You may think lithium got too popular too fast. You may suspect electric vehicles are too much buzz and not enough real future. You may, in short, be a lithium skeptic, one of many. And yet, despite this skepticism, lithium demand is rising steadily and sharply, and indications that a shortage may be looming are very real.
Could A Lithium Shortage De-Rail The Electric Car Boom? Read More »
The U.S. electric power sector burned through a record amount of natural gas in recent weeks, a sign of the shifting power generation mix and also a signal that natural gas supplies could get tighter than many analysts had previously expected.
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On Friday July 15th, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics(BLS) announced that the Consumer Price Index (CPI-U) had increased from 238.638 in June 2015 to 241.038 in June of 2016 resulting in a 1% Annual inflation rate. InflationData calculated the rate to be exactly 1.01% down marginally from 1.02% the previous month. However, on a
BLS Announces Virtually Flat Inflation for June Read More »
Just a few years ago, we would have scoffed at the idea that electric vehicles could be mainstream anytime soon, or that the global appetite for lithium-ion batteries and mass power storage would be so voracious, and so sudden. Today, no one is scoffing, and lithium is being viewed as our new super-mineral that will catapult us firmly into the next century.
Move Over Oil – Lithium Is The Future Read More »
Britain’s vote to exit the European Union (Brexit) on Thursday shocked not only the financial markets but especially rankled the establishment elite including the banksters, politicos and media. The rhetoric sounded like a repeat of the 2014 Scottish Referendum (See: Separatist Forces Growing in Europe) where they spent the weeks leading up to the vote sounding a bit like “Chicken Little” with their predictions that the sky would fall if Britain chose to leave the E.U. (or Scotland left the U.K.) It is interesting to note that the bank stocks were among the hardest hit in the post vote mayhem.
Brexit: Britain Defies the Odds and Chooses Independence Read More »
A referendum is being held on Thursday, June 23, to decide whether Britain should leave or remain in the European Union (EU). Polls currently indicate a bias for the leave scenario. However, Great Britain’s wagering markets continue to show a bias toward the stay scenario.
Brexit: Will They Stay Or Will They Go? Read More »
After a precipitous drop in November 2015 gold bottomed near $1,000/oz in December. But then in January and February everything changed. Gold went from a “Barbarous Relic” to a store of value and gold once again staged a major rally of about 20%. Shooting it back into the public eye.
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Has oil seen the bottom? Where oil will be by Christmas 2016? Are lower oil prices a boon or bane for the economy? Will Electric Cars and Uber hurt or stimulate the economy? In an exclusive interview, Oilprice.com talked to award-winning economic commentator Mike “Mish” Shedlock about all this and more.
Mish on Oil, Lithium, Uber and More Read More »
In June 2015, when real estate billionaire Donald Trump announced that he was joining the host of candidates for the Republican Nomination for President he was considered to be either a “long shot” to gain the nomination or a joke. But on Thursday May 26th, the Associated Press announced that Billionaire and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has reached the magic number of delegates necessary to clinch his party’s nomination. The development comes after a small number of unbound Republican delegates told the AP that they would support Trump at the Republican National Convention this summer.
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Traders who follow the price of gold and silver, should keep an eye out on the U.S. dollar index. Once the dollar starts to show signs of increased volatility (top) similar to 2000 – 2001 money will find its way into other currencies and precious metals as the new trade and safe haven.
Commodities Overtake Stocks and Bonds with Best Rally Since 2010! Read More »
