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Image source: Getty Images One of the most powerful tools in investing is time. By starting early, even modest sums can grow into extraordinary wealth. And this is thanks to the power of compounding. For parents who want to give their children a financial head start, opening a Stocks & Shares ISA — called a Junior ISA for under 18s — at birth could be transformative. This can be done through any major UK brokerage. Personally, I use Hargreaves Lansdown for my daughter’s ISA. That’s because there are no fees on Junior ISA trades, but also because that’s where I…

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Image source: Getty Images The Barclays (LSE:BARC) share price has surged, rewarding investors over the past two years. After years of trading on heavily discounted valuations, the stock’s undergone a substantial re-rating as sentiment towards the British banking sector improved and as management committed to a leaner, more disciplined operating model. The question for investors now is: where next? Re-rating and recovery Between 2020 and 2023, Barclays’ shares were depressed by historical standards. The pandemic, the cost-of-living crisis and political turmoil contributed to a negative opinion on the health of UK banking stocks. Interestingly however, performance throughout these years remained…

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NATO – HomepageNews: NATO releases list of 12 defence-critical raw materials, 11-Dec.-2024On Wednesday 11 December, NATO published a list of 12 defence-critical raw materials essential for the Allied defence industry. These materials are integral….Dec 16, 2024 Source link

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“At the moment, in the Singapore carbon tax regime, there’s no reward for a company to buy a US$25 nature-based carbon removal rather than a US$5 nature-based avoidance credit,” said Lukas May, chief commercial officer of Isometric. “That’s something that maybe the Singapore government will want to tighten up.”The city-state’s carbon tax, which currently stands at S$25 (US$19) per tonne, will be raised to S$45 (US$35) in 2026, with aims to reach up to S$80 (US$62) by 2030.Carbon removals have seen a notable surge in interest after much of the rainforest offsets offered by the world’s largest carbon credits certifier Verra were found to have exaggerated…

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Buried deep in Australia new emissions data release is this nugget, in the ‘revisions’ section: “Fugitive sector emissions decreased 2.2% over the year to March 2025, mainly driven by reductions in natural gas venting emissions from new carbon capture and storage activities and a decline in production across both surface and underground coal mining. Estimates in this report include emission reductions from the Moomba Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) project, which commenced operation in September 2024.” One of my most unusual hobbies is collecting every single release of Australia’s emissions data in a file where I can compare each ‘version’…

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