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• 2018: The Year Of The Oil Majors

  Published 01 February 2018 | viewed 0 times

  ExxonMobil (NYSE:XOM) has made headlines this week, and not only because the world’s largest publicly traded oil and gas company is reporting Q4 figures before…

• 5 Top Picks As Luxury Markets Boom

  Published 24 January 2018 | viewed 0 times

  The charming mysticism of precious stones is the stuff of legend, and today, these ‘tears of the gods’ are opening up major new opportunities for…

• The Blockchain Revolution Is Heading To Space

  Published 23 January 2018 | viewed 0 times

  There is a new wave of coders and hackers looking to upend the entire internet, signaling the start of a brand new space race. No,…

• The Best Places In The World To Mine Bitcoin

  Published 18 January 2018 | viewed 0 times

  Deep in China’s Sichuan mountains, miners are chipping away at complex mathematical puzzles in hopes of unlocking one of today’s most prized assets, bitcoin. Currently,…

• The World’s Most Expensive Oil

  Published 09 January 2018 | viewed 0 times

  When asked about the most expensive oil grade out there, those working in the oil industry are caught blindsided because there’s no easy way to…

• Can Blockchain Bring An End To Corruption?

  Published 03 January 2018 | viewed 0 times

  The Roman historian Tacitus once famously quipped “the more corrupt the state, the more numerous the laws”. Every year, roughly 2 percent of global GDP…

• Oil Sees Strongest Start Of Year Since 2014

  Published 02 January 2018 | viewed 0 times

  Brent crude and West Texas Intermediate started trading in 2018 above US$60 a barrel both for the first time since January 2014, before prices collapsed.…

• What Drove WTI Above $60?

  Published 29 December 2017 | viewed 0 times

  WTI briefly broke above $60 per barrel on news that a pipeline in Libya exploded, knocking a sizable portion of supply offline. The oil pipeline…

• Hedge Funds Bullish On Oil For 2018

  Published 19 December 2017 | viewed 0 times

  Money managers increased their net bullish bets on Brent Crude to a record high last week, while net longs on WTI were close to a nine-month high,…

• The Billionaires Betting On Space Travel

  Published 12 December 2017 | viewed 0 times

  The space race is on for some of the biggest names out there. Leading technology giants like Amazon.com, SpaceX, Microsoft, Virgin Group, Google, and Facebook…

• Why Isn't Wall St. Backing The Next Shale Boom?

  Published 08 December 2017 | viewed 0 times

  Only four of the companies in our Large-Cap Growth Portfolio are trading today in the upper half of their 52-week ranges: Concho Resources (CXO), Continental…

• Analysts Raise 2018 Oil Price Forecasts After OPEC Deal

  Published 07 December 2017 | viewed 0 times

  The extension of the OPEC and allies’ production cut deal through the end of 2018 is sending a stronger signal that the oil market rebalancing…

• China's EV Plan Could Cause An Oil Price Crash

  Published 29 November 2017 | viewed 0 times

  Oil prices could decline to $35 a barrel next year if China and India speed up the adoption of electric cars to cope with severe…

• Meet The World’s Most Powerful Bitcoin Backers

  Published 27 November 2017 | viewed 0 times

  Cryptocurrency may be one of the biggest threats to governments, security and the entire financial system that we’ve ever seen. It can help fund terrorism…

• GE Looks To Divest Energy Assets As Turmoil Continues

  Published 14 November 2017 | viewed 0 times

  General Electric Corp., as part of a turnaround plan announced November 13, halved its common stock dividend, from $.24 to $.12. per quarter, a fifty…

• Don’t Expect Palladium Prices to Plunge

  Published 08 November 2017 | viewed 0 times

  Over the past month, there has been a deluge of news heralding a new era of palladium, which has soared above the $1000 per ounce…

• Supermajors Square Off For The Top Spot In Oil

  Published 07 November 2017 | viewed 0 times

  Brent’s close to $65 a barrel and WTI is climbing closer and closer to $60—and analysts are rushing to make bullish forecasts for the fourth…

• Trump’s China Trip To Reap Billions In Energy Deals

  Published 01 November 2017 | viewed 0 times

  U.S. President Donald Trump will visit China November 8-10 for a series of bilateral and commercial events, including a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping. On that…

• Can Mali Maintain Its Gold Mining Status?

  Published 04 October 2017 | viewed 0 times

  Mali’s gold exports are falling, and new discoveries aren’t enough to make up for the loss of its giant legacy mines, where production is already…

• Hurricane Harvey Tosses Global Oil Markets Into Chaos

  Published 29 August 2017 | viewed 0 times

  The most powerful Hurricane to hit Texas in more than 50 years has devastated much of the coast, and the historic flooding is now causing…