🤑 Spending for all the wrong reasons

Solar energy could be poised for a boom | Inflation forced shoppers to spend big | [TOGETHER WITH]( Hi {NAME}, here's what you need to know for December 7th in 3:08 minutes. 👌 Don’t fret if you missed the first day of the [Modern Investor Summit]( – better late than never, after all. Join day two of our trajectory-changing summit today, and discover the opportunities catching Cathie Wood’s and Anthony “Pomp” Pompliano’s attention. [Get your free ticket]( Today's big stories - The International Energy Agency predicted a bright future for solar energy - Here’s a novel tool you can use to forecast profit growth – [Read Now]( - UK retail sales jumped last month, but that wasn’t because Brits cut loose Solar Is Shining [Solar Is Shining] What’s Going On Here? The International Energy Agency (IEA) published a report on Tuesday predicting a few fat years for the solar power industry. What Does This Mean? Nations were given an extra reason to take their looming climate commitments seriously when war broke out in Europe, sending energy prices sky-high and fanning the flames of global inflation. Renewable energy suddenly started looking a lot more attractive – and solar projects, which are relatively quick and convenient to develop, seemed to possess a special appeal. At any rate, the sector has piqued the interest of the US and India: the IEA thinks the next five years will see the two nations’ solar spending increase sevenfold compared to the past five, putting a dent in China’s hold over the solar supply chain. In fact, things are moving so quickly that the IEA expects solar power generation to outpace coal by 2027. Why Should I Care? The bigger picture: Green growth. It’s not just solar: renewables in general seem to be on a stellar trajectory right now, with some generous government spending helping things along. Just look at the US, which is plowing ahead with a climate package that includes $10 billion in tax credits and $27 billion in a “green bank” to support clean energy projects. That could be why the IEA’s so cheery about clean energy’s fortunes: the body expects global renewable power capacity to become the biggest source of global electricity by 2025 and to double in the next five years. Zooming out: Testing metal’s mettle. There are challenges to the green transition, mind you: data out on Tuesday showed that this year's skyrocketing lithium, cobalt, and nickel prices pushed the price of EV battery packs up for the first time in over a decade. Unless costs come down soon, that could make it tricky to mass produce and sell EVs in markets where subsidies aren’t on offer – setting the transition back. You might also like: [The world’s going renewable, but everyone’s neglecting renewable energy stocks.]( Copy to share story: [( 🙋 [Ask a question](mailto:questions@finimize.com?body=Ask us a question: Where are you writing from? Let us know and we'll mention it when we reply.&noapp=true&subject=Solar Is Shining&utm_campaign=daily-global-07-12-2022&utm_source=email) Analyst Take Want A Better View Of Next Year’s Profit Growth? Meet Average America Inc. [Want A Better View Of Next Year’s Profit Growth? Meet Average America Inc.]( By Paul Allison, Analyst US stock market valuations have [fallen sharply]( in anticipation of a more difficult year ahead, and whether stock prices improve from here depends a lot on [2023’s profit picture](. Top of [your to-do list](, then, should be forming a view on next year’s profit growth. Done the usual way, that can be an arduous task, so I’ve devised [a novel way to do it](. That’s today’s Insight: [meet Average America Inc., the company standing in for your typical US firm.]( [Read or listen to the Insight here]( Finimize x Revolut Pretty good stuff, right? Our analysts write Insights like this every day, and you can read every single one of them with [Finimize Premium](. There’s no better time to get started: our new partnership means you can get [six free months of Finimize Premium]( and [three free months of Revolut Premium]( if you [sign up for Revolut today](. We’ll even send you £10 (or equivalent) to your Revolut account to get you started. SPONSORED BY HONEYBRICKS Get your fill of real estate Inflation’s helping itself to your cash, so now it’s your turn to [tuck into something satisfying](. So let us introduce you to the delicious world of [real estate investing](: this type of opportunity can help you make [passive income and diversify your portfolio]( while other investments crash. And now you can [buy fractional, tokenized chunks]( of different real estate investments with [HoneyBricks](, so you can tap into [high-quality US commercial properties]( for much, much less. You’ll get to choose from [the best opportunities on the market]( too: HoneyBricks’s vetting process is so strict that only 1% of the investments it assesses make it to its [marketplace](. See it for yourself: [check out HoneyBricks’s top-quality marketplace](. [Find Out More]( More Buck For Your Bang [More Buck For Your Bang] What’s Going On Here? Data out on Tuesday [showed]( that UK retail sales jumped in November – but that’s got more to do with inflation than seasonal shopping. What Does This Mean? October’s paltry 1.2% annual rise in the value of retail spending had economists hoping the month was the calm before the winter spending storm. But now that November’s figures are in, it seems like this might be a “be-careful-what-you-wish-for” moment. See, the value of retail sales did climb 4.1% last month versus the year before – but for all the wrong reasons. Non-food retail sales didn't grow at all, suggesting consumers aren’t splurging on gifts and festive finery: they’ve just had to spend more to afford the bare necessities. And that 4.1% increase in the value of retail sales wasn’t adjusted for inflation – which was running at a 41-year high of 11.1% in October – meaning that the figure probably conceals a big drop in the actual volume of sales. Why Should I Care? Zooming in: If I had a little money. That grim, expensive reality was confirmed on Tuesday by separate data from Barclaycard, which monitors almost half of the UK’s card transactions. The report showed that spending on necessities like groceries, fuel, and healthcare ticked up by 7.1% in November, while spending on utilities headed skyward and grew by over 40%. No wonder a survey found that half of all Brits are planning to cut spending this Christmas – not merry news for struggling retailers. The bigger picture: Don’t count on growth. Consumer spending accounts for about half of the British economy, so it’s no surprise the country’s growth outlook is currently about as strong as Australia’s white Christmas prospects. In fact, a business industry organization [said]( this week that Britain’s economy is on track to shrink 0.4% next year – in line with the [OECD](’s thinking, which only expects one economy in Europe to perform worse in 2023: Russia. You might also like: [It’s been a dark time for UK investors, but some green shoots are popping up.]( Copy to share story: [( 🙋 [Ask a question](mailto:questions@finimize.com?body=Ask us a question: Where are you writing from? 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