Ukraine crisis

The U.S. Treasury yield curve inverted on Tuesday for the first time since September 2019, reflecting market concerns that the Federal Reserve could tip the economy into recession as it tackles inflation. For a brief moment, the yield on the two-year Treasury note was higher than that of the...

Deputy U.S. Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo said that the U.S. and its allies are planning new sanctions on more sectors of Russia's economy that are important in sustaining its invasion of Ukraine, including supply chains. Adeyemo said the broadening of those efforts aimed to undermine...

According to an energy expert, consumers will have to be ready for higher prices as Russia continues its war in Ukraine and disruptions to the global energy market persist, writes CNBC. Washington and its allies have imposed sanctions on Russia, including energy exports, which could lead to...

According to a new NBC News survey, just 40% of Americans approve of the job that President Joe Biden is doing, the lowest rating Biden has seen in his presidency from January 2021. The poll found that Biden's 3-percentage-point drop in job approval since January comes as most Americans say the...

U.S. officials said that President Biden had embraced a longstanding U.S. approach of using the threat of a potential nuclear response to deter conventional and other non-nuclear dangers and nuclear ones. During the 2020 campaign, Mr. Biden promised to work toward a policy in which the sole purpose...

The World Health Organization advised Ukraine to destroy high-threat pathogens housed in its public health laboratories to prevent "any potential spills," the agency told Reuters. Ukraine has public health laboratories researching how to mitigate the threats of dangerous diseases,...

Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE: GS) and JPMorgan Chase & Co (NYSE: JPM) announced they were unwinding their Russian businesses, becoming the first major U.S. banks to exit following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, reported by Bloomberg. "Goldman Sachs is winding down...

Since my previous update, which you can read here, the price of U.S. oil fell by 26%, from $82 to $62 in the final quarter of 2021. At the start of December, the bulls came in strong, taking the price from $62 to $90 at writing, a climb of 44%.  These are new highs for the price per...

News that a Malaysian commercial aircraft with nearly 300 people on board had crashed -- and was possiblly shot down -- near the Ukrainian-Russian border on Thursday has prompted both air carriers and Russian shares to move lower. Airline Movers: SkyWest, Inc. (NASDAQ: SKYW) down 3.91percent...

Weird things can happen over the weekend. When markets are closed on Friday, no action can be taken in the markets until the index futures reopen Sunday at 6:00 p.m. EST, and 9:30 a.m. Monday for equities, to protect your portfolio. Countries can take adverse actions towards the United States...

A combination of increased supply and relatively static demand should reportedly help keep gas prices stable , as the nation enters into the prime, summer driving months. According to the Department of Energy's forecast, regular gasoline retail prices are expected to average around $3.57 a...