natural resources

Protectionism around natural resources is surging, and could spell danger for commodities

March 8, 2021

CNBC Countries rich in natural resources have become increasingly protectionist over the past year as Covid-19 threatened their economies, a new study has shown. A report published Thursday by risk consultancy Verisk Maplecroft indicated that over the course of 2020, 34 countries had seen a “significant increase” in resource nationalism, with the pandemic exacerbating an existing trend toward government intervention.

Here are the key levels to watch in utilities and gold as investors get defensive: Trader

March 4, 2020

CNBC Is it time to get defensive? That’s been the question of the week after a volatile bout for U.S. markets, which saw the Dow Jones Industrial Average have its biggest-ever one-day point loss Thursday and biggest one-day point gain Monday. The swings continued Tuesday, with the Dow ultimately closing down nearly 3% after an emergency interest rate cut by the Federal Reserve, an attempt

GE Oil & Gas Alum Joins Tech Company as CCO - Oil & Gas 360

Verisk to Acquire Genscape

August 26, 2019

By Tyler Losier, Energy Reporter, Oil & Gas 360 Genscape will become a part of Verisk subsidiary Wood Mackenzie Verisk (stock ticker: VRSK), a data analytics provider headquartered in New Jersey, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Genscape, a provider of real-time data for commodity markets, from Daily Mail and General Trust (DMGT) for $364 million in cash. As

World Powers Increasingly See Icy Arctic as a Hot Property

August 22, 2019

From AP News From a helicopter, Greenland’s brilliant white ice and dark mountains make the desolation seem to go on forever. And the few people who live here — its whole population wouldn’t fill a football stadium — are poor, with a high rate of substance abuse and suicide. One scientist called it the “end of the planet.” When U.S.

Protectionism around natural resources is surging, and could spell danger for commodities

Here are the key levels to watch in utilities and gold as investors get defensive: Trader

Verisk to Acquire Genscape

World Powers Increasingly See Icy Arctic as a Hot Property

Premium Content