Singapore has announced that it will buy about US$76.4 million worth of carbon credits from international projects in Ghana, Peru, and Paraguay. The move reflects the country’s growing role in the global carbon market and its strategy to meet national climate targets. The credits will come from nature-based projects such as forest conservation and reforestation, which reduce or capture greenhouse gas emissions. The government stated: “These projects aim to reduce carbon emissions from deforestation, increase carbon sequestration of soil organic carbon stock in grasslands through sustainable management practices, and remove carbon emissions through the reforestation of degraded pastureland.” Buying Carbon,…
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Image source: Getty Images The International Consolidated Airlines (LSE: IAG) share price has been climbing. Despite a dip in early 2025, it’s up over 80% in the past 12 months — and close to 250% over five years. And forecasts are still bullish. There’s a strong Buy rating on the stock with 11 analysts urging us to buy compared to just one Sell stance. The average price target of 438p is a welcome 14% ahead at the time of writing. Rosy outlook Even the lone negative outlook has a price target of 350p. And that’s only 9% below the latest…
The final report of Building’s Funding the Future campaign will call for the government to radically expand its proposed use of public private partnerships to pay for social infrastructure. The report, entitled Funding the Future: How Private Finance can Rebuild the UK, will say an expanded programme is necessary in order to spark the investment in industry capacity needed to deliver schemes efficiently. The research, by the Building the Future Think Tank, outlines how after almost seven years since the Conservatives abandoned the private finance initiative (PFI) this Labour government is actively looking to supplement public money with private capital. …
To help you understand these critical issues, Fastmarkets’ senior strategic markets editor, Sam Carew, sat down with Stuart Evans, chief economist and head of environmental products. They explored the key trends, challenges, and opportunities shaping both voluntary and compliance carbon markets. Below is a timestamped summary of their conversation. Watch the full interview for an in-depth analysis of today’s carbon landscape. Watch the full interview: How do price assessments aid the market? [10.04] In a fragmented market with thousands of projects, how can buyers determine the price and quality of a carbon credit? Sam Carew explains how Fastmarkets creates price…
Image source: Getty Images Like many people, I own a number of dividend shares in my Stocks and Shares ISA, hoping that they can provide passive income streams over the long term. Currently, the FTSE 100 yield is 3.3%. When I think about how to invest, I sometimes target a higher yield. In fact, in the current market, I would be happy to target a yield of 7%, or even 8%. But is an 8% yield target realistic? One way to think about dividend yield Dividends are paid from spare money a company has after investing what it needs to…
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Image source: Getty Images The Vodafone (LSE: VOD) share price has gained 25% so far in 2025. But it’s still down more than 20% over the past five years overall. Forecasts are mixed, with an average price target of 86p — less than a penny ahead of where we are now. Two things make me think the naysayers might be missing something good. I’m talking about the stock’s current valuation, and what I see as solid dividend prospects. A mixed dividend story For years, Vodafone paid dividends that just weren’t sustainable. And that’s why I, as mainly a dividend investor,…
Image source: Getty Images The UK supermarket industry is characterised by low margins and fierce competition. But Tesco (LSE:TSCO) shares have been a great investment over the last five years. Investors who bought the FTSE 100 stock five years ago and held on to it are now getting almost 9% of their investment back each year in dividends. And analysts are expecting more to come. Dividend growth Over the last half-decade, Tesco has increased its dividend per share by around 44% – or 7.63% a year on average. And analyst forecasts for the next three years are also pretty optimistic. …
Image source: Getty Images Warren Buffett doesn’t buy unproven growth stocks. Instead, he has enjoyed probably the most successful investing career ever by sticking to businesses with strong brands, durable competitive advantages, and proven cash flows stretching back decades. But in 2008, he and partner Charlie Munger threw caution to the wind and invested roughly $230m into an unproven Chinese EV start-up called BYD (OTC:BYDD.Y). Munger was impressed by founder Wang Chuanfu, calling him a “combination of Thomas Edison and Jack Welch”. At the 2009 Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting, Buffett admitted that it might look like he and Charlie Munger had…
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