Image source: Getty Images Holding the best-performing FTSE 100 stock in any calendar year is going to significantly boost a portfolio’s return, assuming it’s a decent-sized position. Last year it was nip and tuck as International Consolidated Airlines ended up pipping Rolls-Royce and NatWest. This year, however, it’s not even close. With more than three months of 2025 still remaining, I think we can safely give the gold medal to Fresnillo (LSE:FRES). Shares of the precious metals miner are up a mind-boggling 266% year to date! That’s double second-placed Babcock International (up a measly 132%). Taking bronze is gold producer…
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Singapore buys carbon credits from Ghana, Paraguay and Peru Singapore will spend $76.4 million to buy more than two million tonnes of nature-based carbon credits from projects in Ghana, Paraguay and Peru, The Straits Times reported Tuesday. The National Climate Change Secretariat (NCCS) and the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) said the projects will protect forests in Peru, restore pastureland in Ghana, and store carbon in Paraguay’s grasslands, marking Singapore’s first batch of carbon credits under global climate agreements. In total, Singapore will buy 2.175 million tonnes of credits — equivalent to offsetting nearly 4% of its 2022 greenhouse…
The mutual fund industry in India has grown over six times in the last ten years. Assets under management (AUM) have jumped from Rs 10.83 trillion in March 2015 to Rs 69.5 trillion in April 2025, according to the Association of Mutual Funds in India (AMFI). This boom stems from changes in regulations more investors joining in, and a wider reach into smaller towns. Origins: How UTI set the stage? The origins of the industry go back to 1963, when the Unit Trust of India (UTI) was set up by an Act of Parliament at the initiative of the government…
Image source: Getty Images Was it a false start? Over the past month and a half, Diageo (LSE: DGE) had shown tentative signs of a possible recovery. Diageo shares rose 17% in barely a fortnight in August. Now, however, they are once again close to a 12-month low, 25% below where they stood a year ago. At first glance this could look like a classic value share. On one hand it is a bit of a turnaround story, but in fact there may not even be that much to turn around. Many of Diageo’s current challenges are industry-wide, not specific…
Image source: NatWest Group plc It has been an incredible few years for shareholders in Natwest (LSE: NWG). I owned some Natwest shares at some point during the last five years, but sold them. That means that I have missed out on much of the 405% gain in Natwest shares seen over the past five years. Normally, when a long-established company in a mature industry quintuples in value over five years, it may start to look overvalued. But is that the case with Natwest? The dividend yield of 4.7% is well above the FTSE 100 average. Meanwhile, the shares sell…
Image source: Getty Images As someone who values passive income, I understand that I should look at shares of companies that pay dividends. While bearing in mind dividends aren’t guaranteed, here are three for investors to consider if they’re likeminded. Legal & General Looking purely from a yield perspective, Legal & General (LSE:LGEN) shares are among the best in the FTSE 100. Their dividend yield is currently a very attractive 8.8%. Now, there are risks to holding the company’s shares. As it’s in the financial services industry, it performs quite cyclically and can underperform during times of economic uncertainty. With…
Image source: Getty Images Energean (LSE: ENOG) currently generates one of the highest passive income return rates of any major FTSE index. Last year’s $1.20 (89p) dividend on the present share price of £8.58 gives a yield of 10.4%. This compares to the current average FTSE 100 dividend yield of just 3.4% and the FTSE 250’s 3.3%. It is also more than double the ‘risk-free rate’ (the UK 10-year government bond yield) of 4.6%. Moreover, analysts forecast that the oil and gas firm’s dividend yield will stay the same this year. In each of the next two years, it is…
Image source: Getty Images Broadcom (NASDAQ: AVGO) and Oracle (NYSE: ORCL) are two of the hottest artificial intelligence (AI) stocks in the market right now. This month, both have soared on the back of spectacular results. Now, I own a lot of AI stocks in my Stocks and Shares ISA but, annoyingly, I don’t own these two. Is it too late to buy them? Starting with Broadcom, it delivered some incredible guidance recently. Thanks to high demand for its custom AI chips (XPUs), it now expects AI revenues to be up more than 60% next financial year (starting November). It…
Funga team member Amelia Pokorny geared up for inoculation at a PRT-IFCO tree nursery.Funga.earthEven the seemingly benign pastime known as “Netflix and chill” generates a carbon footprint. The servers powering Netflix’s popular streaming service run on electricity, casts and crews must travel to shooting locations, and office buildings must be air-conditioned. Netfilx’s 2024 ESG report reveals that the company generated around 75,000 metric tons of CO2 equivalent greenhouse gas emissions that year. This is low compared to a coal-fired power plant, but it is sobering to think that the CO2 Netflix released into the atmosphere in 2024 had the mass…
Image source: Getty Images US President Trump is due to arrive in the UK today (16 September) as part of a visit that will see him cover a variety of topics. A clear one is business and trade, so I expect some UK stocks to be sensitive to comments and trade deals being announced over the course of the week. Based on the sectors likely to be in focus, here are a couple of stocks I’m keeping a close eye on. Anticipation around energy First up is Rolls-Royce (LSE:RR), a stock that’s up 129% over the last year. The UK…