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Fed Chair rhetoric whacks markets: Water crisis in China

29 Aug 2022 - US stocks plummeted on Friday after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said in his Jackson Hole speech the Central bank won’t back off in its fight against rapid inflation. Asian and European gas prices hit record highs again on Friday. Drought has been declared across the globe.

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US energy stocks supported by increased dividend yields

25 Aug 2022 - US equities ended higher in uneventful Wednesday trading as investors are awaiting the three-day Jackson Hole economic symposium that starts Thursday, US time, to interpret what Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell might say about the central bank’s next steps on interest rates.

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Lithium boom outperforming weaker equity markets

24 Aug 2022 - Lithium stocks performed stronger overnight relative to weaker equity markets. If the results of Australian based Pilbara Minerals is anything to go by, then 2021-22 is shaping up to be the year when the long talked about lithium boom has became very real and very profitable.

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