India’s IT Services Majors Hit Sweet Spot Due To Geopolitics And Homegrown Innovation

Employees chat outside the Infosys Experience Center at the Infosys campus in Bengaluru, India. Karen Dias/Bloomberg There was a time over two decades ago when India’s IT services majors—TCS, Infosys,...

USD/CNY forecast after the latest China news on trade, geopolitics

The USD/CNY exchange rate continued rising as the National Party Congress (NPC) event continued. It also rose after the latest China trade numbers, which showed a dramatic increase in surplus as impor...

Continued Sanctions On Russia “Unlikely To Deliver A Knockout Blow,” Think Tank

A view of the Kremlin’s Spasskaya tower and St. Basil’s cathedral taken during the last day of the … [+] three-day parliamentary and local elections in Moscow on September 19, 2021. ...

Billionaire Gautam Adani Calls on India for Help to Save His Empire

Billionaire Gautam Adani is under siege.  Since Jan. 24 Asia’s richest man has faced serious allegations of fraud, money laundering and price manipulation that threaten to take away much of his ...

As Geopolitics Swirl Around Tennis, Aryna Sabalenka Wins Australian Open Under Neutral Flag

Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus celebrates after defeating Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan in the women’s … [+] singles final at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, Sa...

Central Banks And Geopolitics – Will They Become Monetary Battleships?

UNITED STATES – NOVEMBER 01: Paul Volcker, Chairman Federal Reserve Board, speaking at Domestic … [+] Policy Subcommittee meeting. (Photo by Diana Walker/Getty Images) Getty Images William...

Elon Musk Fires Back at a Top Executive

Elon Musk is unpredictable.  Few would anticipate the actions and reactions of the serial and whimsical entrepreneur.  Take the latest example: On Jan. 13 the electric-vehicle-market leader Tesla  (TS...

Our First Climate Targets- Why Kyoto’s Legacy Still Matters

Citizen activists in Kyoto, Japan hold up signs to celebrate the implementation of the Kyoto … [+] Protocol in 2005, 8 years after COP 3 in Kyoto. AFP via Getty Images This is the second article...

Jeep Quietly Leaves Huge Market

It is an adventure that ends in total anonymity.  Jeep, the iconic all-terrain brand in the automotive industry, has just quietly left one of the most important automotive markets: China. The Asian gi...

Elon Musk May Have a Goodie Bag for Tesla Investors and Fans

Since early October Tesla  (TSLA)  has all but disappeared from the radar of its charismatic and sometimes whimsical CEO and co-founder, Elon Musk. Apart from a comment on Twitter to explain that the ...

The Bad Year of Chipmakers AMD, Nvidia and Intel Turns Into a Nightmare

It’s a bad dream that slowly turned into a nightmare.  And this nightmare doesn’t seem to want to end.  The year 2022 has been a painful journey for semiconductor manufacturers.  Following...

The Greed And Geopolitics Of The OPEC+ Oil Production Cut

Delegates during a news conference following the 33rd meeting of the Organization of Petroleum … [+] Exporting Countries (OPEC) and non-OPEC countries in Vienna, Austria, on Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2...

A Nuclear Renaissance Means More Competition For Uranium

A worldwide nuclear renaissance led by Japan, some countries in Europe (despite German obfuscation), and hopefully the USA, is changing the international uranium market. Uranium producers across the w...

Bank Of China “Quite Cautious” About U.S. Growth Outlook: U.S.-China Business Forum

Bank of China’s U.S. President Hu Wei, right, with Steve Orlins, president of the National Committee … [+] on U.S.-China Relations, at the U.S.-China Business Forum at Forbes on Fifth in N...

AI Ethics And The Geopolitical Wrestling Match Over Who Will Win The Race To Attain True AI

Nations are in a frantic race to attain true AI or known as Artificial General Intelligence (AGI). getty The world is in a frantic race. Geopolitical powers assert that the winner will take home all t...

