Gold is trading at a premium

With the coronavirus pandemic and the steep correction in the equities markets earlier in the year, investors are flocking towards safe-haven assets such as Gold and Silver. The market is seeing precious metal demand at multi-year highs. With the coronavirus lockdowns spreading worldwide, the supply chain of precious metals has been severely impacted. Many mining…

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Copper production to fall 7% as pandemic weighs

Industry giants expect world copper production to fall by approximately 7% in 2020-2021. The anticipated fall in volumes is due to impacts from a reduction in workforce-related to COVID-19 restriction measures. Copper Prices Continue to rise, and prices extend rally driven by steady Chinese demand and supply disruptions. ImpTrax Forward Price Curve predicts the copper…

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Top 10 Steps to Becoming a Successful Entrepreneur

Many people wonder whether there is a guaranteed formula for becoming a successful entrepreneur. The entrepreneurship journey is as unique as a thumbprint for any business person. Entrepreneur ideas and methodologies are always unique and idiosyncratic. However, their thinking and implementation strategies tend to be the same. In fact, recent research has shown that entrepreneurs…

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How to Implement Agile in 10 Easy Steps

Over the last decade, many organizations are progressively and expansively using agile processes for almost 30-80 percent of their development projects. They are creating productive agile teams, and breaking projects into short iterative development phases (sprints) enabling rapid minimal viable prototype designs and products. With agile, development projects execution cycles therefore no longer need to…

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7 Lean Principles to Follow in Software Development

Just like a blueprint is used in construction, and a recipe is followed when preparing a meal, there are principles to follow for efficacious software development. These principles boil down to what is usually referred to as a software development methodology. A software development methodology is imperative as it contains procedures that lead to the…

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How Blockchain Technology Disrupts Cybersecurity

Most people have heard about the Bitcoin. While it is exciting and interesting to talk about the Bitcoin, we are leaving that aside to concentrate on the technology that makes it work – blockchain. Blockchain technology not only underlies Bitcoin and other Cryptocurrencies, but its applications also extend far beyond the digital currencies. From food…

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Improving Healthcare with Machine Learning and Big Data

Imagine going to the doctor’s when you are not feeling well. And, instead of the doctor only asking you how you feel and then coming up with a diagnosis based on acquired medical knowledge, he/she does something more – enters your symptoms into a computer that retrieves the most recent and related medical research in…

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