Many manufacturers across many industries are faced with an unprecedented global shortage of tech parts such as semiconductors and sensors. The Covid-19 pandemic, the higher demand than supply and the more recent political sanctions have all contributed to these shortages that impacted among others the automobile industry, game console manufacturers and the almighty – seemingly […]
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The current chip shortage and global implications
After Apple and Tesla, it is Amazon’s and Alphabet’s turn to split
There is an ongoing debate in the financial world regarding stock splits. On one hand, you have big investors like Warren Buffett who hate stock splits, and on the other hand, previous stock splits like Amazon’s splits in the late 90’s make the case against this notion. In the late ’90s, Amazon executed three splits […]
Read article >Fed rate hike(s) and potential impact
The Fed’s benchmark overnight interest rate has been near-zero levels for the past three years, now is set at just 0.25%. At the same time the U.S. consumer price inflation is already pushing higher at its fastest pace in 40 years and many economists say the Fed needs to act soon. In the most recent […]
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