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The Electric Vehicle Market Faces Challenges as It Goes Mainstream

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There’s been a lot of news flow around slowing demand for electric vehicles, so this week we wanted to take a closer look at what’s happening in that space...

Short-Term Rental Laws Are Pressuring The Housing Market cover

We’re currently in a property supply crisis. Rising interest rates, increasing population and immigration have created an imperfect storm where housing is harder to come by and more expensive than ever before...

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The Rundown On Earnings Quality, Buybacks And Margins cover

Since we are well into earnings season we decided to have a look at three topics related to company reports: earnings quality, share buybacks and margins...

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China's Evolving Economy, And The Pros And Cons Of Bond ETFs cover

This week we’re checking in on China’s economy after some better than expected data and another round of stimulus...

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Now that interest rates are back at 2008 levels, we wanted to share what their earnings reports tell us about the economy..

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If you’ve got variable interest rate debts outstanding, you may have noticed your repayments increase over the last 2 years. The more debt outstanding, the bigger the change. Well… imagine if you had $33 trillion in debt outstanding?

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A Global Review of Markets in Q3 cover

Welcome back to our regular schedule for Market Insights! Last week we wrapped up our 12-part Big Trends series, but that won’t be the last you hear of them...

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The Big Trends - Part 12: Nuclear Energy  cover

For today though, we are looking at a topic that divides the room: nuclear energy. We didn’t cover it when we looked at Energy and Climate Change previously, because well, there’s a lot to cover...

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The Big Trends - Part 11: Nanotechnology cover

This week we are having a look at the diverse and interesting field of nanotechnology. We’re going to have a look at what it is in the first place, the types of nanotech applications, and how to invest in the space.

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The Big Trends - Part 10: Gaming, AR and VR cover

The first is one of the oldest technology sectors around, and the second… well it seems to be perpetually on the verge of take-off...

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The Big Trends - Part 9: The Internet of Things cover

This is part 9 of our ‘Big Trends’ series, and we are looking at another emerging trend, the Internet of Things (IoT). If you’re not familiar with this space, Oracle describes it as...

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While the industry is still in its infancy, there’s already plenty of use cases for the technology, with more being developed as we speak. Most of the companies in the space are still tiny, but if you’re an investor with a tolerance for risk and a long time horizon, you might find the space worth considering for a portion of your portfolio!

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The Big Trends - Part 7: Tech Innovations In Advertising, Education and Agriculture cover

We are now seven weeks into our ‘Big Trends’ series. This week we are looking at how technology has, and is, disrupting a few important industries, namely advertising, education and agriculture.

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