On August 10, the US Senate passed a bipartisan infrastructure bill called the Invest in America Act. The bill passed with all 50 Democrats joined by 19 Republicans. The cost: one...

Equity markets generally performed well in 2021 as the global economy gradually reopened. In the first half of the year, the MSCI All Country World Index (ACWI), which represents...

Being out-of-favour and heavily “shorted” are key characteristics of so-called meme stocks. But what does being “shorted” mean, how does the “squeeze” work, and how have...

Climate change – which can be defined as the rise in global temperatures accelerated by human-induced emissions of greenhouse gases and the resulting large-scale shifts in weather...

The prices of certificates for greenhouse gas emission rights have recently fallen slightly, but are still at historically high levels and are an important source of income for...

Tomorrow morning, July 15t, 2021, China will release its quarterly GDP report. Led by manufacturing and exports, China has enjoyed a uniquely powerful impetus over the past two...

This Wednesday, 14 July, is the National Day of France. This is a very important date in the history of the country, as it was on 14 July 1789 that the fortress of the Bastille...

On July 4th, the United States will celebrate its 245th Independence Day. Despite being the strongest economy in the world, the US has gone through economic slumps from time to...

If you are reading this, you are using a semiconductor, otherwise known as a “computer chip.” The small processing unit is one of the most widely used elements in contemporary...

From GameStop to AMC, "meme stocks" have become an overnight sensation in global stock markets. These Internet forum-driven stocks have attracted new retail investors into the...