Welcome back to The Market Pulse, your weekly dose of financial wisdom and wit. Today, we're turning our attention to the AI chip arena, where a fascinating drama is unfolding.
Nvidia, the current champion, is basking in the limelight, fueled by the insatiable demand from tech titans like Microsoft and...
Celebrities may soon find themselves out of an advertising side job when they need to shore up funds.
You don’t have to be a trustworthy figure like Tom Selleck to advertise reverse mortgages, and this is only effective for a dwindling demographic that still watches local TV.
It doesn’t take Jennifer...
The year 2020 is so far proving to be another bumper year for Bitcoin and cryptocurrency bulls. After a worrying slump following the global stock market crash in March due to the Covid-19 pandemic, as of end-July 2020, Bitcoin had staged a quick recovery to cross the $11k mark...
A historical event without precedent in living memory, the COVID-19 pandemic has affected the commodity markets, including metals and mining, in a variety of ways with many miners experiencing the downside of relying on global supply chains, specialization and ultra-lean operations.
Many mining operations have been disrupted through government-mandated shutdowns...
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...
Big Tech’s AI Gamble: Is Wall Street Ready to Wait?
Welcome to this week’s edition of The Market Pulse, where we dive deep into the critical crossroads of AI innovation, tech earnings, and Wall Street's ticking clock. This week, the Magnificent 7—led by Microsoft, Tesla, Meta, and Apple—report quarterly results,...
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...
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...
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...
Never before has the risk-reward thesis for critical minerals been more tantalizing.
Rare earth metals have been one of the best hiding places for investors amid a steep market sell-off prompted by fears of global recession, a raging Russian war in Ukraine, a complex regime of sanctions and sky-high energy...
