Image source: Getty Images Over the decades, many investors have made lots of money from Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL). In fact, owning Apple stock has generated tens of billions of pounds in profits for Warren Buffett’s company Berkshire Hathaway alone. But the tech giant has seen 17% wiped off its share price so far in 2025 and Buffett has sold a large part of his holding in the past couple of years (though he retains a sizeable stake). So might Apple keep sliding? Or could now be a buying opportunity to add some to my portfolio? A share I’d happily own…
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JPMorgan Chase & Co. is developing a new service to tokenize carbon credits and is partnering with a trio of carbon companies for an initial trial. Kinexys, the US bank’s blockchain unit, is teaming up with S&P Global Commodity Insights, EcoRegistry and the International Carbon Registry to test a new application that will tokenize credits listed in registry systems overseen by the three companies, according to a statement on Wednesday. The companies will explore whether blockchain technology can be applied to regular activities such as tracking ownership of credits from issuance to retirement. Source link
Image source: Getty Images The AstraZeneca (LSE:AZN) share price rose 2.5% yesterday (1 July) on news that the company is considering moving its shares to the US. That’s been a popular theme for UK stocks recently. CEO Pascal Soriot has been critical of the UK’s approach to drug companies. But I’m not sure moving to the US would be an improvement. Price controls Developing new treatments is a risky and expensive business. And there’s an interesting question as to how firms that do this successfully – like AstraZeneca – should be compensated. One of the things Soriot has objected to…
The European Commission has proposed keeping the EU’s 2040 climate target to reduce net carbon emissions by 90% relative to 1990 levels. However, it wants to allow member states to purchase carbon credits from developing nations to meet a share of their requirements. Source link
Since its creation in 2007, the FMBBVA entities in five Latin American countries have served more than 6 million low-income entrepreneurs, disbursing more than $21 billion in loans to help them progress. These entrepreneurs, who are in a situation of socioeconomic vulnerability, require specific financing and support to overcome poverty. The FFD4, organised by the United Nations, brings together governments, multilateral organisations, financial institutions, the private sector and civil society with the aim of establishing a new global financing framework to accelerate the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In a global context of stagnation in poverty and hunger…
Image source: Getty Images FTSE 100 bank Barclays (LSE: BARC) has put in a rip-roaring performance over the past few years. The Barclays share price has moved up an impressive 186% over the past five years. Now, that is a somewhat unusual timeframe in the sense that the baseline is low. Five years ago, the country was still in the midst of the pandemic and its long-term impact on banks’ profitability was a question for debate. Still, there is more to the strong Barclays share price performance than just a low baseline. In the past year alone, it has moved…
Image source: Getty Images FTSE 100 insurance titan Admiral (LSE: ADM) is down 6% from its 20 July one-year high of £34.63. This follows a 37% jump from its 20 November 12-month low of £23.82. As such – and in the absence of any bad news on the firm – I think this pullback simply results from profit-taking. Nonetheless, it could mean an opportunity to buy the stock on the cheap. So, I ran the key numbers and looked again at the business to find out if this is the case. The underlying business A risk to the firm is…
New data from Sylvera shows increased activity and a continuing market shift towards higher quality and compliance grade carbon credits Source link
Image source: Getty Images The Lloyds (LSE: LLOY) share price is up 46% from its 10 January 12-month traded low of 52p. However, there could still be value left in the shares, as price and value are not the same thing. I took a deep dive into the business and ran key numbers to ascertain whether there is indeed value here. The share price A quick and broad indicator of whether there may be value left is the earnings growth forecasts for the bank. It is expansion here that ultimately drives any firm’s share price (and dividends) higher over time.…
Image source: Getty Images I bought some shares in Greggs (LSE: GRG) earlier this year. Since then, my Greggs shares have been a bit up and a bit down at different points, but nothing spectacular. My reason for buying them was because I thought they looked like a possible bargain at their price. So as they are still selling at a price close to what I thought was a bargain, should I buy more? Avoiding a common mistake Before getting into the specifics of the Greggs investment case, I will pause to flag up a potential error common to many…