As we head into the fourth week of a significant pullback in the major market averages, the investment landscape is more turbulent than ever. What started as fears of prolonged inflation and relentless interest rate hikes has now morphed into concerns about an impending recession. The narrative has shifted,...
After a year of IPO doldrums,things are starting to heat up. Last week, we covered the pending IPO of Arm Holdings, the semiconductor design company. This week, the popular grocery delivery service, Instacart (Nasdaq: CART) announced it will be listing soon.According to a report from CNBC, Instacart is seeking...
Gold had fallen out of favor for many investors since war broke out in Ukraine. Spot prices for gold ran as high as $2,066 in March 2022 before plummeting over 20% down to $1,630 in October of the same year. Many investors switched to other assets like cryptocurrencies in search of...
The global demand for Lithium is red hot. According to Reuters, the Global demand for Lithium batteries alone is expected to leap five-fold by 2030, driven by the purchase of electric vehicles and energy storage systems. As Electric Vehicles (EVs) continue to proliferate across the United States, the Biden Administration...
Can Bulls Keep Running? A Market on the Brink Welcome to today’s Market Pulse, where the bulls are charging again, fueled by a post-election rally. With Donald Trump’s election victory, uncertainty around the presidency has cleared, and markets have surged in response. It seems the immediate relief rally comes from...
Big Pharma companies have built empires out of human pain without managing to come close to addressing the number one cause of disability in the world: Depression, a disease that costs the economy a trillion dollars in lost production every year.  But while Big Pharma is turning over billions in...
A failed ocean in what is now the Amazon rainforest could soon help solve Brazil’s biggest agriculture problem But to grow that food, Brazil depends on other nations for its most essential fertilizer — a mineral called potash. In fact, Brazil imports about 98% of this critical nutrient from tens of...
For people suffering from myasthenia gravis (mg) and other debilitating autoimmune disorders, daily life can be miserable. Patients suffering from mg complain about extreme muscle weakness and fatigue, which can make routine activities like chewing and swallowing very difficult to accomplish. Immunovant (NASDAQ: IMVT) just reported after early-stage data from...
With global demand rising for Lithium, Chile is positioning itself as the dominant market leader in the mining and distribution of the critical component for the EV battery movement. The government of Chile announced in April that it planned to nationalize its lithium industry, following a move made previously in...
When the Numbers Don’t Add Up This week’s investing puzzle just got more complicated, and it’s not just inflation, jobs, or rates. It’s whether the data we’re using to make decisions is even reliable in the first place. That’s right. U.S. economic data, long considered the gold standard, is now under...