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India’s $100 Billion Grid Bet Is Accelerating A Solar Manufacturing Boom

Just a decade ago, the Indian government seemed hell-bent on using coal to power its industrialization drive, with large-scale solar energy virtually unheard of in the country apart from a few microgrids serving remote rural villages and rooftop installations. In early 2015, the Modi administration set a goal to double domestic coal output to roughly 1.5 billion tonnes by 2030. However, the country’s energy landscape has since undergone a massive transformation in a short space of time. While th

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Qatar Role as USA-Iran Mediator Jeopardized

The targeting of a Qatari tanker near the Strait of Hormuz has imperiled the Gulf state's role as one of the primary mediators.

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Higher gas prices aren’t the only way rising tensions with Iran will hit home

Wall Street expects President Trump’s call that the Iran cease-fire is over will hurt airlines and home builders more than it will help oil companies.

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More than two-thirds of tech stocks are at least 20% off recent highs. What’s happening to the AI trade?

Major semiconductor names have been falling hard as investors take profits following a blockbuster second quarter.

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IMF Downgrades Global Economic Growth Forecast To 3% Amid Iran War

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has downgraded its 2026 global economic growth forecast to 3%, down from 3.5% posted in 2025 with the impact of the Iran war expected to negate gains made by the ongoing AI boom. According to the IMF, oil prices will average ~32% higher in the current year compared to the previous year while global consumer prices are set to jump 4.7%, halting two years of cooling inflation. However, the AI investment boom is expected to provide one of the few bright spots,

Canada Eyes Two New Oil Pipelines

The governments of Canada and Alberta signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on a West Coast oil pipeline on Nov. 27, 2025. The landmark MOU declared the proposed oil pipeline to Asian markets as a potential project of national interest. Prime Minister Mark Carney and Premier Danielle Smith signed a subsequent Implementation Agreement on May 15, 2026, which outlines specific timelines to push for construction approval as early as September 2027. On July 2, the pair announced the new pipeline

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Realize ETF profits up to the exemption amount?

Hello dear community, as is well known, ETFs are at ATH and I am up a good 50% on the MSCI World. I'm still studying and need around 1000 euros in the next few weeks (fun expense, already planned anyway). I am now considering realizing MSCI World profits of around 900 euros or less than the tax exemption in order to use the exemption for the first time. I actually planned to take the amount from the current account. Is there something against this? Unless, of course, I reduce my portfolio

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Space Force adds two startups to small, medium launch pool

The two additions to SSC’s National Security Space Launch Phase 3 Lane 1 program bring the total number of qualified launch providers to seven.

West Texas Cowboys Are Cashing In on the AI Land Rush

Forty miles outside Abilene, in the highlands between Taylor and Nolan counties, 421 wind turbines have spun since 2006. Horse Hollow was the largest wind farm on earth when it went up…nearly 47,000 acres of cattle country and mesquite scrub, leased from ranch families who mostly kept running cattle underneath the blades. West Texas doing what West Texas does best…selling the wind nobody else wanted. Twenty years later, the same stretch of the state is selling something else nobody has enough of

The case for having Big Oil in your 401(k) or IRA

Energy exposure may help you sleep better at night.

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Stock market: New escalation in the Middle East pushes Dax below 25,000 points

The renewed tensions between Iran and the USA are causing the Dax to fall. Oil prices rise, inflation worries return.

Russia Bans Diesel Exports Amid Heavy Ukraine Attacks On Refineries

Russia has officially banned all diesel exports in a bid to secure its domestic fuel market following highly destructive Ukrainian drone strikes on its energy infrastructure. According to Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak, the embargo covers all diesel exports, closing a loophole that allowed self-producing oil firms to sell fuel abroad. The ban is scheduled to remain in place through the end of July. On Tuesday, a long-range Ukrainian strike successfully crippled Gazprom Neft’s Omsk oil ref

China Plans 1,000-Satellite Network to Watch Over Central Asia

China is planning to deploy a constellation of over 1,000 remote-sensing satellites to observe Central Asia, according to China’s official news outlets Xinhua and The People’s Daily. The first batch of five satellites of the Tianwu Constellation is expected to be launched into orbit by the end of 2026. The project is presented as a combined initiative with Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, with a declared purpose of monitoring environmental developments and reducing the potential harm cause

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Value factor as a return booster?

