As we enter 2024, the financial landscape is witnessing a promising convergence of falling inflation and a gradually improving economy, setting the stage for a potential resurgence in Initial Public Offering (IPO) activity.As inflationary pressures ease and economic stability gains traction, investor confidence tends to rise, creating a more...
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...
Lithium 2.0 is all about North America and some of the biggest new discoveries in the world.  While this may be against the backdrop of bad times for lithium stocks overall, it has actually created a situation in which lithium companies are significantly undervalued, yet of critical importance to our...
Americans are experiencing a welcome relief at the gas pump this Thanksgiving, with gasoline prices showing a notable decline compared to earlier in the year.  This much-needed breather can be attributed to several factors, including a decrease in global crude oil prices, ample oil supplies, and reduced demand as the...
After a long drought, the past couple of months have ushered in a new round of IPOs, including chip design firm Arm Holdings (ARM), Instacart (CART) and most recently, the iconic sandal Birkenstock (BIRK). Each of these stocks came to market in search of high valuations, but soon came back...
When it comes to delivering oil to the market, the traditional approach has involved heavy investments in exploration and drilling. The problem with this approach is that not all exploration projects are timely or profitable. And in today’s push for clean energy, exploration and drilling is often frowned on...
Hurricane season is upon us, and experts are predicting a very busy season. NOAA predicts a 70% chance of 14-21 named storms, with 2-5 of them being major hurricanes. As this article is being written, category 3 Hurricane Idalia is barreling into Florida’s Gulf Coast, disrupting millions of lives...
In today’s environment of high inflation and rising interest rates, many U.S. consumers are struggling to make ends meet. Housing and rent costs are at unprecedented highs, and credit card debt recently surpassed $1 trillion dollars. Sky high interests are causing billions of dollars in losses as loans fall...
In the race to build a new generation of electric vehicles, the demand for certain rare earth minerals has skyrocketed.  Two critical rare earth minerals are Germanium and Gallium, and China is the largest supplier of these minerals. We covered the industrial applications of these minerals in a recent Global...
In the global rush to produce Electric Vehicles, many battery manufacturers have relied on cobalt to improve the performance of batteries. Cobalt has a wide variety of industrial applications 1.       Aerospace and Defense: Cobalt-based alloys are used in jet engines and gas turbine components due to their high-temperature...