Do TV and Film Investments Make Money?
Equities Growth, Private EquityTrends in television
The introduction of video-on-demand (VOD) services including Amazon and Netflix has revolutionised the way we watch TV. They are each gaining millions of new subscribers each year and produce ever more of their own award-winning…
Oil price: Post-Brexit slump may not be over yet
Commodities, Oil & Gas Market LevelsCrude futures move higher in London and New York but remain below pre-EU referendum $50 highs
Oil rallied yesterday in both London and New York, with Reuters reporting it added around three per cent as wider markets rebounded following a…
Oil Bulls Face Specter of Market Turmoil on Brexit Aftershocks
Commodities, Oil & Gas Market LevelsOil bulls could end up road kill following the Brexit ballot.
Crude tumbled as much as 6.8 percent June 24 after U.K. voters decided to leave the European Union. While some analysts said supply and demand still favor rising prices, Britain’s…
Gold wins from Brexit. But other commodities lose
Precious Metals Market LevelsGold prices soar, but many commodities will suffer from the ripple effects of the referendum
GOLDBUGS are natural Brexiteers; intensely suspicious of large bureaucracies like the European Union and avid conspiracy theorists when it comes to…
Investors’ Flight to Safety: Where’s Gold Headed Now?
Commodities, Precious Metals Market LevelsGold and inflation
Gold has an important interrelationship with many macro indicators, including inflation, interest rates, and pricing currencies. Gold is also famously known to be a hedge against rising inflation. When inflation increases,…
Sugar and Coffee Soar, Soybeans Fall Back
Commodities, Other Commodities Market LevelsSoybean futures turned a little lower on Friday, with some light end-of-week profit taking, but corn futures rallied on decent export demand, while wheat futures got support from the heavy rains in Europe, which are threatening crop production…
News Analysis: Where is the price of gold heading in 2016?
Commodities, Precious Metals Market LevelsThe much heralded and anticipated interest rate increase by the U.S. Federal Reserve for the first time in nearly 10 years materialized on Wednesday. In electronic trading following the release of the Fed's statement, gold prices fell from the…
Oil hits 2016 high, driven by falling supply and weaker dollar
Commodities, Oil & Gas Market LevelsOil prices hit their highest in eight months on Tuesday, buoyed by the dollar nearing one-month lows and by falling Nigerian oil output after a spate of attacks on infrastructure.
Brent crude futures LCOc1 were up 36 cents on the day at $50.91…
Gold near three-week high, set for second weekly rise
Commodities, Precious Metals Market LevelsGold inched lower on Friday as the dollar recovered, though prices held near a three-week high and were on track for a second straight weekly rise. Often perceived as an insurance against risk, gold has risen nearly 2% this week after weaker…
Commodities Offering Investors A Rare Opportunity
Commodities, Other Commodities Market Levelsby Andrew Hecht
A dividend paying equity is usually not a candidate for huge price appreciation and a growth stock rarely offers a juicy yield. It is rare when a market sector offers both the opportunity for capital growth and yield…
OIL SUPPLY DRYING UP? Oil hits six-month highs on supply outages, Goldman forecast
Commodities, Oil & Gas Market LevelsOil prices hit six-month highs on Monday on worries about global supply outages and as long-time bear Goldman Sachs sounded more positive on the market, although a stockpile build at the U.S. storage hub for crude futures limited gains.
Expectations…