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Former Tesla Executive On Course To Make Electric Cars Cheaper
Sunday, August 30, 2020 - 5:36pm | 390Read More...What Happened: JB Straubel, Tesla Inc.’s (NASDAQ: TSLA) former Chief Technology Officer, has found a way to make electric cars cheaper by extracting batteries from old iPhones and other personal electronic items, The Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday. Why It’s Important: All...
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Jeff Kilburg's Nickel Trade
Thursday, July 23, 2020 - 2:37pm | 140Read More...On CNBC's "Futures Outlook," Jeff Kilburg recommended a long futures position in nickel. He said there are typically two types of demand for nickel, the manufacturing demand based on China and the infrastructure demand. Now, there is also a third source of demand, and that is...
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Tesla Offers 'Giant Contract' To Any Company That Can Efficiently Mine Nickel
Thursday, July 23, 2020 - 5:28am | 399Read More...Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) would offer a "giant contract" to any company that can efficiently mine nickel in an environmentally sustainable way, the automaker's Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk said during an earnings call Wednesday. What Happened The automaker is encouraging nickel...
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Go BATTy For This New Battery ETF
Thursday, June 7, 2018 - 1:41pm | 502Read More...Investors looking to tap into expected demand for materials used to manufacture batteries for electric vehicles, among other high-tech products, have a new exchange traded fund to consider. The Amplify Advanced Battery Metals and Materials ETF (NYSE: BATT) debuted Wednesday. BATT provides exposure...
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Catalysts On The Horizon For Metals & Mining Group; Deutsche Bank Upgrades, US Steel, AK Steel To Buy
Friday, June 23, 2017 - 11:10am | 540Read More...After a rough start to 2017, steel investors may have a better go of it in the second half of the year. Deutsche Bank analyst Jorge Beristain has upgraded a handful of steel and aluminum stocks and is now constructive on steel prices following a sluggish second quarter. U.S. hot-rolled coil prices...
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New ETF Takes Both Sides Of The Commodities Trade
Friday, May 20, 2016 - 2:17pm | 290Read More...Long/short is a popular strategy in the hedge fund community and one made accessible to investors of all stripes by the exchange-traded funds industry. Typically, long/short ETFs are equity-based, but investors can now take both sides of the commodities trade with the First Trust Alternative...
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China And Copper ETFs: Not The Relationship You Think
Friday, April 22, 2016 - 2:21pm | 521Read More...It is frequently said that copper is the industrial metal with a doctorate in forecasting economic trends – ence the moniker “Dr. Copper.” Conventional wisdom also states that Chinese demand is the primary driving force in the red metal's price action. Investors might be...
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Credit Suisse Lowers Vale Price Target To Reflect Deflated Commodity Prices
Monday, December 15, 2014 - 10:40am | 256Read More...Ivano Westin of Credit Suisse on Monday maintained an Underperform rating on shares of Vale SA (ADR) (NYSE: VALE) with a price target lowered to $7.50 from a previous $10.70 due to lower commodities prices. Westin is forecasting a “lackluster” steel production with an average...
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MF Global: Most Metals Higher, Copper Bounces Back
Friday, March 11, 2011 - 1:57pm | 215Read More...MF Global is out with a research report this morning detailing on market metals. In the report, MF Global states that copper has bounced from a two-week low, although remaining weaknesses can be seen in nickel, tin, and lead. Updating its readers on the morning markets, MF Global writes, "Right...
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Commodities And Monopolies
Wednesday, December 22, 2010 - 10:44am | 282Read More...Corporations are prohibited by law from holding a monopoly on a particular industry. But the same cannot be said for investors, who are able to hold huge amounts of the world's commodities. The Wall Street Journal has published a story focusing on the copper market, in which a single trader...
