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Jamie Dimon, Chair and CEO of JPMorgan ChaseJ. Lawler Duggan/For The Washington Post via Getty Images JPMorgan has asked hybrid employees to come into the office at least 3 days a week. The bank is tracking ID swipes to monitor staffers’ office attendance. One executive described there being a “fear of God” and “panic” over the attendance quotas. JPMorgan has started tracking staffers’ office attendance, and employees say it’s creating an atmosphere of mistrust and panic. Insider reported… Source link

This article first appeared in the Morning Brief. Get the Morning Brief sent directly to your inbox every Monday to Friday by 6:30 a.m. ET. Subscribe Monday, March 28, 2022 Almost any direction you look, it points to higher oil prices and a potentially damaging effect on the global economy — one the market will have to factor in once and for all. To be sure, the stage is set for a renewed push higher in oil prices after a momentary relief sell-off. President Biden’s “cannot remain in power”… Source link

This article first appeared in the Morning Brief. Get the Morning Brief sent directly to your inbox every Monday to Friday by 6:30 a.m. ET. Subscribe Tuesday, February 15, 2022 The inflation-rate hike apocalypse has been canceled — for now Just days ago, reactive markets were convulsed by fears of spiraling prices, and the prospect of a Federal Reserve making up for lost time with aggressive rate hikes to cool things down. But one day is practically a lifetime in financial markets. This week,… Source link

This article first appeared in the Morning Brief. Get the Morning Brief sent directly to your inbox every Monday to Friday by 6:30 a.m. ET. Subscribe Friday, January 7, 2021 The world’s two largest economies are having serious identity crises The occasion of the first anniversary of the Jan. 6 riot on Capitol Hill provides a chance to explore something that’s been on my mind for at least a couple of years. Even with its dynamic economy and enviable growth, America’s all-consuming political… Source link

Some reassuring words on record-setting markets into the New Year from JPMorgan strategists.  “In particular, outside of the Big 10 stocks in the U.S., equity drawdowns and multiple de-rating have been severe. Russell 3000 was down only -4% and Nasdaq Composite -7% from 12-month highs, however, the average drawdown for constituents in these indices was -28% and -38%, respectively. Some argue this price action is a harbinger of late-cycle dynamics or at least an intra-cycle 10-20% market… Source link

This article first appeared in the Morning Brief. Get the Morning Brief sent directly to your inbox every Monday to Friday by 6:30 a.m. ET. Subscribe Tuesday, November 30, 2021 Investors are less spooked by the virus than officials’ reaction to it Out of nowhere last week, the Omicron variant of COVID-19 appeared out of nowhere to sow fear, confusion — and lots of red ink on Wall Street.  As the World Health Organization’s director general so eloquently phrased it, the mutation’s big… Source link

President Biden has clearly lost patience with vaccine resistors. “My message to unvaccinated Americans is this: What more is there to wait for?” Biden pleaded in a Sept. 9 television address. “Your refusal has cost all of us. So please do the right thing.” His tone was practically contemptuous, especially when referring to some red-state governors who are blocking masking efforts and other public-health measures. But Biden is worried, too, because the surge in the Delta coronavirus… Source link

BeInCrypto – The fear and greed index has been updated to “greed” as bitcoin hits $42,600.  Bitcoin has seen a resurgence in price following twelve consecutive days of bullish momentum. Bitcoin has seen twelve days of green for the first time since February as it headed towards its previous all-time high.  However, following a dramatic decline to $29,000 in July, bitcoin has managed to climb nearly 45% in less than two weeks. Currently priced at $41,600 on Sunday, the fear and greed… Source link

As Discovery’s Shark Week swims on, Monday’s special called Expedition Unknown: Shark Trek, featured Captain Kirk himself, William Shatner, trying to conquer his fear of sharks by boldly going and jumping into the water with them. “I am deathly afraid of sharks,” Shatner told the show’s host, Josh Gates. “I really am.” So to ease the Star Trek actor into things, Gates started by taking Shatner through a couple of relatively safe visits with hammerhead and reef sharks, neither of… Source link

The Crypto Fear and Greed Index, a metric that measures the current sentiment in the bitcoin market, has fallen to “extreme fear” levels not seen since April 2020, a report Tuesday showed. The drop in market sentiment follows the past week’s plunge in the bitcoin (BTC) price to about $43,200, down from last month’s record near $65,000. The Crypto Fear and Greed Index is now at 21, down from a “greedy” level of 73 just last week, according to the report from hosting site Alternative… Source link