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Cars like Tesla's “Model X” are unthinkable without lithium-ion batteries, and so are almost all of our battery-powered electronic devices. However, these batteries do not only contain lithium as the cathode material...

Mike McGlone, head of research for ETF Securities, says in an interview with Kitco News that precious metals demonstrate strong performance in the generally weakened commodity sector, and silver is leading the pack...

The recent oil rally has helped two of Asia's most depressed currencies regain much-needed ground against the dollar...

Prices for two key oil benchmarks - WTI and Brent - have been moving simultaneously for much of 2015, but soon the paths for the two benchmarks could diverge...

Just before the London open, shares in Glencore in Hong Kong were up 31%. In London, its shares had a volatile opening earlier today, climbing as much as 20 per cent before settling back to a 12 per cent gain at 106p...

In 2015, investors have withdrawn a record amount of gold from the Shanghai Gold Exchange, the world's biggest spot bullion market, which contributed to signs that demand in China is regaining ground after a stock market rout and a shock devaluation of the yuan...

The bond market is not expecting the first Federal Reserve interest-rate hike in nine years until at least March...

For global investors, 2015 appeared to be a year to forget, with stocks, commodities, currencies - all dressed in red and volatility hitting unprecedented levels. Even trifling gains in bonds are being wiped out by what little inflation there is in the global economy...

Gold has begun the fourth quarter positively, rising after a disappointing U.S. jobs report, and the World Gold Council says there is still a case to hold the yellow metal and investors shouldn’t be so focused on the potential of U.S. interest rate hikes...

According to tourism experts, the revenue which Saudi Arabia generates from oil could be replaced by tourism...

Gold’s long-term downturn continues with prices on their way to finish the third quarter in negative territory, its second consecutive lower quarterly close...

As the third quarter is about to end, most commodities have logged huge losses, with lumber, coffee and aluminum having experienced the most grinding declines year-to-date...

Earlier today, Callum Thomas, investment strategist at AMP Capital, had a courtesy to remind us why now it is the perfect time for investors to buy...

Anglo-Swiss commodity and mining giant Glencore saw its shares drop another 26 percent on Monday with analysts highlighting that the weakness is likely to be reflected in the entire sector...

Occam's razor says the S&P 500 dropped its long-term uptrend in late August, meaning it is now in a downtrend...

“Now we will go back to the fretting about the Fed’s timing and the interim data, which will be sliced and diced,” said Liz Ann Sonders, chief investment officer at Charles Schwab in a note titled, “When Doves Cry.”...

Japan's stock market suffered in the recent weeks together with the rest of Asia, but its shares may actually get a boost from a Federal Reserve rate hike...

It is almost impossible to justify interest rates being at near-zero given "the cumulative improvement in the economy over the past few years means," says Paul Ashworth chief, U.S. economist at Capital Economics...

With market participants worldwide anticipating the first Federal Reserve rate increase in nine years, the second largest economy that’s looked the shakiest lately may actually be one of the countries best positioned to face the approaching liftoff...

Malcolm Turnbull - a 60 y.o. self-made millionaire-turned-politician who had been serving as the communications minister - became Australia's fifth prime minister in eight years, after having defeated Tony Abbot in a leadership ballot...