Inflation is hot just like the job market, but the March jobs report showed there aren’t a lot of jobs where wage growth is standing up to heated prices. That is, with some exceptions — which may hint a lot about where consumer demand is going as pandemic concerns fade. In a healthy-looking jobs report […]
At 7 am, it can be the time for a morning coffee while 8 pm can be time to have supper, watch your favorite television shows, or even enjoy a glass of wine. If you have a Robinhood account, it’s also becoming a time to play the stock market during extended trading hours — but […]
WASHINGTON—Federal regulators proposed a bevy of new requirements for special-purpose acquisition companies, or SPACs, and their takeover targets amid widespread concern that the vehicles skirt important investor protections. The Securities and Exchange Commission advanced a set of rules Wednesday that, if implemented, would make it harder for SPACs to raise money from investors and execute […]
At 7 am, it can be the time for a morning coffee while 8 pm can be time to have supper, watch your favorite television shows, or even enjoy a glass of wine. If you have a Robinhood account, it’s also becoming a time to play the stock market during extended trading hours — but […]
What better time to invest in financials than at a time with rampant inflation and a Federal Reserve promising 11 rate hikes over the next two years? That’s not the view at Deuterium Capital, which is expecting a sharp slowdown in the economy. The Deuterium Global Dynamic Allocation Fund is mostly driven by a macroeconomic […]
President Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine, and the wave of Western sanctions in response, is starting to hit Russia’s economic engine: Its prodigious oil-and-gas industry. The US and Canada have barred the little Russian oil they import, while the European Union is considering a ban. But for the most part, Western sanctions have so far […]
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has shaken the global market for uranium, a critical fuel for nuclear-power plants, prompting some in the US to propose reviving domestic production. Russia enriches more uranium for use in nuclear plants than any other country in the world. Its increasing economic isolation following its attack on Ukraine—and talk of potential […]
The US Securities and Exchange Commission headquarters in Washington, DC Photo: Al Drago/Bloomberg News Russia’s assault on Ukraine is changing the world—except Washington, DC, where the Biden Administration is continuing its war on fossil fuels as if energy security doesn’t matter. The latest strike came Monday when the Securities and Exchange Commission voted 3-1 to […]
The US Securities and Exchange Commission headquarters in Washington, DC Photo: Al Drago/Bloomberg News Russia’s assault on Ukraine is changing the world—except Washington, DC, where the Biden Administration is continuing its war on fossil fuels as if energy security doesn’t matter. The latest strike came Monday when the Securities and Exchange Commission voted 3-1 to […]
Manufacturers with Russian ties are working to figure out how to survive, after sanctions leveled on Russia over recent weeks curb the flow of goods and money between the country and Western markets. Sanctions, and private companies’ moves to pull back from Russia, have upended operations for companies whose ownership and supply chains link back […]
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