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The U.S. National Debt Broke a Record Again, Topping $34 Trillion.
Jan 08, 2024
It took only 3 months to reach new highs. Back in June 2023, Joe Biden suspended the national debt limit until Janu...
Apple Beats Estimates for Quarterly Profit and Sales, Mitigating Annual Profit Easing
Nov 03, 2023
Apple's (AAPL) earnings report Thursday after market close beat Wall Street expectations, even as the world's most...
Morgan Stanley Earnings Fell 9 Percent, Stock Posted Its Worst Week for the Year
Oct 23, 2023
In Q3 2023, Morgan Stanley (MS) earnings fell 9% YoY to $13.3 billion as a result of investment banking and trading...
New Israeli-Hamas Events Point to Increasing Chances of Further Oil Price Spikes
Oct 18, 2023
Tension escalated in the Middle East after hundreds were killed in a blast at a Gaza hospital, sparking concerns ab...
DXY Dollar Index Little Changed Despite Stalling Talks about Debt Ceiling Increase
May 10, 2023
The DXY Dollar Index Spot is trading nearly unchanged today at 101.72, seemingly ignoring the latest news about sta...
Dow Jones U.S. Banks Index vs. Dow Jones Industrial Average Index: The Moment of Truth
Apr 11, 2023
NYT published a highly polemic article in the wake of the start of the U.S. quarterly reporting season, saying Wall...
SVB’s Bankruptcy Results in Sharp Drop of Venture Capital Deals across the Globe
Mar 29, 2023
According to CNBC, Asia-Pacific private equity markets have tumbled over the past year as inflation and geopolitica...
Circle Managed to Neutralize Impact of SVB-Related USDC Coin Depeg
Mar 16, 2023
Second-largest stablecoin recovered peg to USD after weekend slump. Crypto’s stablecoin segment has seen dramatic s...
Russian Ruble Spearheaded on U.S. Bank Failures, Despite Gargantuan Budget Deficit
Mar 14, 2023
The Russian ruble reversed its months-long declines and vigorously rose against the dollar at the most significant...
Biden’s CHIPS Act Prompts to Take a More Detailed Look at Semiconductor Stocks and ETFs
Dec 01, 2022
The iShares Semiconductor ETF (SOXX), an exchange-traded fund holding 30 hot semiconductor stocks.
Diesel Fuel: Crunch Time Is Coming, Unless Something Changes
Oct 26, 2022
After a short pause, Diesel futures trading in New York surged almost back to the highest level in records going ba...
ITA: Defense Stocks as Apparent Pick amidst Escalation of Geopolitical Wars
Oct 12, 2022
The iShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF is up 191% over the past 10 years but has been relatively flat over the pa...
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