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In a report released by the Australian Government last month, the Department of Industry, Innovation and Science has outlined a framework to position Australia as a world leader in production and processing of critical minerals. Of the 24 minerals listed in the report, graphite ranks 9th in terms of the global market value, listed as a $1.076 billion industry.
Every options trader should have an understanding on the differences between credit and debit spreads. A spread trade, or combo trade, simply refers to trades with more than one “leg” (bought/sold option) to the trade.
Causing a buzz as per usual, The Australian released their annual edition of ‘The List’ last week: an index of the 250 wealthiest Australians along with a short spiel on how they acquired the wealth that awarded them a spot in the coveted rank. Whilst a majority of the top-earners obtained their fortunes through investments in mining, infrastructure and financial sectors, an undeniable pattern emerged amongst the upper echelons regarding their investment in the agricultural sector – particularly, in the red meat industry. With the rapidly growing global population meaning a greater and greater demand for protein-abundant foods, the richest and most renewable source of protein, red meat, has proved itself to be an incredibly auspicious industry to invest in.
Soft drinks aren’t universally popular these days. There was a time, a few decades ago, when Pepsi and Coca-Cola battled to rule in a hugely lucrative market that drove a wedge between families, partners, and friends – do you prefer Coke or Pepsi?
In late January this year, tragedy struck one of Vale’s Brazilian iron ore operations, killing around 300 and injuring many more.
In what looks to be a brow-raising move, Wesfarmers has made a bid to acquire a rare-earth producer for $1.5 billion, in a foray into the clean energy space where rare-earths will play a vital role in the rollout of electric vehicles and other clean energy products.
If you haven’t seen the popular animated film franchise, you’d be forgiven for not knowing much about Madagascar but that could be changing very soon. Graphite, as one of the most conductive materials, is set to be key to our sustainable future and recent exploration in Southern Madagascar has identified the Ampanihy Structure Zone as what could soon become a global hub of battery-suitable graphite.
Iron Condors are one of our favourite options strategies and popular amongst experienced options traders but we recently decided to look at ways of optimising results our LITT trading system.
Instinctively, you sort of just know whether a city is an agreeable place to live. Without necessarily being able to quantify why, you can, with a reasonable degree of confidence, take two different cities and identify what you like and dislike about each.
Often, it’s the simplest problems that inspire the most ingenious solutions, and the question of how large resource companies can access inhospitable terrain has certainly provided both of those elements.
Genetically modified vegetables are inevitably going to take over the world through a combination of climate change, lack of farmable land and declining soil quality but they certainly won’t solve all our problems. Especially considering there is no adequate substitute for protein, for which global demand is expected to rise 50% by 2030.
It’s a fundamental economic equation – When demand exceeds supply, prices go up. One of the biggest growth markets this generation will see is electric vehicle uptake as we witness a paradigm shift in the humble car.
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