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Russia’s internet giant Yandex has told investors it’s exploring “strategic options” for its media products — including a potential sale of its news aggregator, Yandex News, and a user-generated content recommendation and blogging “infotainment” platform, called Zen. The disclosure confirms our reporting earlier this week — when sources told us Yandex is in discussions to sell Yandex News and Zen. Our sources suggested the move is linked to the risks posed by tighter regulations on freedom… Source link

Investors are starting to get very nervous about the market’s near-term direction, and it shows in their actions. “Russia/Ukraine drives fund manager cash levels to highest since April 2020 (COVID), global growth optimism to lowest since Jul’08 (Lehman),” said Michael Hartnett, Bank of America chief investment strategist, in the latest survey of managers from the bank. The details behind the report are ugly. Hartnett notes growth expectations among fund managers is at a 14-year low. The… Source link

(Bloomberg) — Even after one of the worst starts to an equity trading year in history, the market upheaval might just be getting started. Most Read from Bloomberg Ominous signs are piling up that more turmoil is still coming, as key indicators point toward a potential recession. That could deepen the market rout triggered by the Federal Reserve leading a hawkish shift among central banks and war in Ukraine. The U.S. Treasury yield curve has collapsed to near inversion — a situation when… Source link

Retail investors that played a significant role in the stock market’s overall performance during the first two years of the pandemic are now witnessing the pitfalls of market volatility, former TD Ameritrade Chairman and CEO and Coastal Carolina University Executive Director of Football Joe Moglia told Yahoo Finance Live in a recent segment. “I think the typical retail investor that is not disciplined, is not thinking strategically. I think they’re in a turmoil,” he said. “They’re… Source link

First published on Simply Wall St News Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) is getting stress tested as the stock erases the gains it made in the last 12 months and is currently some 3% in the red. Given that there is a lot of volatility in markets at the moment, we will step back and re-evaluate the fundamentals. For investors, it is important to have a clear picture of the performance of a company, especially during uncertain times. That way, we can be more confident that a stock can regain… Source link

A self-described “doctor” has a lesson she’d like to teach investors about decentralized finance (DeFi), an increasingly popular lending sector that’s become a battleground against cryptocurrency-related fraud. Even the most experienced DeFi players can find themselves wrong-footed by hacks and fraud. Yet retail investors in the sector are hungry for basic fraud protection, giving rise to a new breed of “vigilantes” and startup businesses to address the demand. Over a year ago, one Silicon… Source link

Stock futures opened higher Tuesday evening after sliding for a second straight session during the regular trading day, with jitters over Russia’s war in Ukraine and its implications for the global economy weighing on risk assets. Contracts on the S&P 500 recovered some earlier losses. Earlier, the blue-chip index slid 1.6%, extending Monday’s losses to kick off March trading on shaky footing. The Dow and Nasdaq each also fell sharply earlier, with risk assets reeling as investors… Source link

(Bloomberg) — As the conflict in Ukraine deepens and the fallout from increasingly tough sanctions on Russia reverberate through global markets, investors are rushing to keep up. Most Read from Bloomberg Safe havens like bonds, gold and the U.S. dollar rallied on Monday, while classic risk-sentiment proxies like the Australia dollar tumbled. Emerging market currencies also came under pressure, with the South African rand and the Turkish lira sinking. U.S. and European equity futures tanked…. Source link

Stock futures headed for a lower open Friday morning as traders eyed the latest developments in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the world’s response. Contracts on the S&P 500 declined. The index rose by 1.5% during Thursday’s session, rallying to shake off losses of as much as 2.6% at session lows. The Dow eked out gains after shedding more than 800 points at its worst levels of the day. And the Nasdaq Composite rose 3.3% in its best session since Jan. 31. Stocks steadied even against the… Source link

U.S. stocks opened lower Tuesday morning to start the holiday-shortened week in the red as investors continued to monitor tensions between Russia and Ukraine and await the Kremlin’s next move. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 252 points, or 0.74%, to 33,826.86, while the S&P 500 dipped 0.66% to 4,320.30. The Nasdaq Composite shed 0.92%, or 130 points, to 13,420.79. Wall Street was closed for trading on Monday in observance of Presidents Day, but investors will return from the long… Source link