Alex Kimani

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• Standard Chartered Blames Gamma Hedging For Overdue Oil Selloff

  Published 19 March 2023 | viewed 12,125 times

  The energy sector has emerged as the worst performer among all 11 sectors of the U.S. market in the current week, with energy prices dropping…

• SVB Collapse Is Bad News For Small Scale Solar

  Published 16 March 2023 | viewed 2,244 times

  The sudden collapse of Silicon Valley Bank has sent shockwaves through the entire financial sector and marked the biggest bank failure since the 2008 financial…

• Are Oil Prices Set For A Quick Comeback?

  Published 16 March 2023 | viewed 15,946 times

  The energy markets are going through one of their worst selloffs in recent times as fears of a new global crisis continue to roil financial…

• Will The Saudi-Iranian Diplomatic Deal Bring Oil Prices Down?

  Published 14 March 2023 | viewed 5,117 times

  The energy markets have kicked off the new week on a sour note, with oil prices recording significant declines in early trading on Monday just…

• Get Ready For The EU Gas Buyers’ Cartel

  Published 12 March 2023 | viewed 14,793 times

  Rocked by one of the worst energy crises in living memory, the European Union will make its first move as a gas buyers’ cartel next…

• How Tesla Plans To Distance Itself from Problematic Supply Chains

  Published 09 March 2023 | viewed 2,657 times

  Shares of Australian rare earths developers Lynas Rare Earths Ltd (OTCPK:LYSCF)(ASX:LYC) and Arafura Rare Earths Ltd (OTCPK:ARAFF)(ASX: ARU) have tanked after Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) outlined plans to stop using rare earths…

• BlackRock Sees More Value In EU Companies Than U.S. Stocks

  Published 09 March 2023 | viewed 1,734 times

  The last two decades of extreme underperformance and numerous false starts by European stock markets have left investors despondent and pessimistic. The eurozone sovereign debt…

• Exploding SUV Market Is Another Big Boost For Oil Demand

  Published 09 March 2023 | viewed 3,387 times

  The global electrification drive has been hailed as the world’s best shot at preventing a catastrophic and irreversible climate meltdown wrought by uncontrolled emissions of…

• Oil Price Rally Unravels On China's Underwhelming GDP Growth Target

  Published 06 March 2023 | viewed 8,491 times

  Oil prices pulled back on Monday morning after China set a GDP growth target of “around 5%” for 2023, lower than last year’s target of…

• Lithium Prices Have Crashed Spectacularly, Here’s What Next

  Published 05 March 2023 | viewed 14,151 times

  Over the past few years, the lithium markets exploded as the electrification drive went into overdrive. EV makers like Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) have been scrambling to secure supplies amid…

• LME Halts Flows Of Russian Metals To The U.S.

  Published 03 March 2023 | viewed 20,649 times

  The London Metal Exchange (LME) has suspended the inflow of Russian base metals into its U.S. warehouses prior to the planned imposition of tariffs on Russian metal…

• ‘New Fuels’ Take Over Commodity Markets Of The Future

  Published 01 March 2023 | viewed 2,922 times

  The energy transition and the global energy crisis have triggered deep transformations within international energy trade. To wit, hydrogen and hydrogen-based products, including ammonia and…

• Oil Trade Is Moving Away From Europe

  Published 28 February 2023 | viewed 13,568 times

  Oil is the largest commodity in the world, with the global crude oil market in 2022 estimated at $2.7 trillion. This trade is facilitated by both…

• Red States Benefit Most From Biden's Inflation Reduction Act

  Published 28 February 2023 | viewed 2,298 times

  Republicans are not exactly known to embrace renewable energy, with GOP elected officials and fossil fuel supporters frequently criticizing the clean energy drive. Not a…

• Why ESG Funds Love General Motors

  Published 24 February 2023 | viewed 1,860 times

      Over the past few years, a deluge of do-good ETFs flooded U.S. exchanges and drew in billions of investor dollars. However, the global…

• What The Business Cycles Tell Us About Oil Prices

  Published 22 February 2023 | viewed 10,367 times

  The oil and gas markets are currently in the throes of yet another downturn, with Brent crude down 34% from its May 2022 peak while…

• Top 5 Best Oil Stock Performers And 5 Worst Performers

  Published 21 February 2023 | viewed 8,972 times

  The current year is shaping up as another lackluster year for the U.S. energy sector, with oil and gas stocks sitting out a wider market…

• Are Small Modular Reactors The Future Of Nuclear Power?

  Published 19 February 2023 | viewed 10,264 times

  For decades, many countries have maintained a love-hate relationship with nuclear energy, with the sector regarded as the black sheep of the alternative energy industry…

• Putin’s Gift To Exxon

  Published 16 February 2023 | viewed 10,422 times

  When Russia invaded Ukraine nearly a year ago, few people would have imagined that the disruption of oil and gas supplies would push the fossil…

• UK’s Centrica Profit Triples Amid High Energy Prices

  Published 16 February 2023 | viewed 655 times

  British Gas owner Centrica Centrica Plc (OTCPK:CPYYY) saw its FY 2022 profits triple to a record 3.3 billion pounds last year amid high energy prices.…