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👉 JUST IN: Microsoft asks shareholders to vote on whether to consider investing in Bitcoin!
Source: Swan on X
JUST IN: Chinese President Xi Jinping says BRICS must promote a new financial system.
"There is an urgent need to reform the international financial architecture, and BRICS must play a leading role in promoting a new system that better reflects the profound changes in the international economic balance of power."
US Chips Act is fuelling boom in chip factory construction on American soil
• Major semiconductor firms have announced more than US$400bn in planned US investment • Boom means Chips Act could come with US$85bn price tag - instead of US$24bn as planned originally Source: Agathe Demarais @AgatheDemarais on X, Bloomberg
Buybacks vs dividends... which one you intend to favour going forward?
Source chart: BofA
How Nvidia $NVDA makes money
🙈 The stock is up nearly 200% YTD Source: Carbon Finance
A reminder by Lawrence McDonald that palladium bull markets can be quite brutal.
Despite recent price fluctuations, the long-term demand for palladium remains robust, driven by stringent environmental regulations and the rise of the hydrogen economy. Meanwhile, supply concerns persist due to the unreliability of major producers like Russia and South Africa.
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