Europe’s natural gas strategy is no longer built around finding the cheapest possible supplier. After years of geopolitical disruption, price shocks and emergency diversification, the region is placing greater value on dependable production, secure transportation and suppliers capable of making...
For investors questioning how much longer the artificial intelligence boom can continue, NVIDIA has delivered a remarkably confident answer. After reporting another record quarter, the chipmaker projected approximately 70% revenue growth for fiscal 2028, far above the roughly 44% growth Wall...
The newest U.S. tariffs on Canadian goods are severe, but they are not universal. Effective August 22, 2026, the United States began charging an additional 50% duty on a targeted group of Canadian imports valued by Ottawa at C$27.6 billion,...
Artificial intelligence has spent several years being valued as a technology story. The bond market is beginning to treat it as something more demanding: a vast capital project that must be financed, operated and eventually made profitable. That shift matters....
Copper has moved beyond an ordinary commodity rally. In August 2026, London Metal Exchange cash copper reached a record $14,912 per metric tonne, while U.S. futures also traded near historic highs. Investor interest, a weaker U.S. dollar and tariff uncertainty...
The White House has placed illegal transshipment at the centre of its latest customs-enforcement campaign, arguing that Chinese goods are increasingly being routed through lower-tariff countries before entering the United States. Limited assembly, repackaging, relabelling or altered documentation can then...
The world’s two most closely watched oil forecasters are no longer debating the size of demand growth. They are debating whether growth exists at all. In their August outlooks, OPEC forecast that global oil demand would increase by about 580,000...
The United States still does not have a complete federal rulebook for crypto markets, but that no longer means regulation is standing still. The Digital Asset Market Clarity Act reached the August congressional recess without a full Senate vote, leaving...
China’s next monetary easing decision may be made in Beijing, but its first visible effects could appear across Asian foreign-exchange markets. The renminbi increasingly acts as a regional reference point because China sits at the centre of Asian trade, manufacturing...
Global gas security increasingly depends on two narrow points of failure. The first is the Strait of Hormuz, where disruptions have constrained flows representing nearly 20% of global liquefied natural gas supply. The second is less obvious but rapidly gaining...
