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After ending 2022 on an upward trend that continued into January, Chinese gold demand surged again in February as the economy continues to rebound from…
Air pollution is the greatest environmental health hazard to humankind, leading to over six million deaths a year and an economic cost that equates to…
After striking their historic peace deal which was mediated by China in Beijing over a week ago, Iran and Saudi Arabia continue to make strikes…
The International Energy Agency (IEA) predicts that Asia will account for half of the world’s electricity consumption by 2025, with one-third of global electricity being…
Readers will recall that, for the last several months, I have noted that US oil production per the EIA's weekly Petroleum Status Report was…
Officials with the Russian oil company Transneft say they've uncovered a failed bomb plot to sabotage the Druzhba oil pipeline and maim civilians in the…
The Federal Reserve is in the unenviable position of achieving its mandate by crashing the economy. It's not something it wants to do, as Fed Chair Jerome…
Auto dealerships are encountering a major problem where auction (wholesale) prices are increasing while real book values stagnate, squeezing profitability. To make sense of this,…
The failure of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank reminds us of a very important truth — if you can’t hold it in your hand,…
As stock markets flailed and the age of zero interest was only slowly beginning to end, 2022 was not kind to investors. The year was…
Illinois relies on nuclear energy for over half of its electricity production. The plants producing that power are mostly old and scheduled to be mothballed by…
In January 2023, Singapore’s central bank, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) returned to gold buying again, adding a massive 44.6 tonnes of…
Amid the mounting speculation of a soft landing and even talk of a "no landing", we've pointed out multiple strategists who don't share that sense…
After charting the highest level of net gold purchases on record in 2022, central banks started out 2023 right where they left off. Central banks…
The latest note from Morgan Stanley analyst Adam Jonas does anything to instill confidence in an auto industry that, as we have been noting, has been…
With many automakers transitioning from petrol-powered vehicles to electrified ones, Porsche and Ferrari are pursuing a new strategy by concentrating on the advancement of eFuels…
A year on from Russia’s initial invasion of Ukraine, Russian fossil fuel exports are still flowing to various nations around the world. As Visual Capitalist's…
U.S. oil companies have prioritized shareholder returns over future output, resulting in a $128 billion windfall for investors and marking the first time in a…
The Ukraine-Russia war has rerouted crude tanker flows over the past year, equating to higher profits for shipowners. But the upside is not evenly spread. Midsize…
Investors are bracing for longer inflation. The Federal Reserve indicated that more restrictive monetary policy is in the cards amid strong employment gains. In Europe,…