A Shock to the System

Modern science and its firm set of commandments is undergoing a test of faith. Most people would classify themselves as open-mind…

The Runt of the Litter: Cobalt completes lithium-ion trifecta

One of the least glamorous commodities is stealing the show. Cobalt has never been the most glamorous of metals. A chemical eleme…

The Game of Cons — A Song of Eyes and Power

The financial market media circus is messing around pointing fingers at the symptoms, and not the root causes of today's dysf…

Markets Stumble As English Citizenry Knocks EU Out of the UK

As a whole, the UK has made a decision to leave the EU, but her constituent parts are just as divided as Europe ever was.  You kn…

Gold, Oil and the US dollar: The Three Pillars of Modern Markets

There are over a dozen different ‘asset classes’ in modern markets; ranging from cash all the way up to long-dated government bon…