Chesapeake energy: geopolitics can help it thrive, but seems overvalued

Chesapeake Energy Corporation spent most of the last decade trying to get away from its shale gas-dominated business by chasing liquid energy assets. ...

November 22, 2022, 6:49 pm

Fbs: oil’s future after the new sanctions

Even if you don't follow global politics, you probably know about the war in Eastern Europe. These events have influenced various financial assets,...

November 21, 2022, 9:33 am

Australian dollar outlook: caught in the us dollar vortex

The Australian Dollar was rag-dolled by US Dollar gyrations last week as data and geopolitics had marke...

November 19, 2022, 2:00 am

European markets mixed as investors monitor geopolitics, uk budget

Global markets are watching developments in Ukraine as the fallout from a missile hitting Polish territory continues. NATO said it was likely that Ukr...

November 17, 2022, 10:01 am

Heads up: uk fiscal statement to be announced later today

After the whole 'mini-budget' fiasco, which culminated in Liz Truss losing her position as prime minister, we a...

November 17, 2022, 6:05 am

Usd / cad – canadian dollar awaiting cpi

Canada inflation expected at 6.9% y/y in October, unchanged from September – The Donald Trump circus returns to US presidential ...

November 17, 2022, 5:01 am

Crude oil price jumps around on opec+ and iea reports, data and war woes

Crude oil has bounced around this week amid reports from OPEC+ and the IEA hinting at lower demand, while economic data and geo...

November 16, 2022, 2:00 am

Weekly focus – geopolitics takes centre stage

The central bank ‘pivot’ narrative got a boost from US CPI inflation surprising on the downside, falling back to 7.7% in October amid easing core ...

November 11, 2022, 1:44 pm

Brazil's bolsonaro calls emergency meeting with armed forces generals

Bolsonaro lost last month's election but there have been protests, including near armed forces based. He hasn't conceded the race.

The meetin...

November 10, 2022, 7:32 pm

So much for that split-congress bump. nasdaq down 2%

I don't want to tie the moves in markets too much to politics because even though Democrats did a bi...

November 9, 2022, 6:40 pm

Audusd portrays market’s anxiety near 0.6510 key hurdle, us politics, inflation in focus

AUDUSD prints mild losses around six-week high, snaps three-day uptrend. Fears of US government gridlock, pessimism surrounding China’s covid condit...

November 9, 2022, 7:01 am

Goldman sachs: 3 reasons for a us recession & 4 steps to avoid one

Via Goldman Sachs economists:

We still see a 35% probability that the US economy will enter a recession in the next 12 months. This is more t...

November 8, 2022, 12:48 am

Mlpx: a midstream energy fund that generates industry-beating performance

North America is energy-rich, and midstream energy suppliers & infrastructure entities will continue to be useful for several decades to come, such as...

November 7, 2022, 4:19 am

Ewu isn't levered to british tax cuts, but otherwise well exposed

EWU contains 'UK' equities, although almost all the businesses are highly international, so the politics ...

September 6, 2022, 3:25 pm

Grupo aval hostage to macro and politics despite strong execution

Grupo Aval is a Colombian financial conglomerate with both commercial banking and higher return asset management and real economy exposure. A recent s...

September 3, 2022, 4:41 am

Meta and twitter purge web of accounts spreading pro-u.s. propaganda abroad

In the post-2016 U.S. election world, secretive online campaigns designed to influence global politics ...

August 25, 2022, 3:07 pm

Yinn: the end of covid lockdowns could have an explosive impact

Chinese stocks have lagged US stocks for years as geopolitics have made investors wary. Charlie Munger ...

August 22, 2022, 7:04 pm

Monetary authorities are serious about rate increases, avoid lqd

LQD has bonds that are pretty long maturity, and not that many are variable rate. You can't predict politics <...

August 6, 2022, 4:33 am

Tan: technicals plus geopolitics equal breakout (technical analysis)

Invesco Solar Portfolio ETF peaked at $101.36 last November. Elliott Wave analysis strongly suggests it bottomed at $55.54 in May of this year....

August 5, 2022, 1:02 pm

Sturm, ruger & company: it might be time for firearms

I've written on the firearms company Sturm, Ruger & Company before, and given where the stock currently trades, I think it's time to look at the compa...

July 20, 2022, 6:05 am