Monday, December 23, 2024
As I told you in early March and again in April, the war in Ukraine has put a lot of focus on the global energy markets, especially the market for liquified natural gas (LNG). Traders from the usual leading buyers of LNG globally—the Asian countries of China, Japan and South Korea—have been forced to compete […]
Markets are in disaster mode. Since the end of April, the Dow is down about 3,000 points thanks to fears of inflation, recession, and rate hikes; the war in Ukraine; and nervous traders running for the exits. Unfortunately, should the Dow fail to hold support dating back to February, there’s no support until we drop […]
The Russian invasion of Ukraine has brought to the fore the importance of many sectors, especially in the commodities space. But it has also reinforced the importance of one tech sector in particular: cybersecurity. In early April, news broke that Russian hackers had launched a cyberattack on the Ukrainian power grid, along with parallel attempts […]
The crash last week of Netflix Inc. (NFLX) shows how badly investors in growth stocks can get hurt when the music stops. The Netflix debacle shows that if you are investing for price appreciation, you need to have an exit plan or alternative strategy. And that’s true not only of tech stocks, but of any […]
On October 20, the struggling chipmaker Intel (INTC) announced it would sell its money-losing NAND flash memory business to South Korea’s SK Hynix for $9 billion. This appears to be the start of a move toward greater consolidation in the semiconductor industry. More on that later. First, let’s look at what it means for Intel. […]
