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...
Strong Earnings Are No Longer Enough The investment community just watched one of the market’s most compelling narratives hit a significant speed bump. Nvidia, the undisputed kingmaker of the artificial intelligence boom, delivered an earnings report that was, by all accounts, extraordinarily good.  Yet, the market’s reaction was anything but celebratory,...
The Covid-19 pandemic has proven to be a major boon for the gaming industry, particularly video games and eSports in the so-called pandemic gold rush. With traditional sports only recently returning to some semblance of normalcy albeit to mostly empty stadiums, online gaming has been able to pick up...
Since 2020, we have all felt the impact of inflation in our lives. We’ve felt the rising costs of gasoline, eggs, meat, rent and other daily necessities.  Interest rate hikes, designed to cool down runaway inflation. Whle interest rates surged from under 3% to 6.5%, new 30-day mortgage interest rates...
Over the past 2 years Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies have been hammered as investors headed toward the exits. Major brokers were in flux in 2022 when Binance refused to buy out Sam Bankman-Fried’s FTX exchange. Some experts warned that Bitcoin could fall as low as $9,000. Simply put, the Bitcoin...
Millennials have been labeled many things: lazy, entitled, narcissistic among other unflattering terms. They have also been accused of being highly risk-averse, preferring flashy investments like crypto over slow-n-steady deliverables such as stocks and bonds. More recently, though, millennials have busted this stereotype.  Last year, they became the largest living adult...
As the curtain closes on the stock market’s acclaimed ‘good’ season, we stand at the crossroads of profit and prudence. With portfolios plumped up like Thanksgiving turkeys, thanks to a 22% feast since November, the temptation to pocket those gains and saunter into summer is palpable. But before you decide...
Ready for Tactical Tuesday? Today, we're zeroing in on the Dow Jones Industrial Average and its tantalizing approach to the 40,000 mark. It seems that the wall of investor psychology has it playing hard to get. But history suggests a breakthrough could mean above-average performance for the Dow! Speaking of...
Get ready for some precious metal fireworks! Gold, that classic safe haven, is making a bold statement and leaving analysts puzzled. Could it be time to ditch the usual market playbook? Maybe there's more to this rally than meets the eye. Today's Tactical Tuesday is about a fresh perspective. We're...
“Trade policy uncertainty" has become every investor’s nightmare. If you were hoping for a calm week in the markets, the bond market has something to say. As investors place their hopes on upcoming tariff negotiations with Japan, China, and Mexico, the market is signalling that the real story might not...