Metal prices are soaring and prospects are bright. Trident offers broad exposure to the commodities sector at an attractive 34p price. The shares are a buy.
US Solar Fund should also benefit from governments increased support for all things environmental. Solar power was the fastest-growing form of electricity generation in the US last year and the country already boasts enough solar plants to power more than 17 million homes. Over time, that number is expected to increase substantially.
President Biden is determined to cut carbon emissions dramatically in America. He has already extended tax credits for new solar power projects and other incentives are expected to follow.
This creates a favourable backdrop for US Solar Fund, the London-listed group specialising in American solar power projects. US Solar floated two years ago, raising $200million (£144million), at $1 a share, to acquire a portfolio of solar projects.
Gaylord Nelson was a relatively unknown American senator when an oil spill off the coast of California polluted vast swathes of the Pacific Ocean, killing thousands of sea creatures and coating beaches with black slime.
It was 1969 and the scale of the disaster gave Nelson an idea. A year later, he led the first Earth Day, when 20million Americans took to the streets to protest against environmental damage to their country.
Last Thursday, Earth Day celebrated its 51st anniversary, as more than a billion people around the world participated in climate and environment-related events.
Wind of change: Foresight Group is poised to benefit from action on climate change fuelled by Earth Day last week
Recently, however, views have begun to change as industry experts have realised that large stores work for both digital and traditional shoppers.
General e-commerce wisdom suggests online shopping is at its best when goods are dispatched from centralised warehouses. Food retailing is different, however, because so much of it is perishable and profit margins are very low.
Smaller warehouses attached to existing stores are often more cost-effective, allowing supermarkets to serve old-school and online customers from one site.
As this realisation sets in, the big beasts of food retail are looking at their estates with new eyes, seeing big stores as key to their future rather than dinosaurs past their sell-by date.
Chancellor Rishi Sunak s Budget was clear – when it comes to business, the Government wants to support enterprising, innovative companies that can help make the UK a force to be reckoned with in the 2020s and beyond.
1Spatial is just such a business. Spun out of Cambridge University more than 40 years ago, 1Spatial has pioneered sophisticated software that allows public and private sector customers to create detailed digital maps at local, regional and national level.
The shares are 35p and should increase materially as chief executive Claire Milverton rolls out her strategy for growth.
On target: 1Spatial s mapping software helps California firefighters, who last year faced record-breaking blazes