Introduction Every month, a meter reader, wearing light blue shirt, will be entering our house compound to read the electricity meter at our house. Then, he will drop the electric bill into our mailbox. This October’s bill reads RM294. We dream of a day that we will receive a cheque from the meter reader instead […]
Background Electric cars are hogging the headlines in many countries. For example in Norway, electric cars represent about 40 per cent of new car registrations. Charging stations for electric cars are everywhere. Norwegian government is providing incentives and perks to encourage drivers to purchase electric cars. Buyers do not pay import tax and VAT on […]
Introduction Buy brewers. Buy distillers. Buy restaurant companies. This was the conclusion the other day from stock market analysts at Morgan Stanley, who predicted that the arrival of the era of driverless cars would trigger a significant pick-up in alcohol consumption. Autonomous vehicles and ride-sharing technology will enable us to glug more than ever, the […]
Background It was reported recently that Shell, the oil giant, had bought a company, New Motion, a Dutch firm with 30,000 private charging points at home and offices in Europe. This is an interesting development, and it indicates that the oil giants are contemplating a business life after oil. The downstream sector, especially the retailing […]
Introduction The recent Frankfurt Motor Show in September 2917 saw major car companies exhibited several models of electric cars. Subsequently, investors are piling-up their bets on mining companies that are involved in lithium, the key component for making batteries for electric cars. BlackRock, one of the largest fund managers in the world, has […]