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It's been quite a successful few weeks for LVMH, the world's largest luxury brand group, which owns (among other companies) Louis Vuitton. It has become the first European company to reach a market capitalisation of US$500 billion, a milestone that brings it closer to Tesla in ninth place as the world's largest listed company. We're sure that news like this has only spread their wings, and they'll use it to continue to move forward. We decided to take a look at what the future holds for them.
Let's start with some basic information about this commodity. WTI crude oil is extracted mainly in Texas in the United States, while Brent crude oil is extracted from oil fields in the North Sea. Although WTI has a lower sulphur content than Brent crude oil, its price is generally lower than that of Brent. This is because Brent's main source of supply, the North Sea oil fields, are expected to be depleted in the long term, while North America is seeing increased production of WTI oil from shale and oil sands. Crude oil futures contracts are traded on commodity exchanges, with Brent crude oil traded on the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) and WTI on the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX).
The whole world is facing one of the highest inflations for the past few decades. However, it seems that Eurozone took the hardest hit, to which war in Ukraine could be on of many factors. Covid pandemic started an inevitable inflation growth, and the war was just additional oil on fire. At Ozios we decided to look at this problem, how it was and if it is getting any better. But first, let’s check the difference between headline inflation and core inflation.
As a technology company, Alibaba is investing heavily in artificial intelligence (AI) to improve its services. The trend of implementing AI is really crucial for many companies at the moment. Companies are investing more and more money in this technology, and Alibaba is doing the same.
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