Friday, April 19, 2024
There is no doubt that in an inflationary environment—such as the one in which we find ourselves now—consumer spending habits are affected. As prices continue to rise, people will stop to consider the things they really need versus the things they would like to have. For example, when it comes to food, people simply must […]
Finding winners in the pharmaceutical sector is not an easy process. But it is potentially quite lucrative. For the pharmaceutical companies themselves, the current environment for success is reminiscent of the Greek myth surrounding Sisyphus, whom the gods condemned to repeatedly roll a boulder up a hill—only to have it roll down again once he […]
Companies in the defense industry have been in the spotlight since the start of the war in Ukraine. The conflict highlighted the fact that many nations (especially in Europe) look under-prepared militarily for their new geopolitical reality. That is translating to a sector that seems to be embarking on a long winning streak, with expectations […]
On August 24, we had confirmation of what I’ve been saying for a while now: energy is the place to invest if you’re looking for dividends, specifically oil dividends. As Reuters reports: “Energy companies reaping record profits from soaring oil and gas prices have helped global dividend payments to shareholders soar above pre-pandemic levels and […]
America has a history of welcoming refugees from foreign shores. And now Wall Street is doing its part by welcoming a refugee from the United Kingdom. Unlike the U.S. market, the U.K. market has never been very fond of technology stocks, including biotechnology companies. Their valuations—and the levels of interest the attract—are usually low. That’s […]
BHP Group (BHP) is returning a record amount of cash to investors as surging coal prices helped the world’s biggest miner deliver a 26% increase in annual profits. The company and its shareholders are grateful it hung on to some of its coal assets. That kept BHP’s cash profit climbing in the 2022 financial year, […]
Ever since the start of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, it has been a busy time for the Defense Security Cooperation Agency, the Pentagon arm that oversees foreign military sales. During the first seven months of 2022, the agency facilitated 44 such deals, up from 25, 43 and 40 cases in the same period of the […]
By now, everyone has heard how the shortage of semiconductors has constrained production from automakers. Well, move over semiconductors, now the lack of lithium supply threatens to hold back the entire electric vehicle (EV) revolution. And just months ago lithium carbonate prices high all-time highs. Some prices for the key metals used in batteries for […]
Ever since the onset of the pandemic, one consistent characteristic of the global economy has come to the fore again and again: shortages of physical goods. The latest shortage to rear its head is a worldwide shortage of fiber-optic cable, driving up prices and lengthened product delivery times and endangering telecommunications companies’ ambitious plans to […]
Forget oil—the real money is in natural gas. Or at least that’s the message coming from a pioneer of the U.S. shale revolution, Chesapeake Energy (CHK). From Prince to Pauper to Prince Again? Once upon a time—when its stock was valued at more than $35 billion and its CEO, Aubrey McClendon, had the biggest pay […]
