Gold Mid-Tiers’ Fundamentals for Q1 2025
Stock image. The mid-tier and junior gold miners in this sector’s sweet spot for upside potential just achieved their best quarter ever. Profits soared to amazing records, fueled by record gold prices combined with mostly holding the line on costs. The fundamentally-superior smaller gold miners continue to outperform the majors, and remain deeply undervalued relative […]
USGS Identifies Significant Oil and Gas Reserves in Wyoming
USGS Discovers Large Oil & Gas Deposits In Wyoming The Department of the Interior has announced that the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has discovered large oil and gas deposits in the Mowry Composite Total Petroleum System that spans parts of Wyoming, Colorado and Utah. The report estimates large hydrocarbon resources, including 473 million barrels of […]
Pakistan Plans to Provide U.S. Companies Concessions for Mining Investments in Tariff Negotiations
Pakistan plans to offer concessions to US companies to invest in its mining sector as part of negotiations with Washington over tariffs, its commerce minister told Reuters, as Islamabad seeks to capitalize on the Trump administration’s interest in boosting trade with South Asia. Pakistan faces a potential 29% tariff on exports to the United States […]
Is the Stock Market Closed for Memorial Day? Upcoming Nvidia Earnings Report.
Is the stock market closed on Memorial Day? Nvidia earnings up next In This Story With the bond-market selloff spooking investors across the board, stocks finished last week in the red. The Dow, Nasdaq, and S&P 500 all fell. How Trump’s tariffs could make your iPhone cost $3,500 Disappointing retail data kept piling up, too, […]
Weekly Market Preview: RBNZ Decision, Japan CPI, Fed Minutes, and US Core PCE
RBNZ Decision, Japan CPI, Fed Minutes, and US Core PCE – Markets Weekly Preview Week in Review: Bitcoin all-time highs, Weaker Dollar in another volatile week The US Dollar was once again on the main stage this week as we have observed initial market reactions after last Friday’s US Credit Rating Downgrade by Moody’s Agency. […]
Top 10 Films about Banking, Payments, and Financial Fraud to Watch This Memorial Day
Top 10 Banking, Payments, Financial Fraud Films for Memorial Day As Memorial Day approaches, kick off your summer blockbuster season with a binge-worthy lineup of films that dive deep into the wild, weird and sometimes tragic world of banking, payments and financial fraud. From true tales of Wall Street excess to comedies about offshore shell […]
Apple: New Tariff Threat Introduces Uncertainty…
Editor’s Note: This analysis was originally published as a stock note by Morningstar Equity Research. President Donald Trump continued tariff threats on Apple AAPL on May 23. On his Truth Social platform, Trump indicated his desire for iPhone production to shift to the United States and claimed Apple would face a blanket 25% tariff for […]
Heading into Earnings: Should You Buy or Sell Nvidia Stock?
Nvidia NVDA is set to release its first-quarter 2026 earnings report on May 28. Here’s Morningstar’s take on what to look for in Nvidia’s earnings and stock. China, tariffs, and geopolitics are at the forefront. Nvidia announced a $5.5 billion writeoff of H20 inventory for artificial intelligence chips targeted for China, as subsequent US restrictions […]
3 ETFs to Enhance Your Portfolio Diversity
Bryan Armour: Tariff talk has raised uncertainty for businesses and global economies. Change is in the air, and it could have a meaningful impact on the future of your investments. As market trends shift, investors should add resiliency to their portfolios. Diversification should be a core goal for investors amid this uncertainty. One company, one […]
What Do Mark Carney’s Cabinet Selections Imply for…
As Mark Carney settles into his new role as prime minister, analysts say his cabinet choices show a clear focus on steering the Canadian economy through the significant challenges poised by the trade war with the United States. Even before US President Donald Trump launched his tariffs against Canada, the economy was fragile. Now, with […]