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Image source: Getty Images A little over a year ago now, a new government swept to power, setting ambitious claims targets for building new homes. Those of us with the shares in housebuilders like Persimmon (LSE: PSN) were paying close attention to statements like the UK building as many homes as we did in the 1960s. Some were drawing comparisons with the boom years of the 2010s where the shares in housing firms enjoyed a purple patch, Persimmon itself up 600% over the decade.  With that target of 1.5m homes to be built over the life of this government’s still…

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Image source: Getty Images Legal & General (LSE: LGEN) shares have taken a bit of a tumble in recent weeks, falling from 266p to 243p. As a result, they’re now sporting a dividend yield of around 9% again. Are they worth considering for this enormous yield? Let’s discuss. A massive yield A 9% dividend yield is no doubt attractive. But in the investment world, there’s no such thing as a free lunch. So, we need to look at the investment risks here. Why are the shares sporting a massive yield (more than twice the average FTSE 100 yield) and what’s…

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Image source: Getty Images From being close to extinction three years ago, Rolls-Royce (LSE:RR) shares have come a long way. The company’s market cap now exceeds £90bn, and the share price momentum has been truly exceptional. This is thanks to an improving climate for the aerospace sector, long-term commitments in defence spending, and an operational turnaround with a renewed focus on creating a leaner company that could command a higher valuation. However, with the stock up around 14 times since then, it’s probably trading closer to its fair value than it has at any point over the past three years.…

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Private equity jobs aren’t what they used to be, since – in the words of Bain Capital – the industry has been going through its “most challenging period since the global financial crisis.” However, private equity can still be an opportunity for ambitious junior bankers to do dramatic things, even in the middle market.Matt Fargie is one such person. Aged in his “early 30s”, Fargie is a principal at CapVest Partners in London, a midmarket private equity firm with around €5.5bn in assets under management and an office near Buckingham Palace. Fargie is in the process of completing a €10bn…

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Wildlife Works, an international green organisation that runs a carbon credit scheme in Kenya, has so far managed to conserve some 75,000 acres of forest at Rukinga Wildlife Ranch in Maungu by creating awareness of the benefits of a swap from forest destruction for charcoal to selling carbon credits.AFP via Getty Images The European Union is poised to make one of its most significant climate policy shifts in more than a decade: reintroducing international carbon credits as part of its emissions reduction strategy. Under a proposal unveiled in Brussels, from 2036 the EU could meet up to 3% of its…

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Image source: Getty Images Lloyds Banking Group (LSE: LLOY) and Rolls-Royce Holdings (LSE:RR.) are probably the two most popular UK stocks right now. It’s easy to see why – both have generated strong gains recently. Can these stocks keep rising? Let’s take a look at City analysts’ share price forecasts for Lloyds and Rolls-Royce to see what the experts think. Lloyds may keep climbing Starting with Lloyds, the average price target is 90.7p. That’s approximately 14% above the current share price. I think that target is probably achievable over the next 12-18 months or so. Looking at the earnings per…

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The stock market experienced a wobble late last week after Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) dropped its latest earnings. Despite releasing numbers most companies could only dream of, the share price still slipped 3% on the day (28 August). Revenues of $46.7bn (£34.6bn) in just three months up to July is an eye-watering figure. That’s roughly half a billion dollars a day — or the equivalent of Ford Motor Company’s entire market-cap. And the chip giant doesn’t look set to stop there. Guidance suggests revenues could hit $54bn (£40bn) in the next quarter, with expectations boosted further by a new deal with…

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Bonn/Copenhagen (dpa/d.de) – Federal Chancellor Friedrich Merz has pressed for greater efforts to end the war in Ukraine while warning against illusory thinking. “We are making every effort in every way to bring about the end of this dreadful war,” he said in Bonn yesterday. “However, all efforts of recent weeks have been met with an even more aggressive approach from the regime in Moscow against the civilian population of Ukraine.” This would not cease until it had been ensured that Russia was no longer able to continue the war for economic reasons, he said. Germany’s Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul also doubts…

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