September 22, 2024

Category: Markets

The battle to secure economically critical metals
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The battle to secure economically critical metals #NewsMarket

CashNews.co Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. As they jostle for supremacy in semiconductor chips and green technology, America and China have been locked into an increasingly disruptive game of tit-for-tat trade warfare. They have unleashed a panoply of export controls, […]

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Indonesia warns of ‘chaos’ from EU deforestation law
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Indonesia warns of ‘chaos’ from EU deforestation law #NewsMarket

CashNews.co Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Indonesian palm oil producers have warned of global supply chain disruption if the EU proceeds with a ban on the import of commodities linked to deforestation this year. Indonesia is the world’s biggest palm […]

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Orange juice squeezed by Brazilian drought
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Orange juice squeezed by Brazilian drought #NewsMarket

CashNews.co Orange juice prices have skyrocketed to all-time highs as severe drought and widespread crop disease have crushed yields in Brazil, the world’s top exporter, leaving soft-drink companies facing a “dire” situation. Concentrated orange juice futures traded on Intercontinental Exchange in New York hit $4.92 a pound on Friday, almost three times higher than prices […]

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Costly cat bonds help vulnerable countries weather the storm
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Costly cat bonds help vulnerable countries weather the storm #NewsMarket

CashNews.co Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. From earthquakes to tornadoes, natural disasters have inflicted billions of dollars of damage this year. But so far they have had minimal impact on the catastrophe bond market. These disaster risk financing tools are […]

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Why I think these Reits deserve a second look
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Why I think these Reits deserve a second look #NewsMarket

CashNews.co Finally, slowly, interest rates are set to fall — probably to between 4 and 4.75 per cent in the UK and the US. That’s refocused investors’ attention on rate-sensitive sectors. And, since they are built on mountains of debt, you don’t get much more rate-sensitive than real estate investment trusts, or Reits, companies that […]

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