Hello everyone, I'm currently reading up on factor investing and would like to get your opinion on a potential strategy expansion. The common mantra here in the forum or as with Finanzfluss/Finanztip is usually: “Keep it simple” via MSCI World + EM or directly as a one-ETF solution via the FTSE All-World. This is absolutely solid as a forecast-free basic investment, but I wonder whether performance is being left behind here. Specifically, I got the iShares Ed

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Handelsblatt Live: Stock market expert Koch on US-Iran tensions: “Wall Street hopes that people will row back”

In view of rising oil prices, the stock market is doing “astonishingly well,” comments Markus Koch. Despite uncertainty, there is still hope on Wall Street that both Iran and the USA are interested in an agreement.

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What will happen to the stock market if the iran war drags on for years?

If the war in iran keeps on going on, the price of oil will never go down and prices of everything will skyrocket. Can this drag the stock market into a correction or possibly a crash? We already see how fragile the economy is with very low jobs numbers and the s&p 500 being carried by the ai hype so im concerned this can be the last tipping point that breaks everything. Im not saying we shouldn’t invest but im saying its a big concern not many are speaking of because everytime theres good news

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UK Airline Turns Fuel Price Surge Into $500 Million Windfall Through Hedging

Jet2 recorded a nearly £400m boost from the rising price of jet fuel which caused widespread fear that summer holidays could be cancelled and airlines could go bust. The package holiday provider revealed that it defied the travel chaos caused by the Middle East conflict to instead take a £388m balance sheet boost from rising jet fuel prices. Because the company had already locked in low fuel prices with its suppliers, the rising market cost of fuel meant that the value of its fuel contracts soar

Klingbeil in criticism: Is the finance minister engaging in budget trickery?

For the Ifo Institute, the investment rate would be significantly lower without the transfer of road and rail expenses from the special fund. Overall, the state is not doing enough.

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The US military is not organized for cyber war

Too much of this debate treats a new service as a judgment on Cyber Command’s performance. It is not.

Oil Prices Jump over 7% as Iran Ceasefire Declared ‘Over’

Oil prices surged over 7% to a two-week high on Wednesday after U.S. President Donald Trump declared that the interim ceasefire agreement with Iran is officially over and dismissed the recently signed memorandum of understanding as a "waste of time." Brent crude for September delivery spiked 7.6% to trade at $79.76 per barrel at 10:40 am ET, while WTI crude for August delivery gained 7.2% to change hands at $75.4/bbl. Iran attacked three commercial vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz on Tues

Airbus outlook: forecast with warning

Airbus predicts colossal demand for new aircraft. The fact that only a few of them could go to Europe should give politicians pause.

Global Nuclear Power Capacity Set to Jump by 44% by 2036

The world’s fleet of nuclear power capacity is expected to surge by 44% over the next decade as China will topple the United States as the biggest nuclear power capacity holder and India will hike its capacity to boost energy security. These are the estimates in a new report by BloombergNEF, which sees total global nuclear capacity at 535 gigawatts (GW) by 2036, up from the 372 GW of installed capacity as of the end of 2025. China is set to nearly double its current nuclear capacity to 102 GW fr

Climate advertising: Court bans Lufthansa from making certain CO2 statements in advertising

The Cologne Higher Regional Court prohibits Lufthansa from making certain statements about sustainable aviation fuel. The advertising misled consumers about the use of SAF.

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Which Country Would Win the Energy World Cup?

How would the World Cup's remaining countries get on if they were only judged on their energy supply figures?

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4 US Advanced Nuclear Reactors Successfully Demonstrated, DOE Says

The Energy Department said its Reactor Pilot Program has exceeded Trump's goal to have at least three advanced nuclear reactor designs achieve 'criticality' by the U.S.' July 4 anniversary.

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Wall Street: Escalation in Iran drives oil, weighs on bonds and increases yields

Market observers believe a diplomatic solution is more likely. But the uncertainty has its consequences. And: New information on Fed interest rates.

Space travel: Despite rocket explosion – Jeff Bezos achieves high rating for Blue Origin

For the first time, the Amazon founder has raised external capital for his space company - just a few weeks after a spectacular setback.

EIA: Crude Oil Inventories in US See Rare Build

Crude oil inventories in the United States saw a surprise increase of 3.0 million barrels during the week ending July 3, according to new data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) released on Wednesday. The increase brings commercial stockpiles to 411.4 million barrels, according to government data, which are now 6% below the five-year average for this time of year. The EIA’s data release follows API’s figures that were released a day earlier, which reported that crude oil inven

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TotalEnergies Eyes Offshore Exploration Deal in Syria

TotalEnergies is looking to discuss the potential signing of an exploration contract offshore Syria with officials in Damascus, the French supermajor’s chief executive, Patrick Pouyanné, said during a visit to the Middle Eastern country. “Syria's offshore area has never really been explored historically, so we have partnered with other companies to look into it. We will discuss it today with our Syrian counterparts to see whether we can move towards a contract,” Pouyanné told reporters, as carri