Its yield’s dropped from around 8% to 6.2% this year, as the share price climbed nearly 40%. That’s great news for long-term shareholders, but it also makes the stock less appealing…
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Exclusive to Agrospectrum, Dr. Nripanka Das, Subject Matter Expert in Carbon Projects (UAE), explains why biochar is emerging as the “engineered permanence” solution in a carbon market searching for credibility, durability, and fair valuation. He highlights biochar’s dual advantage of long-term carbon sequestration and soil regeneration, a combination that delivers stacked financial and agronomic benefits. Scaling beyond pilots, he stresses, will require modular pyrolysis technology, aggregated demand, and blended finance models that de-risk large capital investments. Dr. Das argues that early movers can benefit from current price volatility by building high-quality, premium projects with strong verification systems. He also emphasizes…
Image source: Getty Images Billionaire investor Warren Buffett isn’t usually known for being outspoken. The Berkshire Hathaway CEO is generally pretty diplomatic when it comes to talking about controversial subjects. At the 2023 Annual Shareholder Meeting though, Buffett offered an uncharacteristically forthright view on artificial intelligence (AI). And investors would do well to take note. Buffett on AI In response to a question about how AI might reshape value investing and cause value investors to think differently, Buffett said: “The tech doesn’t make any difference… New things coming along don’t take away the opportunities. What gives you opportunities is other…
Reducing carbon emissions will not be enough to limit the global temperature rise to the Paris Agreement target of 1.5 degrees Celsius. We will also need to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.* For investors with net-zero ambitions, that means identifying and participating in high-quality strategies that remove carbon, like afforestation schemes or technological solutions (read more). The resulting certified carbon removal credits can then be bought and sold or used to offset emissions. But those strategies can also bolster portfolio resilience, providing transition-risk hedging. The carbon credit market Even in low-carbon economies, some residual emissions will remain, which should…
Image source: Getty Images I think these FTSE 100 momentum stocks have the potential to deliver spectacular long-term returns. Here’s why. Riding the gold price Gold prices are rocketing as investors and central banks boost their exposure to safe-haven assets. Latest World Gold Council (WGC) data showed global central banks — which account for almost a fifth of all the gold ever mined — added another 15 tonnes to existing reserves in August. Almost three-quarters of central bank officials expect reserves to keep building to 2030, WGC data also shows, as they diversify their holdings and protect themselves from macroeconomic…
NEW YORK: The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq advanced on Monday, as artificial intelligence-related dealmaking boosted investor sentiment even as the U.S. government shutdown extended through its sixth day. The Nasdaq and the S&P 500 reached record closing highs, while the blue-chip Dow inched lower.Chips took the lead after AMD said it would supply AI chips to OpenAI in a deal that could generate tens of billions of dollars in yearly revenue and would allow the ChatGPT creator to buy a stake of up to 10% in the chipmaker. AMD surged 23.7%, while the broader Philadelphia Semiconductor Index rose 2.9%.”The…
Indonesia deepens carbon market integration with Verra and Gold Standard. (Source: Indoniesia Ministry of Environment and Forestry) Indonesia’s government has taken another major step toward integrating with global carbon credit systems. On Oct. 2, it signed a Mutual Recognition Agreement (MRA) with Verra, one of the world’s leading carbon credit certification bodies. The deal paves the way for Indonesia to unlock up to 50 million tons of carbon credits, while linking Verra’s registry with the country’s own carbon registration and monitoring system (SRN-PPI). The integration will help Indonesia better track progress toward its Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) goals under the Paris…
More than a bilateral deal, this collaboration is a test for both countries to anchor themselves in the global carbon economyON SEP 16, Vietnam and Singapore signed a landmark Implementation Agreement on carbon credit trading under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement.The agreement is a breakthrough for both countries. Singapore is able to secure access to high-quality credits to meet its carbon neutrality targets. For Vietnam, it unlocks a new financing channel for its green transition.The deal signals the two countries’ ambition to shape Asean’s emerging carbon credit architecture. Source link
Octavia Carbon is pioneering Direct Air Capture in Kenya, mobilizing investment on a new industry while also providing reliable offtake for geothermal power. Source link
An analysis of forest-based projects funded through the sale of carbon credits shows that 10% of them may have a net warming effect on the climate because of the way they alter the Earth’s albedo, or how much sunlight is reflected back into space.The study led by scientists in the Oregon State University College of Forestry also offers recommendations for how to avoid this unintended climate warming by incorporating albedo accounting into carbon crediting protocols. Additionally, the research indicates most projects come with comparatively minimal albedo consequences.The collaboration, which included scientists at Clark University and The Nature Conservancy, used new,…