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Uranium spot prices have shown more life recently, says David Sadowski, mining equity research analyst at Raymond James, and he expects upward pressure to continue as utilities resume buying to meet future needs. In this interview, he tells The Energy Report the time is ripe to invest in uranium company stocks.

The Toronto stock market headed for a lower open Monday in between big earnings and expectations which lead to disappointment from IBM Corp, since their revenue was less than predicted. In addition to that a concern about the overall global economy. However markets gained equilibrium at the end of last week.

This is an article about how Apple dropped the iPhone 5S' prices; order to clear out the stocks from them. By doing it, they have tied their prices with several other online retailers which sell this product.

"Natural gas briefly sank to its lowest level in a month as forecasts for warmer weather point to lower expectations for heating demand. Natural gas for November delivery is down 12 cents, or 3%, at $3.919 a million British thermal units on the New York Mercantile Exchange." In this article, you can see that because the factor of the environmental conditions (warmer weather) is lowering demand for heating systems, natural gas stock is going down its demand curve - te quantity stays the same while the price lowers.

This is a very insightful article that talks about the professions that will stick out or activities that will boom the participator's bank account in the upcoming near future of the growing USA economy.

As stocks tumble and populist frustration with the political and financial classes grows, Trump is bringing protectionism back in vogue -- making threats to upend trends toward globalization that are decades in the making through the sheer force of his negotiating talents. I have chosen this article in order to convey how politicians can use tariffs as a means to attract votes. Tariffs play a huge role in determining the import-export balance and using them in favor of domestic producers- even though it may cause the economy harm- may result with gaining advantage in ballots.

"But many economists call it a classic case of a government causing a problem rather than solving it. Prices are set so low, they say, that companies and producers cannot make a profit. So farmers grow less food, manufacturers cut back production and retailers stock less inventory." In Venezuela, poorly executed price ceilings are causing massive shortages of many necessities. Although prices are cheap, it is extremely difficult to find necessities like bread or toilet paper.

In the news they assess the fundamental factors moving sugar prices in key markets such as Brazil and Thailand; the impact of macro-economics, weather patterns, increasing global competition and subsidies in India; and how the sugar / ethanol production balance could prove to be crucial for the long term outlook of both markets.