U.S.-Iran war exposes big market concentration risk. It isn't in S&P 500 stocks
Oil prices soar in the U.S.-Iran war, leading to volatility in emerging markets, and showing how concentrated EM funds are in Asian economies.
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Oil prices soar in the U.S.-Iran war, leading to volatility in emerging markets, and showing how concentrated EM funds are in Asian economies.
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Kyiv has reacted furiously after officials in Budapest accused staff transporting cash to Ukraine of money laundering.
Chuck Schumer and other Democrats express concern over latest jobs report showing US economy shed about 92,000 jobs in February US lost 92,000 jobs in February just before Trump joined Iran conflictMilitary investigators believe it is likely that US forces were responsible for an apparent strike on an Iranian girls’ school that killed scores of children on Saturday but have not yet reached a final conclusion, two US officials tell Reuters.Reuters was unable to determine further details about the investigation, including what evidence contributed to the tentative assessment, what type of munition was used, who was responsible or why the US might have struck the school. Continue reading…
U.S. oil prices rallied Friday and were on track to set a record weekly gain of 35%, as the Middle East begins to feel a squeeze in production and storage capacity as the Iran conflict runs through a seventh day.
“A person who is used to controlling others does not like being controlled.”
Oil prices soar in the U.S.-Iran war, leading to volatility in emerging markets, and showing how concentrated EM funds are in Asian economies.
Miran said in a CNBC interview that the Fed should be focusing more on supporting the labor market than worrying about inflation.
Also in Weekend Reads: A reversing stock-market trade, tales for tax time and what to stream this month (and which streamers to cancel).
We were promised AI regulation and a race to the top. Now, we’re arguing about killer robots.
Cloud vendors are letting customers know that Anthropic's popular AI tools can still be accessed after the Department of Defense blacklisted the company.
CBP told Judge Richard Eaton that the technology upgrades it plans would save more than 4 million man-hours in processing refunds for Trump's tariffs.
Kyiv has reacted furiously after officials in Budapest accused staff transporting cash to Ukraine of money laundering.
Chuck Schumer and other Democrats express concern over latest jobs report showing US economy shed about 92,000 jobs in February US lost 92,000 jobs in February just before Trump joined Iran conflictMilitary investigators believe it is likely that US forces were responsible for an apparent strike on an Iranian girls’ school that killed scores of children on Saturday but have not yet reached a final conclusion, two US officials tell Reuters.Reuters was unable to determine further details about the investigation, including what evidence contributed to the tentative assessment, what type of munition was used, who was responsible or why the US might have struck the school. Continue reading…
U.S. oil prices rallied Friday and were on track to set a record weekly gain of 35%, as the Middle East begins to feel a squeeze in production and storage capacity as the Iran conflict runs through a seventh day.
“A person who is used to controlling others does not like being controlled.”