Companies around the world are scrambling to secure the stockpiles of Germanium and Gallium they need after China announced they were curbing exports of the niche metals in their national defense interests.
Germanium and Gallium are vital metals with multiple industrial applications.
GERMANIUM
Germanium has several industrial applications due to its unique...
Worldwide demand for copper is steadily on the rise, spurred by trillions of dollars being invested in new infrastructure spending projects, and Argentina is vying to become a major player in this sector.
Traditionally, global copper mining has been dominated by Chile, Peru, China, the United States and Australia.
According to...
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,...
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 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,...
Why is the market so resilient, yet so vulnerable? In recent weeks, investors witnessed a brief but sharp sell-off that left many scratching their heads. The stock market's rapid rebound, despite concerning economic signals, has sparked debates about the underlying health of the global economy. Deutsche Bank's latest analysis...
“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...
The End of Just-In-Time Manufacturing as we Know It
Just-in-time (JIT) manufacturing was initiated in the 1950s and 1960s by Toyota. The approach was developed as part of the Toyota Production System (TPS), which aimed to minimize waste and improve efficiency in manufacturing processes.
The concept of JIT revolves around producing...
