The global automobile industry is not a highly competitive industry with thousands of players. Instead just like in other major industries, the auto industry is an oligopoly where a handful of firms dominate the market. Small companies trying to enter and compete against the giants is mostly impossible. For example, in the US the market …
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The current bull market in US stocks can be called as “The Most Hated Bull Market” in history. This is because unlike any other bull market, this bull does not have the feel to it. For example, there is nothing like the craze and euphoria that swept the country during the dot com mania of …
Fake meat firm Beyond Meat, Inc. (BYND) is one of the most heavily shorted stock at discount brokerages according to a note in The Wall Street Journal yesterday. In addition to the fake meat sector, the cannabis sector is also most shorted by market participants. NASDAQ listed Tilray Inc(TLRY) is one example in the Cannabis space. …
Bear markets that occur globally have become frequent since 1912. Before that, for a long period of 64 years from 1848 thru 1912 there were no global bear markets and the entire stretch of 64 years was of peace and economic growth. However all that changes when World War I started in 1914. The following …