Oil Price Update: Can Brent Surpass $80? Winter Demand, Offshore Drilling, and Technical Analysis Under Examination
Oil Price Update – Will Brent Break $80? Winter Demand, Offshore Drilling, and Technicals in Focus Most Read: Global Market Outlook 2025: Trends, Risks, and Opportunities for Traders Oil prices have had a surprisingly positive start to 2025. The reason I say this is because the narrative heading into 2025 was one of concerns largely […]
House Financial Services Leadership Focuses on Digital Assets
House Financial Services Leadership Targets Digital Assets The House Financial Services Committee has chosen leadership with an eye toward digital asset regulation. Rep. French Hill (R-Ark.) announced the new appointments Thursday (Jan. 9), promising to “right-size the regulatory system for particularly community banks,” and “create a regulatory framework for digital assets that will protect investors and consumers.” In addition, Hill […]
Equinox Stock Soars After Achieving Record Production Year
This is compared with the annual guidance of 590,000 to 675,000 ounces from its seven operating gold mines in Canada, the US, Mexico, and Brazil. Shares of Equinox were up 6.5% at 11 am EDT, giving the company a market capitalization of CAD 4 billion ($2.8 billion). The company ended the year with $240 million […]
Verses AI Inc. Announces Closing of $20,000,000 Prospectus
Verses AI Inc. has successfully closed a “reasonable best efforts” offering, issuing 12,738,853 units at C$1.57 each, raising approximately C$20 million. Each unit includes one Class A Subordinate Voting Share and half a share purchase warrant, which allows the purchase of one share at C$1.96 until January 9, 2028. The offering, managed by A.G.P. Canada, […]
Will the Federal Reserve Increase Interest Rates in 2025?
When the Federal Reserve jolted markets in December, it wasn’t with its decision to cut interest rates by a quarter point, but with big changes in its rate forecasts for 2025. Fed officials indicated they now expect to cut rates by just a half point in 2025, which would likely mean two rate cuts at […]
Newsletter Writer Reveals Favorite Battery Metal Selections
Newsletter Writer Shares Top Battery Metal Picks In the evolving landscape of investment opportunities, particularly in the realm of industrial and battery metals, the market presents a mix of caution and optimism. While the long-term outlook remains promising for many of these resources, short-term fluctuations and challenges necessitate a careful approach to investment. Companies like […]
Jay Kaduson Appointed CEO of Workplace Solutions at Voya Financial
Jay Kaduson to join Voya Financial as CEO of Workplace Solutions NEW YORK, January 08, 2025–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Voya Financial, Inc. (NYSE: VOYA) announced today that Jay Kaduson, an experienced financial services executive, will join the company on Jan. 16, 2025, as chief executive officer (CEO) of Workplace Solutions. Kaduson will oversee all aspects of the Health […]
The Lowest-Performing ETFs of 2024
Exchange-traded funds, or ETFs, are often low-cost instruments for investors to track popular indexes or leverage experienced manager choices in an attempt to beat the market. The best ones serve as building blocks for a portfolio, and unlike open-end mutual funds, all ETFs are traded throughout the day on an exchange. In 2024, the worst […]
India Records $5 Billion Decrease in November Gold Imports
The spike widened the country’s merchandise trade deficit to a record $37.84 billion in November, exceeding economists’ forecast of $23.9 billion and spooking financial markets. The country’s gold imports in November were $9.84 billion, compared with a preliminary estimate of $14.8 billion published last month, data compiled by the Directorate General of Commercial Intelligence and […]
Biden Takes Action: Bering Sea Off-Limits to Oil and Gas Drilling
Biden’s ocean action: Bering Sea closed off to oil and gas drilling The entire Northern Bering Sea has now been closed off to all oil and gas drilling with thanks to a flick of a pen and a final flourish from the departing US president, Joe Biden who issued the protection of some 625 million […]