Moore's Law is entering a new phase, thanks to high-performance computing enabled by cloud computing and 5G connectivity.

The recent passing of Gordon Moore has reignited the debate over whether Moore's Law is dead. The late Intel co-founder predicted in 1965 that the number of transistors in an integrated circuit would double approximately every two years, leading to exponential growth in computing power. This observation held true for several decades and has been a major driving force behind the flourishing semiconductor industry, encompassing technological advances ...

New regulation aiming to curb deforestation and land degradation from commodity production could have significant consequences for companies and investors.

Agricultural production has put forests, vital to human survival, under severe threat of deforestation and degradation. To address this, on April 19, the European Parliament voted in favor of the EU’s landmark Deforestation Regulation, which prohibits commodities produced on deforested or degraded land—including cattle, cocoa, coffee, palm oil, rubber, soya and wood—from being sold into the bloc. The new rules also cover products made...

Pervasive pessimism in the corporate real estate sector may be clouding attractive opportunities among listed REITs.

Just because corporate real estate (CRE) has had its troubles, doesn’t mean there aren’t attractive opportunities within the listed-REIT space for diligent investors willing to look.

Following the failures of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank, concern rose that U.S. regional banks’ ability to lend to the real estate sector may be impaired. Regional banks—including recently seized First Republic—are sizeable lenders to U.S. CRE, with roughly $1 trillion ...