by Ken Rietz | Jul 5, 2023 | Uncategorized
There are several different avenues of approach that have emerged to combat climate change. One is carbon reduction which includes the removal of carbon from the atmosphere. Subsequently, a new carbon trading sector has emerged and carbon emissions has become one of...
by Ken Rietz | Sep 12, 2018 | Uncategorized
Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) and Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) are the first US companies to cross the one trillion dollar market cap ribbon, with Apple winning by a nose. (They are not the first trillion dollar companies, however. Both PetroChina and Saudi Aramco have been larger than...
by Ken Rietz | Jul 19, 2018 | Uncategorized
This commentary is an overview of Emerging Markets (EMs). We begin with a brief review of their recent trends, then explore common factors that affect most every EM (such as the strengthening of the USD), then look at factors that will affect different markets...
by Ken Rietz | Jun 7, 2018 | Uncategorized
Instead of attempting to cover all areas of emerging markets in one report, we are going to split them over several weeks and cover specific countries. This week we will cover Southeast Asia, focusing specifically on Thailand and Indonesia. Thailand Thailand was...
by Ken Rietz | Apr 12, 2018 | Uncategorized
This week we continue our review of the different sectors within the S&P and in the commentary below we discuss the industrial sector. Overall, the industrial sector globally is healthy and growing at a moderate pace. We will look at this a bit more closely, and...