U.S. companies have never had so much debt on their books as they do now. As of the fourth quarter of 2019, non-financial firms owed some $9.6 trillion in outstanding debt, a figure that’s up more than 57 percent from the financial crisis 10 years earlier,...
Frank Holmes
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April 3, 2020
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The gold futures contract gained 1.27% on Friday, as it broke slightly above the price level of $1,750. Last week’s Powell ’s testimonies on Wednesday, Thursday and his Friday’s speech didn’t bring any new surp...
Paul Rejczak
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June 22, 2020
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The gold futures contract gained 0.76% on Monday, as it extended its Friday’s advance of 1.3%. The market has remained above the price level of $1,750. Last week’s Powell ’s testimonies on Wednesday, Thursday and his Friday&Cl...
Paul Rejczak
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June 23, 2020
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The French astronomer Jules Janssen first discovered helium on our Sun in 1868. Since then, experts have discovered that the Sun consists largely of helium and hydrogen. In reference to the Greek sun god Helios, the discovered inert gas was called helium. After hydrogen, heliu...
Mario Hose
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July 13, 2020
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The Monday’s fire of Notre Dame Cathedral shocked the world. Since then, the French, the Catholics, and the architecture and art lovers hadn’t been talking about anything else. The precious metals community was less disturbed – even though it tu...
Arkadiusz Sieron
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April 18, 2019
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A Canadian green hydrogen group established in North America, Charbone Hydrogen, is on a mission. The Canadian hydrogen group is positioning itself as a major player in the decarbonization of our planet. The group is fully committed to the energy transition and the drive ...
Brieanna McCutcheon
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June 8, 2023
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Metal that inspired Henry Ford In 1905, Henry Ford came across a remarkable metal that helped him to single-handedly revolutionize the budding American car industry. After a car race in Florida, Ford examined the wreckage of a French race car. He realized that many of...
Luke Burgess
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October 28, 2012
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In his recent State of the Union address, President Trump gave a shout-out to space exploration, highlighting the newly-created Space Force branch of the US Military, and NASA’s Artemis program of crewed lunar exploration. Artemis aims to put astronauts on ...
Richard (Rick) Mills
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February 14, 2020
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We’ve got another series of bad economic data releases last week following global economic lockdown. But will we get a meaningful downward correction after over-month-long rallying in stocks? This week the markets will await another Fed Chair Powell speech al...
Paul Rejczak
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May 19, 2020
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The markets remained surprisingly calm last week, despite worse than expected U.S. economic data releases. The third-quarter earnings season along with Brexit play may have overweighed the data pessimism. This week, we will have some potentially moving news releases along with...
Paul Rejczak
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October 21, 2019
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