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At first glance, gold and silver seem pretty fungible. They’re both hypnotically pretty. Their prices tend to rise and fall according to the same financial/political…
US equity futures were little changed, trading in a narrow ten point range as investors braced for moderation in Fed rate increases after the Fed…
A ban on Russian crude oil by the European Union and the US went into effect late last year, forcing Russia to find more buyers…
An alarming number of Americans with auto loans are struggling to make monthly payments. Auto loan performance saw further deterioration in December, and…
While it may have taken trillions of dollars in government subsidies and the suspension of most logic and critical thinking about how EV batteries are…
Federal electric vehicle rebates in Canada went 153% over their originally intended budgets, a new report out last week unveiled. Ottawa had shelled out $759…
Northwest Europe is half-way through the winter heating season and gas inventories are at a record high following an extended period of exceptionally mild temperatures…
Copper jumped above $9,000/t for the first time since June at the beginning of 2023 on optimism about China's economy, after Beijing abandoned its zero-Covid…
Natural gas futures bounced off 18-month lows during the holiday session period as the latest runs of long-term weather models suggest winter might not be…
It was just a couple of days ago we first noted that Tesla was getting blowback in China, where it has slashed prices in order…
2022 was a terrible year for billionaires, many of which lost nearly $2 trillion combined. Despite stock, crypto, and bond market turmoil, as well as…
On a national scale, the United States and Canada rely on a very different makeup of sources to generate their electricity. The U.S. primarily uses…
Lithuania natural gas transmission operator Amber Grid told Reuters its pipeline that connects Lithuania to Latvia was rocked by an explosion on Friday. Footage of the explosion…
Tesla Inc. shares slid in premarket trading after slashing prices of its vehicles sold in the US. The goal is to attract new buyers as…
Bearish factors have driven down natural gas futures by 61% since last August. Some factors include the delayed restart of the Freeport LNG export facility…
China's oil demand could surge as it reopens after scraping zero Covid restrictions. Beijing's Covid curbs weighed on crude and refined products demand for three…
China issued a substantial increase in its crude imports quotas for this year, the clearest sign yet that Chinese refiners are set for a material…
India has officially booted Japan out of the number three spot in the global automotive market. Latest industry data, reported on by Nikkei, shows that for…
Tesla owners in China are apparently not pleased with the company's new policy of cutting prices on what now seems like a weekly basis. The…
Tesla's sales of China-made vehicles fell to a five month low in December, despite China's passenger vehicle market rebounding, according to new data…