Image source: Getty Images Aviva (LSE: AV) shares have long been a core passive income holding for me. This is money made from minimal effort, with dividends paid by shares. And it is the best way I have found to do this. My aim with such stocks is to maximise my passive income so I can keep reducing my working commitments. Key qualities for my passive income stocks The first facet I want in a passive income holding is a yield of at least 7%. Why this figure? I can get over 4% from the UK’s 10-year government bond –…
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Solution selected by Micron (NASDAQ:), Smart Modular Technologies to advance CXL ecosystem VIAVI CXL testing solutions will be demonstrated at SC24, November 18-21CHANDLER, Ariz., Nov. 12, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — VIAVI Solutions Inc. (VIAVI) (NASDAQ: VIAV) today announced that the VIAVI Xgig ® CXL Exerciser has received CXL 2.0 Gold Suite certification from the Compute Express Link ® Consortium. This certification enables the Xgig CXL Exerciser to qualify CXL devices for inclusion in the CXL v2.0 Integrators List, and continues VIAVI’s leadership in this critical technology segment. CXL is an interconnect technology designed to optimize data flow between a Central Processing…
Amid the current artificial intelligence (AI) hype cycle, companies are jockeying for an edge in this fast-developing sector. So far this year, software M&A is staging a comeback. After bottoming out in the fourth quarter of 2022, it has accounted for more than 600 deals in the first quarter of 2023 as larger, deep-pocketed firms invest, partner, or simply mop up smaller, private, venture-backed companies. While these investment dollars are still a drop in the bucket relative to the dry powder in private equity and corporate coffers, serial acquirers are looking for opportunities to increase their capabilities. Nevertheless, the M&A…
American Express deserves a spot in your long-term portfolio. During the past year, Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A) (BRK.B 0.85%) sold a lot of its top stocks — including Apple (AAPL -1.20%) and Bank of America (BAC 2.10%) — to boost its cash holdings to record highs. For some investors, those sales suggested Buffett was bracing for a market crash. A market pullback wouldn’t be surprising, since the S&P 500 (^GSPC 0.10%) has already rallied nearly 80% during the past five years and looks historically expensive at more than 30 times earnings. However, Berkshire Hathaway didn’t sell any shares of…
Image source: Getty Images Since last week’s election, the US stock market has experienced a frenzy of activity, with both the S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Index (DJI) reaching new highs. The S&P 500 had its best week in a year, crossing the key 6,000-point mark for the first time in history. The DJI was right behind it, breaching 44,000 points for another historic first. Sectors that did particularly well include financials, energy and industrials. On the flip side, consumer staples, utilities and property stocks suffered. To add to the excitement, the Federal Reserve initiated another quarter-point interest rate…
Proponents insist Article 6.4 carbon market standards contain robust environmental and human rights safeguards, but campaigners want ‘back door deal’ risks opening door to widespread greenwashing Source link
(Reuters) – India’s retail inflation in October accelerated to 6.21% year-on-year, breaching the central bank’s target range for the first time in over a year, as food prices remained stubbornly high, government data released on Tuesday showed. The annual retail inflation was higher than the estimate of 5.81% in a Reuters poll of 45 economists. In September, inflation stood at 5.49%, which was a nine-month high. COMMENTARY: RADHIKA RAO, SENIOR ECONOMIST, DBS BANK, SINGAPORE “The key culprit behind the spike in inflation in October was food costs, especially the over 40% increase in staple vegetables and pass-through of duty increases…
IFC is investing up to €15 million in Cogito Fund II to support early-stage tech companies in Central and Eastern Europe. The €125 million fund will focus on Series A and B companies, boosting innovation in sectors like fintech and climate-tech. Warsaw, Poland, November 12, 2024—To support innovative startups and technology-enabled ventures across Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), IFC has committed an equity investment of up to €15 million in Cogito Fund II (the Fund). This investment aims to help early-growth stage technology companies access the capital and resources necessary to develop and scale new technology solutions, thereby creating jobs…
(Reuters) – Nasdaq-listed electric vehicle maker VinFast said on Wednesday it will get a fresh round of funding worth 85 trillion dong ($3.35 billion) from its founder and its parent firm, Vingroup by 2026, when it expects to break even. VinFast began operations in 2019 and has been expanding aggressively into global markets, but the firm continues to report increasing losses as it grapples with softer demand and challenges in the sector. Approximately 50 trillion dong ($1.97 billion) of the new funding is expected to come from VinFast’s founder, tycoon Pham Nhat Vuong, according to a company statement. Vingroup, one…
However, critics say the system contains several loopholes that can be easily exploited. Climate activists and experts highlight potential risks, such as human rights abuses and “greenwashing,” where polluters can claim environmental progress without truly reducing emissions.Some carbon credit projects, such as large-scale reforestation, could displace Indigenous communities and alter ecosystems if not managed carefully.Aarti Gupta of the environmental policy group at the Department of Social Sciences, Wageningen University, warned that Article 6 could prioritise carbon trading over direct climate finance, a shift she described as “dangerous” and as undermining the goals of the Paris Agreement.Yet, Martin Hession, Vice-Chair of…