Category: Inflation
This Week’s Market Plot Twists
Markets spent the week trying to decipher various plot twists. Including whether to cheer artificial intelligence or worry about the Federal Reserve drawing a hard line. They ended up doing a little of both, which is Wall Street’s version of walking and chewing gum. The result was a choppy Friday after a tech-led bounce, with…
Turbulent Financial Markets
This week reminded everyone that turbulent financial markets still know how to throw a curveball even in late August. Stocks spent most of the stretch under pressure, bond yields made unwelcome history, and geopolitics kept the oil complex on edge. By Friday the major indexes managed a rebound, yet they still closed the five days…