Drones are starting to shed their reputations as James Bond-like tools for spies and intelligence specialists and are now making their way headlong into the mainstream commercial market. These days, it’s just as likely that a drone will deliver your pizza as track down a double agent on an undercover assignment in Prague – and … Read more
Lithium prices fell further in the third quarter of 2024, with benchmark lithium carbonate prices dropping 23% for the year through the end of the quarter. Oversupply issues, lower demand for electric vehicles and the Chinese government’s electric vehicle subsidies all contributed to downward lithium prices, which hit a three-year low during Q3. Industry analysts … Read more
SINGTEL Business Background Singapore Telecommunications Limited provides integrated infocomm technology solutions to enterprise customers primarily in Singapore, Australia, the United States of America, and Europe. The company operates through Group Consumer, Group Enterprise, and Group Digital Life segments. The Group Consumer segment is involved in carriage business, including mobile, pay TV, fixed broadband, and voice, … Read more
A-SMART HOLDINGS LTD business profile A-Smart Holdings Ltd., an investment holding company, provides a range of print management services in Singapore and internationally. The company operates through Print Media, Corporate and Others, and Smart Technologies segments. The Print Media segment is involved in the printing of financial research reports, annual reports, asset management reports, initial … Read more
Intact Financial Corporation (TSX: IFC) is the largest provider of property and casualty (P&C) insurance in Canada, a leading provider of global specialty insurance, and, with RSA, a leader in the UK and Ireland. Our business has grown organically and through acquisitions to over $22 billion of total annual operating DPW. In Canada, Intact distributes … Read more
Cathie Wood is the founder, CEO and chief investment officer (CIO) of ARK Investment Management. The company, known by brand name ARK Invest, has been a disruptive force on Wall Street since its founding in 2014. ARK Invest has close to $7 billion in assets under management. Wood has been in the investment industry for … Read more
Artificial intelligence, automation and robotics are disrupting virtually every industry. In recent years, the world has gotten a firsthand look at remarkable advances in AI technology, including OpenAI’s ChatGPT AI chatbot, GitHub’s Copilot AI code generation software and Google’s Gemini AI model. Whether it be machine learning, large language models, smart applications and appliances, digital … Read more
Oil and natural gas stocks shot higher in the days after former President Donald Trump regained the White House. The Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund (ticker: XLE) gapped higher at the open during the first trading day after his election and finished the day 3.8% higher on expectations that Trump will be friendlier to the … Read more
In the wake of the presidential election, another change in interest rates and continued news about geopolitical unrest, the appeal of blue-chip stocks is stronger than ever. That’s because these established and stable companies offer a bit of certainty in an otherwise uncertain world. No stock is a sure thing, of course. But by relying … Read more
The meteoric rise of digital communications over the past three decades has created a relatively new category of tech sector investing. It’s called digital infrastructure, or alternatively, digital architecture, and it includes data centers, server farms, mobile communication towers and microchip manufacturing. The first digital mobile networks were launched in 1990 and were called second … Read more