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Do we still need rare earths? This once shining sector has been in the dumps for months. I can't get a rise out of any of the ones I'm watching. ARR, ARU, HAS.
Others that are probably sold off and could be in for a lift are the 'sensible' LICs, such as AFI, ARG and MIR.I'm looking at de risking somewhat tomorrow, sell some good time shares and move some more into conservative, I think there is more downside than upside in the next 12 months..
Rare Earths Statistics including other products as per the USGS National Minerals Information Center.Do we still need rare earths? This once shining sector has been in the dumps for months. I can't get a rise out of any of the ones I'm watching. ARR, ARU, HAS.
Unfortunately though, from discovery to mine is way too slow for the nano-second trading bots of the stock markets. ?To get to net zero, Europe will require up to 26 times the amount of rare earth metals in 2050 compared with today. Demand is also increasing because of digitalisation. The EU, like the UK, is dependent on imports, while the geopolitics of supply chains are increasingly unstable. China is the world’s largest producer of rare earths. Russia is the fourth-largest supplier. The west views this as a significant potential threat to its security of supply. Given Russia’s attempts to weaponise its gas supplies, this is not an unreasonable belief.
And they did .... to varying degreesMy two that might be turning the corner are EOL and CXL.
The XAO has been slightly higher in july so we'd expect the trending to be similar.Others that are probably sold off and could be in for a lift are the 'sensible' LICs, such as AFI, ARG and MIR.
While these generally stay close to the indexes, the premium to NTA has been removed in each case..
And MIR may have been rewarded for its special divi of 4.5c on top of 6.5c.Dividends are predictable, and a lift in SP often observed leading up to going ex-
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