BRICS In The New World Energy Order: Hedging In Oil Geopolitics

SAINT PETERSBURG, RUSSIA- APRIL 27: Russian President Vladimir Putin addresses a meeting of the … [+] Russian Geographical Society’s Board of Trustees on April 27, 2015 in St. Petersburg, ...

For Investors, EU Baltics Are Beating Europe. But Geopolitics Not In Their Favor

Map of Latvia Estonia Lithuania getty The three Baltic states of Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia have been part of the European Union for 18 years now. And for the last six years, investors have been be...

Elon Musk Warns U.S. and EU of New Energy War

Elon Musk completely disrupted the automotive industry.  With Tesla (TSLA) – Get Tesla Inc. Report, the manufacturer of premium electric vehicles, the richest man in the world has caused a real ...

Historic Shifts In Russian Energy Flows Bolstering China

Russian President Vladimir Putin looks at the screen with Chinese President Xi Jinping session … [+] during the Saint Petersburg Economic Forum SPIEF 2022, on June 17, 2022, in Saint Petersburg,...

Geopolitics Takes A Back Seat As Biden Drops Sanctions On Venezuela

When Biden sent a delegation to Caracas in early March, rumors began to circulate that the U.S. was considering reopening relations with Venezuela as oil prices soared. Now, after a period of silence ...

A New Geopolitics Of Finance And Energy Trade Emerges

A container is decorated with a map showing the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, which was expected to … [+] deliver Russian gas to European households, in Lubmin’s industrial park, northeaster...

How hackers and geopolitics could derail the planned energy transition

This image shows an onshore wind turbine in the Netherlands. Mischa Keijser | Image Source | Getty Images Discussions about the energy transition, what it means and whether it’s actually underwa...

The Week Ahead – A Busy Economic Calendar and Geopolitics in Focus

On the Macro It’s a busy week ahead on the economic calendar, with 65 stats due out through the week ending 01-April. In the week prior, 43 stats had been in focus. For the Dollar: Early in the week, ...

Yandex, Russia’s Internet Giant, Struggles to Dodge Geopolitics

If you thought Silicon Valley had a problem with politics, spare a thought for Russia’s top internet company. Newsletter Sign-up Heard on the Street Agenda-setting analysis and commentary on the bigge...

Has The Fed Heightened Geopolitical Risk?

WASHINGTON, DC – JULY 15: Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell appears for testimony before … [+] the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee July 15, 2021 in Washingt...

Geopolitics yields largest run of volatility on record

Crude oil price is in the third week of heightened volatility as investors assess the ongoing talks between Russia and Ukraine, and the embedded hurdles. Both the Brent and WTI futures are back above ...

Lucid, Rivian and Fisker Miss a Huge Opportunity to Knock Tesla Out

In sport, the challengers know that they must solidify the rare opportunities that will present themselves to bring down the big favorites.  They must be realistic and seize any opportunity to destabi...

Etoro Apologizes After Liquidating Its Clients’ Russian Stocks

Etoro is in trouble.  The Israeli online trading platform has been going through a crisis of confidence with its customers for the past few days after it made a decision that had a significant impact ...

Energy Dominates The Geopolitical Equation In Russia/Ukraine Dispute

BERLIN, GERMANY – FEBRUARY 07: German Social Democratic party SPD candidate for chancellor Olaf … [+] Scholz looks on during a two-day party meeting on February 07, 2021 in Berlin, Germany...

BTC below 40k, short-term holders drive volatility while geopolitics spook markets

With bitcoin trading mostly sideways during the weekend, without any major movement, the top cryptocurrency by market cap still fell under the important $40,000 mark. According to analysts’ data, shor...

Stock futures are little changed as investors weigh earnings, Fed and geopolitics

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on February 16, 2022 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images Stock futures were little changed in overnight trading as investors ...

Palladium price prediction as geopolitics triggers a shift in fortunes

Palladium price has been rallying for about two weeks now amid the ongoing geopolitical tensions in Eastern Europe.   Geopolitics Russia is the leading producer of palladium in the world; accounting f...