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…
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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…
Risk profiling is supposed to match an investor’s portfolio with both their ability and willingness to take risk. But “willingness” isn’t stable. It shifts with markets, headlines, and emotional reactions. Even the wording of a single survey question can change a client’s response before a market event ever occurs. That’s why advisors can’t stop at assessing risk preferences. To make risk profiling useful, they must also recognize and coach clients through the emotional biases that distort those preferences. I first encountered the critical distinction between risk tolerance and risk attitudes in Michael Pompian’s Behavioral Finance and Wealth Management. His explanation,…
Singapore has announced a groundbreaking investment of SGD76.4 million to acquire over two million tonnes of nature-based carbon credits. The credits, sourced from projects in Ghana, Paraguay, and Peru, represent the city state’s inaugural foray into utilizing nature-based solutions to mitigate carbon emissions.This landmark purchase highlights Singapore’s commitment to international climate agreements, such as the Paris Accord, which encourages cooperation between nations to meet emission reduction targets. By securing these credits, Singapore aims to offset 2.175 million tonnes of carbon emissions, equivalent to nearly 4% of its greenhouse gas output in 2022.Projects involved include reforestation and sustainable land management practices,…
Image source: Getty Images At the beginning of the year, I predicted that Tesla (NASDAQ:TLSA) stock would drop by at least 40% in 2025. I said that the electric vehicle (EV) firm faced “weak consumer spending, the potential elimination of EV subsidies, and rising competition from cheaper hybrid vehicles“. I also suspected the close Trump-Musk relationship might not be the blessing that many assumed it would be for Tesla. All these things have played out, with falling sales, the scrapping of EV tax credits, and relentless competition, particularly from China’s BYD. Meanwhile, relations between CEO Elon Musk and President Trump…
The BP (LSE: BP.) share price has been rising slowly over the past few months and is now 26% higher than the low reached back in April. After some initial scepticism following its strategy reset earlier in the year, analysts and investors are turning increasingly bullish on the stock. For me, any investment case for BP needs to be grounded in two scenarios. Firstly, that oil and gas prices are heading higher and secondly that demand for hydrocarbons will continue to grow. Deglobalisation One of the most important macro forces to emerge over the past 40 years has been increasing…
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Image source: Getty Images The FTSE 250 is packed with terrific high dividends right now, with eight on forecast yields of more than 10%. Here they are… StockForecast yieldMarket capRecent share price12-month changeNextEnergySolar Fund13.1%£380m65.1p-18%SDCL EfficiencyIncome (LSE: SEIT)11.5%£605m55.9p-14%Foresight EnvironmentalInfrastructure10.6%£469m74.3p-22%Energean(LSE: ENOG)10.4%£1.56b848p-10%RenewablesInfrastructure10.3%£1.81b73.2p-15%Bluefield Solar Income Fund10.2%£515m87.0p-17%ForesightSolar Fund10.2%£440m79.5p-16%AshmoreGroup10.1%£1.10b168p-12%Sources: dividenddata, Yahoo One thing is clear. Those cracking dividend yields have been pushed up by falling share prices — just look at the 12-month change column in the table. I think there’s a good chance the market has got it wrong here. And if these dividends keep going for another year or two, we might be looking…
Image source: Getty Images Building a second income from a portfolio of FTSE 100 stocks can make retirement a lot more rewarding. Investing inside a Stocks and Shares ISA is a good way to do it. Unlike pensions, ISAs don’t offer tax relief on contributions, but the trade-off is attractive. All capital gains and dividends inside an ISA are tax-free, and there’s no income tax when you withdraw money either. That makes them a powerful way to build long-term wealth. Please note that tax treatment depends on the individual circumstances of each client and may be subject to change in…