Gold (XAU/USD) Prices Surge Back to $2750/oz as Gold Funds Attract Record $3 Billion Inflows
Gold (XAU/USD) Price Reclaims $2750/oz Amid Record $3 Billion Inflows into Gold Funds Most Read: Brent Crude – Oil Prices Open $4 Lower After Limited Israeli Response, Where to Next? Gold prices have smashed through the 2750 handle once more following a drop over the weekend. Following the weekend, Gold opened around 2732 before moving […]
Essential knowledge for technologists leading an IT department
What technologists need to know to lead an IT department Sharon Mandell’s full-time role is chief information officer at Juniper Networks. But she says the hardest job she’s ever had is her side hustle: teaching. For the past three years, Mandell has taught a graduate class in information systems at the University of San Francisco, […]
Identifying a Market Bubble: Key Indicators to Watch
What Signals to Look for to Spot a Market Bubble Christine Benz: We wanted to start by talking about bubbles, and you are a student of bubbles. I was listening to an interview that you did where you talked about your entry point into investing. You were looking for the places where your fellow business […]
Understanding the Shift: Why 15% of Funds Recently Altered Their Ratings
As previously announced, today we made an enhancement to the Morningstar Medalist Rating, our comprehensive forward-looking rating system for managed investments. The enhancement refines how we estimate the potential value that managed investments can deliver to investors after fees, with those estimates determining the Medalist Ratings we assign. Today’s enhancement changes the Medalist Ratings we’ve […]
Oil and Gas Lobby Generously Backs Trump in Effort to Roll Back Biden’s Climate Regulations
Oil and Gas Lobby Donates Lavishly to Trump, Hoping to Dismantle Biden Climate Rules With the United States oil and gas lobby set to dismantle climate regulations brought in by the Biden administration, a nail-biter of a national election next week will determine whether the U.S. industry moves into a new era of political dominance, […]
Globalization Is Here to Stay: Here’s Why…
You hear a lot these days about how globalization is reversing. While some supply chains are onshoring and trade ties weakening, these trends are not reflected in public companies’ revenue sources. In fact, our annual study of Morningstar’s 48 single-country equity indexes shows growing interconnectedness between markets. This runs counter to the narrative that the […]
Brent Crude Oil Prices Drop $4 Following Minimal Israeli Response: What’s Next?
Brent Crude – Oil Prices Open $4 Lower After Limited Israeli Response, Where to Next? Most Read: Markets Weekly Outlook – ‘Magnificent 7’ Earnings, BoJ Meeting and US Jobs Data Oil prices opened $4 lower or 5.84% on renewed ceasefire hopes after Israel launched a limited retaliatory attack on Iran over the weekend. The attack […]
Stealth Mode Startup Reactiv Launches Mobile Commerce Platform with $5 Million in Seed Funding
Reactiv, mobile commerce startup, launches out of stealth with $5 million seed round The rise of Shopify, based in Ottawa, Ontario, has boosted Canada’s tech scene in recent years. But what’s it actually like raising money for an early-stage startup in Canada these days? Zack Elias and Ross Correia, two Shopify alums, are a case […]
Why Oil and Gas Investors Shouldn’t Worry About Election Polls
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Investors in Oil and Gas Stocks Shouldn’t Sweat the Election Polls What could the results of the US presidential election mean for oil and gas equities? We always consider a range of outcomes on key issues depending on who takes the White House, but the main takeaway is: “It doesn’t matter.” Energy equity performance during […]
Argentina’s Lithium Explorers Retrench Amid Slowing EV Transition
Argentina’s lithium hunters scale back as EV shift slows Argentina’s Lithium Market Faces Downturn Amid Global Price Squeeze Argentina’s lithium landscape is undergoing significant strain as the global market experiences a downturn, casting shadows over future production and investment. Interviews with industry executives, analysts, and government officials illustrate the precarious position that both established and […]