Whenever I drive around town, I like to play a little game. I count how many Teslas I see on the road vs. Mercedes. It’s an easy game to play. Teslas are easy to spot, and so is the distinctive Mercedes logo. Several years ago, it was rare to...
Investing in renewal, green energy is no longer just a concept. It’s happening and several industries are on the move, including solar, battery storage systems and wind energy with the goal fo reducing worldwide dependence on fossil fuels to satisfy global energy demand.
The Inflation Reduction Act provides funding and...
With lawmakers reaching agreement on the debt ceiling, one of the winners in the negotiations could be wind and solar energy.
The debt ceiling agreement paves the way for the building of interstate transmission lines which is key to Biden’s infrastructure agenda. Specifically, it would ease the permitting process for...
ESG investing stands for Environmental, Social, and Governance investing. It is an investment approach that takes into account the environmental, social, and governance factors of a company when making investment decisions.
Environmental factors include a company's impact on the environment, such as its carbon emissions, resource usage, and waste management....
Do you remember, way back when large, flat-panel TVs hit the market? They were all the rage, but the price tag was prohibitively expensive.
In 1997, The Phillips/Fujitsu Plasma flat screen TV hit the market with a retail price of $22,924. The TV was accessible for the very few, but...
Robinhood, the fee-free trading app that promised to level the playing field for retail investors, has by now made good on its promise: The app hasn’t only caught on amid a global pandemic, but it’s become a powerful driver of the market itself, with Wall Street now scrambling to...
There’s an old adage in investment circles that suggests that “the trend is your friend.”
For decades, megatrends have always set the stage for winning investments, whether they involved technological revolutions, government driven regulation or population demographics.
This has certainly continued to ring true with ESG investing, and not even the...
Impact investing stopped being merely a hobby in 2018 when it hit $30 billion. Now it’s a megatrend with a global pandemic increasing the momentum further.
It’s no longer about politics or morality. It’s about making money—plain and simple.
And it’s disrupted Wall Street to the point that BlackRock is now...
The COVID-19 pandemic triggered massive panic selling from February through March, killing the oldest bull market in stocks, while the economy collapsed into a deep recession.
Quick and decisive action by the Fed to lower interest rates and inject the market with more cash as well as provide a huge...
