Lithium

A New Lithium War Is About To Begin

It’s the modern gold rush. Around the world, the most sought-after mineral isn’t a precious metal, nor is it oil and gas…it’s lithium. Lithium, or “white petroleum” as some call it, has become a crucial element in today’s high-tech economy. Demand for lithium is soaring, and producers are frantically searching for new sources of supply. Prices have doubled in the last two years, rising as high as $16,500 per ton.

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Is the Current Highly Volatile Market Really Bearish?

In the following article, Chris Ciovacco of Ciovacco Capital Management looks at the current market volatility compared to similar occurrences in past years to determine how much risk is in the market today.

Price Action Year-to-Date:- What Can We Learn from History?
Reference Points Provide Context
A December 2016 post highlighted similarities between late 2016/early 2017 and the 1994-1995 period.  The analogy proved useful in 2017 with stocks posting a rare low-volatility year that featured a strong bullish trend, which compared very favorably with the strong-gains/low-volatility year of 1995.

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Guyana Map

Is Guyana Prepared For An Oil Boom?

It’s pretty much common knowledge that Socialism has destroyed the economy of Venezuela despite its abundance of oil. But we don’t hear much about its neighbor Guyana. One might guess that if Venezuela has oil Guyana might be similarly blessed. And it might finally be beginning its own oil boom. Today’s article by Viktor Katona for Oilprice.com looks at Guyana’s coming oil boom. 

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Bitcoin and Oil

Why The Next Oil Boom Will Be Fueled By Blockchain

The world’s most important industry has been carrying on without any significant changes in its day to day routine for far too long.  But now, the new tech on the block has its sights set on the multi-trillion-dollar oil and gas sector. It’s official: Blockchain technology has infiltrated Big Oil. The hype behind blockchain has reached a full-blown frenzy. And for good reason.

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After the 8 year Rally

A Correction or a New Bear Market?

Corrections are a normal part of any “Bull Market” and a 10% correction is necessary every now and then to shake out the “weak hands”.  Even a 20% correction can be no cause for worry. Today Chris Ciovacco of Ciovacco Capital Management looks at the recent correction and where the market now stands. Are we in for a new bear market or is this just business as usual for a bull market correction?

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Oil in USA

Clean Oil That Only Costs $20 per Barrel?

Oil production has risen by 5 million barrels per day (bpd) since 2010, an increase of nearly 100 percent. New technology, particularly techniques in shale oil drilling, has opened up vast new opportunities for oil and gas companies.

The proof is in the numbers. In 2017, the United States averaged 9.3 million bpd. This year, the EIA predicts that U.S. oil and gas production will reach record levels, averaging 10.3 million barrels bpd to surpass the record reached in 1970 (9.6 million bpd).

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