Sens. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., and Adam Schiff, D-Calif., on May 21 introduced legislation to create a tax credit incentivizing biomass carbon removal and storage (BiCRS) technologies, including biochar production. Source link
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Image source: Getty Images The NatWest (LSE:NWG) share price has more than doubled in price over the past three years. As I noted above, it has certainly surprised a few investors. Myself included. When buying a house around two years ago, I was forced to choose a few stocks to sell. Sadly, I sold NatWest and kept two other UK banks. I had really gone to town on British banks following the Silicon Valley Bank fiasco. And I say “sadly” because the stock has really surged since then. I believed the government stake would mean the stock would appreciate more…
Image source: Getty Images Over the past five years the Pennon Group (LSE: PNN) share price has fallen 60%. Today, (3 June) the company reported a pre-tax loss for FY25. But in times of distress, opportunity for smart investors can sometimes appear. So, is this the case here? Loss-making Lower water demand coupled with a record investment programme of £650m resulted in an underlying loss of £35m. After tax is accounted for, the loss was £57m. Like many of its peers, it’s struggling with a bloated balance sheet that has seen interest expense increase 23% in 2025. There are no…
Image source: Getty Images I’ve always seen Tesco (LSE: TSCO) shares as solid but dull. And I’ve never bought them. Which just shows how wrong I can be. I’ve been writing about Tesco for more than a decade, going back to when Philip Clarke was having a rough time in the top job. His three-year stint brought profit warnings, falling sales, the horsemeat scandal and a £250m accounting mess. When Dave Lewis replaced him in July 2014, Tesco began its rebuild. That recovery has carried on under current boss Ken Murphy, who took over in October 2020. FTSE 100 star…
Image source: Getty Images Growth stocks are those that are growing (of course) but specifically those that are doing it faster than the average, whether that’s the overall market or rivals in a particular sector. As such, they generally trade at a higher value than others (sometimes riskily so). However, not all shares do, which can present lucrative opportunities if the market has mispriced them. Here are two that I think are worth considering in June. Ashtead Technology In my opinion, AIM-listed Ashtead Technology‘s (LSE: AT.) worth a look at 450p. The £363m company rents out specialist subsea equipment for…
Mortgage interest rates are unchanged today. According to Zillow, the 30-year fixed mortgage rate remained at 6.81%, and the 15-year fixed rate held steady at 6.02%. Prospective home buyers are knocking on the door, but existing homeowners are stuck. They don’t want to move from their low-mortgage-rate homes, even though lifestyle pressures may be goading them to downsize or upgrade. Hannah Jones, senior research analyst at Realtor.com, believes that may be about to change. “We expect that this lock-in effect will ease as more homeowners grow tired of waiting for significant rate changes and as life factors such as jobs,…
Image source: Getty Images FTSE 250 gambling-focused technology stock Playtech (LSE: PTEC) was an absolute gem last year. As my fellow Fool Ken Hall pointed out back in January, the share price climbed 60% to £7.22, making it one of the year’s standout mid-cap performers. A few key things went right. Playtech sold its Italian consumer-facing business Snaitech to Flutter Entertainment for €2.3bn in cash. This freed up capital for investment and shareholder returns and allowed Playtech to sharpen its focus on business-to-business (B2B) services, where margins tend to be better. The group also resolved a long-running dispute with Mexican…
I was very close to buying Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA) shares in May. After the company’s latest earnings report however, I’m glad I didn’t. The numbers themselves were impressive. But something CEO Jensen Huang said stood out to me – and not in a good way. China export restrictions The latest export restrictions on Nvidia’s H20 chip have cost the firm $4.5bn in inventory it now can’t use. And it’s also set to result in an $8bn hit to revenues in the next three months. Neither of those is positive, but what concerns me is something different. I’m more interested in the…
Image source: The Motley Fool Warren Buffett’s latest Berkshire Hathaway portfolio update in May made headlines, but one of the most interesting developments has gone largely unnoticed: a sizeable and growing stake in Chubb (NYSE: CB). While investors typically focus on Buffett’s top holdings like Apple and Coca-Cola, this lesser-known insurer is an outlier among big-name companies. Berkshire Hathaway has quietly built a position in Chubb worth over $6.7bn, as revealed in its latest 13F filing. That makes Chubb one of Berkshire’s largest publicly traded insurance holdings, alongside its wholly owned businesses like GEICO and Gen Re. The move is…
Image source: Getty Images Barclays’ (LSE: BARC) share price is near its 21 May one-year high of £3.31. Any break above that would see it hit levels not reached since 22 May 2013 when it dealt at £3.38 before moving lower. I think the key element to this surge in recent months has been a series of strong results. These resulted from a well-executed switch from an interest-based banking model to a fee-based one. Some investors may shirk at the notion of buying a stock that has risen so much already. Others may feel compelled to jump on what they…