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For the first time, more electricity was generated from renewable sources in the U.S. over the course of one year than from coal. As Statista's Katharina Buchholz details…
Tesla reported Q1 2023 deliveries on Sunday, posting a figure of 422,875 vehicles delivered, beating most current consensus Wall Street estimates. The company delivered 10,695 Model S/X…
Peter Schiff appeared on NTD News to talk about the bank bailout and the March Federal Reserve meeting. During the conversation, Peter explained that everybody is going…
Over the last few weeks, we have reported about billions being pulled from ESG funds, hedge funds losing ESG ratings, and companies and banks scrambling to cover up their…
An old saying cautions one to be careful of what one wishes for. Stock investors wishing for the Federal Reserve to pivot may…
The labor market, the yield curve, inflation and a stock-market selloff are poised to force the Federal Reserve into a rate cut sooner than the…
Elon Musk's SpaceX recently launched the first batch of its next-generation Starlink internet satellites that already appear to be in trouble. In a Wednesday tweet,…
As the banking sector portends actual problems within the financial system, virtue signaling seems to be falling down the average asset manager's list of priorities...would…
The price of lithium has experienced a significant decline over recent months, resulting from a deceleration in electric vehicle sales and an increasing supply of…
After ending 2022 on an upward trend that continued into January, Chinese gold demand surged again in February as the economy continues to rebound from…
Air pollution is the greatest environmental health hazard to humankind, leading to over six million deaths a year and an economic cost that equates to…
After striking their historic peace deal which was mediated by China in Beijing over a week ago, Iran and Saudi Arabia continue to make strikes…
The International Energy Agency (IEA) predicts that Asia will account for half of the world’s electricity consumption by 2025, with one-third of global electricity being…
Readers will recall that, for the last several months, I have noted that US oil production per the EIA's weekly Petroleum Status Report was…
Officials with the Russian oil company Transneft say they've uncovered a failed bomb plot to sabotage the Druzhba oil pipeline and maim civilians in the…
The Federal Reserve is in the unenviable position of achieving its mandate by crashing the economy. It's not something it wants to do, as Fed Chair Jerome…
Auto dealerships are encountering a major problem where auction (wholesale) prices are increasing while real book values stagnate, squeezing profitability. To make sense of this,…
The failure of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank reminds us of a very important truth — if you can’t hold it in your hand,…
As stock markets flailed and the age of zero interest was only slowly beginning to end, 2022 was not kind to investors. The year was…
Illinois relies on nuclear energy for over half of its electricity production. The plants producing that power are mostly old and scheduled to be mothballed by…