Manganese Market Forecast: Top Trends for Manganese in 2025

The 2024 manganese market was impacted by several factors including growing demand for battery applications, geopolitical risks, production disruptions and strategic investments. Positive demand from the electric vehicle sector offered support as automakers increasingly turned to manganese-rich lithium-ion chemistries like lithium manganese iron phosphate (LMFP) to cut costs and reduce reliance on nickel and cobalt. […]

Boab Metals: Advancing Toward Near-Term Lead, Silver Production in Western Australia

Boab Metals (ASX:BML) is a base and precious metals explorer and developer progressing toward a final investment decision (FID) on its Sorby Hills project, a world-class lead-silver deposit. Boab Metals is poised to capitalize on the rising demand for lead and silver, delivering value to shareholders and supporting the global transition to sustainable energy systems. […]

Rubio to pitch foreign policy credentials to Senate as he vies to become America’s top diplomat

Republican Florida Sen. Marco Rubio is bracing himself for the hot seat as he prepares to sit through the often-arduous confirmation hearing process on Wednesday with the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations as he vies to lead the State Department under the next Trump administration.  Though Rubio is not expected to get off easy in […]

Trump attorney general nominee Pam Bondi to testify before Judiciary Committee

President-elect Donald Trump’s selection to be attorney general in his new administration faces the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday morning at a confirmation hearing.  Trump tapped former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi to lead the Department of Justice (DOJ) in late November after former Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., withdrew from consideration.  The Wednesday hearing begins […]

Gold Prices: De-Dollarization, Inflation, and $3,000 Gold—What You Need to Know Now

Gold has been in the headlines over the last few months, perhaps more so now than in years. This heightened attention stems from shifts in global conditions, including worldwide inflation, escalating geopolitical tensions, a surge in central bank gold purchases, de-dollarization efforts, and the influence of BRICS nations. If you follow financial media, $3,000 an […]

The Bullish Case for Small Caps vs. Large Caps

Will small cap stocks finally take on a leadership role in 2025? In this video, Dave provides a thorough technical analysis discussion of the Russell 2000 ETF (IWM) and how that compares to the current technical configuration of the S&P 500 index. He also shares three charts he’ll be watching in the coming weeks to […]

Southwest Airlines pauses corporate hiring, most summer internships to cut costs

Southwest Airlines is pausing corporate hiring and promotions, suspending most of its summer internships and going without some employee team-building events that date back to the 1980s in order to cut costs and improve margins, CEO Bob Jordan told staff. “Every single dollar matters as we continue to fight to return to excellent financial performance,” Jordan said […]

Bullish AND Bearish Options Trade Ideas

In this video, Tony starts the week with a very different tone as he looks at how markets are currently playing out. He then shares individual trade ideas, pointing out which ones they continue to have a bullish or bearish outlooks on. He looks at some key stocks including META, NVDA, AAPL, and more. This […]

SEC charges Robinhood with securities violations; brokerage to pay $45 million penalty

The Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday said two related Robinhood broker-dealers agreed to pay $45 million in combined penalties to settle administrative charges that they violated more than 10 separate securities law provisions related to their brokerage operations. The violations by Robinhood Securities LLC and Robinhood Financial LLC are related to failures to report suspicious trading in a timely manner, […]