The New Drug That Could Be Bigger Than Cannabis
The global market for psychedelic drug treatments and therapy is in the early stages of what looks to be a massive shift.
A growing wave of research has shown the power of psychedelics in offering...
$15/Hour Minimum Wage Might Happen Naturally
Last year pretty much devastated the restaurant industry, with estimates that more than 110,000 were permanently closed and 5.5 million jobs were lost. As states are easing restrictions on dining and things are slowly...
Could This Be The Hottest Investment Sector For 2021?
A $52-billion pain management market, a $14-billion antidepressant market, and a $4.5 trillion global wellness market are all coming together to make what could be a mega opportunity for a segment that few can...
China Launches Digital Currency As Tech Feud Escalates
Last year, massive cracks emerged in Jack Ma’s sprawling internet and mobile empire after Chinese authorities scuttled the much-anticipated $37 billion Ant Group listing. Jack Ma is the founder and former-CEO of Alibaba Group...
The Single Most Exciting Mental Health Breakthrough Of The Decade?
Today, we're seeing the beginning of the next great biotech boom... and it has nothing to do with COVID-19.
Thanks to new laws sweeping the United States, there might be a groundbreaking new opportunity building...
The Pandemic Has Crushed The Middle Class
The global pandemic ravaged the world’s economies across the board, diminishing standards of living and pushing millions into poverty. In the process, the world has seen its middle class shrink by tens of millions.
Prior...
Fintech Firms Could Make Crypto Mainstream
Airline miles and hotel points are so 2010. The next round of credit card disruptors will offer something much more millennial … bitcoin rewards.
The recent mainstream adoption of bitcoin is getting yet another “cashback”...
Latin America Sees Major Renewable Boost
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) are teaming up to promote renewable energy investment in Latin America and the Caribbean, backing the energy transition in the region.
IRENA and...
Tesla Eyes India For Charging Infrastructure Expansion
Tesla is in initial talks with the largest Indian integrated power company, Tata Power, about a possible agreement about electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure in India, CNBC-TV18 reported on Friday, citing sources, as the...
California Faces Lawsuit Over New Oil Wells
The Sierra Club and several other environmentalist organizations are suing Kern County in California for approving a revised ordinance that will allow for the drilling of several thousand new oil wells, the Associated Press...
The U.S. Desperately Needs To Cut Emissions
The United States needs to reduce its emissions by at least 57 percent by 2030 below 2005 levels to fulfill its share of the cuts consistent with the Paris Agreement, which the Biden Administration...
What Will Happen With Robinhood’s IPO?
Popular zero-fee trading app, Robinhood (RBNHD), has been admired and vilified in equal measure. On one hand, it has been praised for helping introduce many younger investors to the art and science of wealth-creation...
Facebook Deals A Low Blow Down Under
Many Australians who are used to reading the news on their Facebook feed, woke up on Thursday to a news void. They had to go elsewhere to learn that the feud between their government...
Mexico Hit Hard In U.S. Natural Gas Crisis
The plummeting natural gas exports from the United States to Mexico amid an Arctic cold spell in the country that has led to a gas demand surge is causing blackouts in northern Mexico, with...
Tesla Looks To India For New EV Factory
Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) will set up a car manufacturing unit in India, the chief minister of the state of Karnataka has said, as the U.S. electric vehicle maker aims to enter one of the most...
Gamestop Falls By 60%, But This Saga Is Just Getting Started
GameStop, that rather dull video game retailer that seemed to more or less be treading water even before the pandemic, has suddenly become so wildly volatile that Robinhood has moved to limited trades.
This is...
The Rich Got Ever Richer Under The Pandemic
The wealthy and upper middle class have mostly recovered from the financial troubles caused by the pandemic, if they even had any.
Economists are warning that the U.S. is experiencing a “K-shaped” recovery, with uneven...
Private Messaging Apps Are Gaining Popularity
With Whatsapp under criticism for promising to share your data with owner Facebook, presumably more secure messaging apps Signal and Telegram are on fire following the social media shakeup in the wake of the...
The Streaming War Is Heating Up Under COVID
Video streaming is one of the rare industries that benefited greatly from the pandemic, through lockdowns, stay-at home orders and remote work. However, a surge of new players is making the market pretty saturated,...
Is Gold Heading To $2,000
Gold is soaring past an eight-year high now, even as equities are rebounding, in a bizarre setup that sees the two moving in lockstep when traditionally gold would be a safe haven asset that...
Trump’s Proposed Regulation Could Slow The ESG Boom
Even before the novel coronavirus pandemic battered global oil markets and gave what could certainly be a coup de grace to the coal sector, the fossil fuels industry has been facing an uncertain future....
TikTok Is Becoming A New Battleground For Tech Politics
The China connection has consistently been a bogeyman for the wildly popular TikTok, and now, TikTok feels completed to distance itself further from Beijing as India--its biggest market--bans the app over government infiltration fears.
India...
Are Gold Stocks Still Undervalued?
Gold miners’ stocks rocketed out of mid-March’s stock panic, breaking out to major new bull-market highs in mid-May. Such blisteringly-fast gains, and gold stocks’ upleg stalling out since, have left many traders nervous about...
Retail Is Still Struggling
U.S. states are now open again for business, but the lines outside of places like TJMaxx might be misleading.
The question now is this: With doors re-opening, which ones are going to stay closed, and...
The Billion-Dollar Industry Thriving Amid Global Lockdowns
In March 2020, the novel coronavirus swept through the U.S., forcing stay-at-home orders and business closures across the country—including all but two of the country’s nearly 1,000 casinos.
That same month, New Jersey, Delaware, Nevada,...