Alex Kimani

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• Banking Crisis Has Triggered Capital Flight From Oil To Gold

  Published 26 March 2023 | viewed 9,806 times

  The sudden collapse of Silicon Valley Bank has sent shockwaves through the entire financial sector and marked the biggest bank failure since the 2008 financial crisis. Being the only…

• Standard Chartered: Oil Prices Likely To Head Higher

  Published 24 March 2023 | viewed 10,783 times

  After a major decline that saw oil prices fall to multi-year lows, oil markets appear to have bottomed out and begun an encouraging ascent higher.…

• Little-Known Traders Now Rule Russian Oil Markets

  Published 22 March 2023 | viewed 7,686 times

  Historically, giant commodity traders such as Switzerland's Vitol, Glencore, and Gunvor as well as Singapore’s Trafigura have dominated the global oil trade while smaller trading…

• How OPEC Has Filled America’s Russian Oil Void

  Published 21 March 2023 | viewed 7,338 times

  A little over a year ago, the United States government banned the importation of Russian crude, petroleum, oils and products of their distillation, LNG coal…

• Big Oil Wants In On The EV Boom

  Published 21 March 2023 | viewed 3,978 times

  Last year, the electric vehicle sector crossed a global milestone, with one out of ten vehicles sold being electric for the first time ever. While…

• Standard Chartered Blames Gamma Hedging For Overdue Oil Selloff

  Published 19 March 2023 | viewed 14,744 times

  The energy sector has emerged as the worst performer among all 11 sectors of the U.S. market in the current week, with energy prices dropping…

• SVB Collapse Is Bad News For Small Scale Solar

  Published 16 March 2023 | viewed 2,403 times

  The sudden collapse of Silicon Valley Bank has sent shockwaves through the entire financial sector and marked the biggest bank failure since the 2008 financial…

• Are Oil Prices Set For A Quick Comeback?

  Published 16 March 2023 | viewed 16,378 times

  The energy markets are going through one of their worst selloffs in recent times as fears of a new global crisis continue to roil financial…

• Will The Saudi-Iranian Diplomatic Deal Bring Oil Prices Down?

  Published 14 March 2023 | viewed 5,288 times

  The energy markets have kicked off the new week on a sour note, with oil prices recording significant declines in early trading on Monday just…

• Get Ready For The EU Gas Buyers’ Cartel

  Published 12 March 2023 | viewed 14,991 times

  Rocked by one of the worst energy crises in living memory, the European Union will make its first move as a gas buyers’ cartel next…

• How Tesla Plans To Distance Itself from Problematic Supply Chains

  Published 09 March 2023 | viewed 2,701 times

  Shares of Australian rare earths developers Lynas Rare Earths Ltd (OTCPK:LYSCF)(ASX:LYC) and Arafura Rare Earths Ltd (OTCPK:ARAFF)(ASX: ARU) have tanked after Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) outlined plans to stop using rare earths…

• BlackRock Sees More Value In EU Companies Than U.S. Stocks

  Published 09 March 2023 | viewed 1,755 times

  The last two decades of extreme underperformance and numerous false starts by European stock markets have left investors despondent and pessimistic. The eurozone sovereign debt…

• Exploding SUV Market Is Another Big Boost For Oil Demand

  Published 09 March 2023 | viewed 3,401 times

  The global electrification drive has been hailed as the world’s best shot at preventing a catastrophic and irreversible climate meltdown wrought by uncontrolled emissions of…

• Oil Price Rally Unravels On China's Underwhelming GDP Growth Target

  Published 06 March 2023 | viewed 8,505 times

  Oil prices pulled back on Monday morning after China set a GDP growth target of “around 5%” for 2023, lower than last year’s target of…

• Lithium Prices Have Crashed Spectacularly, Here’s What Next

  Published 05 March 2023 | viewed 14,491 times

  Over the past few years, the lithium markets exploded as the electrification drive went into overdrive. EV makers like Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) have been scrambling to secure supplies amid…

• LME Halts Flows Of Russian Metals To The U.S.

  Published 03 March 2023 | viewed 20,706 times

  The London Metal Exchange (LME) has suspended the inflow of Russian base metals into its U.S. warehouses prior to the planned imposition of tariffs on Russian metal…

• ‘New Fuels’ Take Over Commodity Markets Of The Future

  Published 01 March 2023 | viewed 2,943 times

  The energy transition and the global energy crisis have triggered deep transformations within international energy trade. To wit, hydrogen and hydrogen-based products, including ammonia and…

• Oil Trade Is Moving Away From Europe

  Published 28 February 2023 | viewed 13,620 times

  Oil is the largest commodity in the world, with the global crude oil market in 2022 estimated at $2.7 trillion. This trade is facilitated by both…

• Red States Benefit Most From Biden's Inflation Reduction Act

  Published 28 February 2023 | viewed 2,378 times

  Republicans are not exactly known to embrace renewable energy, with GOP elected officials and fossil fuel supporters frequently criticizing the clean energy drive. Not a…

• Why ESG Funds Love General Motors

  Published 24 February 2023 | viewed 1,877 times

      Over the past few years, a deluge of do-good ETFs flooded U.S. exchanges and drew in billions of investor dollars. However, the global…