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...
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...
Last month, we profiled 3 companies in the wind energy industry. Most companies in this sector are seeing steady gains on increased green energy initiatives around the globe. Wind Energy in the Headlines U.S. Urged to Carve Out Wind, Solar Build Zones to Curb Delays (Reuters) Biggest Offshore Wind Farm in the...
Imagine driving a car that runs clean, and emits pure water from its exhaust pipe. That’s the promise that hydrogen offers as a fuel source, and these vehicles may be commercially available sooner than you think.Hydrogen as a Green Energy Source Hydrogen is often considered a green energy source when...
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...
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...
Reimagining the world and learning from it; that’s what today’s artificial intelligence advancements will allow us to do, from figuring out how to avoid disastrous wildfires and introducing carbon-mitigating ‘nature tech’ to reinventing mining so it works for us, rather than against us.  AI can build digital twins of real-word...
This year was the breakout year for Generative artificial intelligence (Gen AI). Tech companies, according to McKinsey, are positioned to see the most disruption from Gen Ai, “adding value equivalent to as much as 9 percent of global industry revenue”.  When McKinsey conducted its latest Gen AI survey in April this...
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....