(From Yahoo)…Stocks rose while US crude oil prices fell for a back-to-back session amid signs of progress in Russia-Ukraine talks. Russia said it was easing military action in Ukraine’s capital Kyiv and northern city Chernihiv and was prepared to set a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky following a draft […]
Are we headed for a recession? There are a couple of indicators that have accurately signaled the last number of recessions. The bond market is a bit of a mess. Treasury bonds have been getting killed for the third day in a row, taking ten-year yields back above 2%. It is a bit unusual given […]
(From Yahoo finance)…Stocks erased earlier gains to close mostly lower, with investors looking ahead to the Federal Reserve’s next monetary policy decision later this week amid an ongoing war in Ukraine and soaring inflation. The Dow Jones Industrial Average erased earlier gains of as many as 451 points to end little changed by market close. […]
(From Yahoo finance)…Concerns over the impact that the punitive measures countries and companies have taken against Russia have weighed on US equity markets. The S&P 500 dropped another 0.7% on Tuesday to bring its year-to-date losses to 12.5%. The Dow shed more than 0.5% to sink further into a correction, while the Nasdaq Composite extended […]
Stocks extended declines on Monday and oil prices soared as investors nervously considered the potential for even higher inflation and greater global economic damage from Russia’s war in Ukraine and sanctions that have ensued. The S&P 500 closed down nearly 3% at 4,200.89, its worst day in more than a year, while the Dow fell […]
(From Yahoo finance)…The S&P 500 index fell 0.5% during the regular trading day as technology and growth stocks came under renewed pressure, and the Nasdaq Composite dropped nearly 1.6%. Treasury yields steadied after sliding earlier this week, and the benchmark 10-year yield hovered above 1.8%. A fresh set of economic data due for release Friday […]
Investor focus turned to Powell’s testimony before the House Financial Services Committee on Wednesday, during which the Fed chief said explicitly that he would back a quarter-point interest rate hike following the Fed’s March meeting later this month. Powell left open the possibility that the Fed would raise interest rates and tighten more aggressively later this […]
(From CNN)… March is looking a lot like January and February on Wall Street. That’s not good news for investors. The Dow fell nearly 600 points Tuesday, or 1.8%, one day after stocks capped off their second straight month of declines to start the year. The Dow managed to finish off its lows of the day though. The Nasdaq and S&P 500 were […]
The Industrial Revolution took place in the last century, and in this century it is being mirrored by the Technology Revolution, in the sense that jobs are changing, disappearing, or being automated. Artificial Intelligence (AI) can incorporate machine learning (ML) to analyze a job and “think” of the best or a better way to get […]
Yesterday, the US and its allies ramped up their sanctions against Russia when they announced that certain Russian banks would be shut off from SWIFT. That’s a global messaging system used by banks worldwide to conduct their business and issue payments. It’s a key system when it comes to a country’s ability to participate in […]