The rat and mice event, which is run by the NSW Fancy Rodent Society, showcases ‘happy, healthy, functional and friendly’ animals What makes a grand champion rat? If anyone knows, it’s Rachel Sydenham. With 30 years of experience as a rat keeper and breeder, she is judge of rat entries at the Sydney Royal Easter Show. Continue reading...
The rat and mice event, which is run by the NSW Fancy Rodent Society, showcases ‘happy, healthy, functional and friendly’ animals What makes a grand champion rat? If anyone knows, it’s Rachel Sydenham. With 30 years of experience as a rat keeper and breeder, she is judge of rat entries at the Sydney Royal Easter Show. Continue reading...
After playing in a forested area in the Solomon Islands, Billy’s children often break out in rashes or itchy boils at home. A few years ago, the family became dizzy, suffered headaches and vomited – they believed it was due to the clams from nearby mangrove beds that they had eaten. “It was lucky that we stopped the children from eating them,” said Billy, whose family lives a hand-to-mouth existen...
After playing in a forested area in the Solomon Islands, Billy’s children often break out in rashes or itchy boils at home. A few years ago, the family became dizzy, suffered headaches and vomited – they believed it was due to the clams from nearby mangrove beds that they had eaten. “It was lucky that we stopped the children from eating them,” said Billy, whose family lives a hand-to-mouth existence in the village of Yandina in the Russell Islands. The 50-year-old farmer suspected that...
SlavkoSereda/iStock via Getty Images U.S. crude oil futures surged nearly $12/bbl Thursday in the biggest one-day dollar gain since 2020 after President Trump delivered a hawkish address on Iran, in volatile trading ahead of the three-day Good Friday holiday. "We're going to hit them extremely hard over the next 2-3 weeks," Trump said of Iran. "We're going to bring them back to the Stone Ages, wh...
SlavkoSereda/iStock via Getty Images U.S. crude oil futures surged nearly $12/bbl Thursday in the biggest one-day dollar gain since 2020 after President Trump delivered a hawkish address on Iran, in volatile trading ahead of the three-day Good Friday holiday. "We're going to hit them extremely hard over the next 2-3 weeks," Trump said of Iran. "We're going to bring them back to the Stone Ages, where they belong." The president did not discuss ceasefire negotiations and provided no details on any steps that could lead to a reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, the vital waterway for much of the world's oil transit that has been effectively closed since the war started on February 28. "The market was a bit more set up for something that had maybe more focus on negotiations and a quicker withdrawal, and that was not what we got" in Trump's speech. CIBC Private Wealth US senior energy trader Rebecca Babin said in a note. "After the comments last night, it feels more likely that things are heading in the escalatory path as opposed to the de-escalatory path." "The market doesn't like long weekends... Generally speaking, weekends haven't been kind to de-escalation," Babin also noted, but at the same time, "this is a sentiment market, and sentiment can change quickly. This could turn on a heartbeat." Oil prices trimmed a bit of their early gains, and the major stock market indexes recovered most of their losses after Iran said it is working with Oman to set up a system to monitor tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, suggesting that at least some additional energy shipments could start reaching the global market. In other developments, French President Macron dismissed the use of military force to open the Strait of Hormuz, as suggested by Trump in his address, calling it "unrealistic." Persian Gulf oil producers are considering building new pipelines that would avoid the strait altogether, the Financial Times reported, although such projects would be costly and take y...
iShares Silver Trust ( NYSEMKT:SLV ) and SPDR Gold Shares ( NYSEMKT:GLD ) both offer exposure to physical precious metals, but GLD comes with a slightly lower expense ratio, a larger asset base, and a less volatile historical risk profile. Both SLV and GLD are designed to give investors direct access to the price movements of silver and gold, respectively, through physically backed trusts. This co...
iShares Silver Trust ( NYSEMKT:SLV ) and SPDR Gold Shares ( NYSEMKT:GLD ) both offer exposure to physical precious metals, but GLD comes with a slightly lower expense ratio, a larger asset base, and a less volatile historical risk profile. Both SLV and GLD are designed to give investors direct access to the price movements of silver and gold, respectively, through physically backed trusts. This comparison looks at costs, performance, risk, and portfolio composition to help investors decide whether silver or gold exposure may better fit their portfolio objectives. Continue reading