Increasingly, the Wall Street firms we cover are starting to agree that while the future for the U.S. economy is still bright, it may be one of stock market gains much lower than the norm over the past 10 years. When that is the case, then investing strategies often shift from indexing to a more disciplined stock-picking routine. That’s when […]

The Strait of Hormuz, a narrow waterway at the mouth of the Persian Gulf, is rarely far from the center of global tensions. A major shipping route that handles around one-third of the world’s waterborne oil, it’s closely watched for signs of disruption. Iranian forces have targeted merchant ships traversing the chokepoint several times since early 2019 amid rising tensions […]

Commentary from Ark Invest: We share weekly commentaries with investors on stocks in our strategies that have appreciated or dropped more than 15% in a day during the course of the week. We hope you find this commentary useful. Grayscale Bitcoin Investment Trust (GBTC) Down 16% Grayscale Bitcoin Investment Trust, a trust tracking bitcoin’s market price, dropped nearly 16% on […]

Battery metals are set to rebound this year as an electric-vehicle boom is bolstered by post-pandemic push for a green economic recovery. U.S. President-elect Joe Biden has indicated the sector could get a boost, while China wants new energy vehicles to account for about 20% of total new car sales by 2025. Germany has extended subsidies on EVs for an […]

From mounting tensions with China to trade disruptions caused by the pandemic, agriculture in Australia has been hit by a few curved balls in recent months. Still, for wheat farmers, the outlook has seldom been better. Australia is one of the world’s biggest exporters of the ubiquitous staple used in everything from bread to cakes and pasta, and this year […]