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Oil prices have come down below $100/barrel after staying above that level for much of last month. The Ukraine-Russia war worsened the upward trend costs for energy across the globe. Yahoo Finance asked several experts what sustained prices above $100/barrel means for a risk of a recession in the U.S. and in other parts of the world. Most agree oil would have to stay closer to $130 in order to create enough demand destruction to spur a recession in this country. But some parts of the world… Source link

(Bloomberg) — Most Read from Bloomberg Emmanuel Macron’s bigger-than-expected lead in the first round of French presidential elections brought immediate relief to markets worried over a victory for his nationalist rival Marine Le Pen. The euro rose in Asian trading as foreign-exchange markets opened for the week, after early estimates showed Macron had a vote share of almost 29%. That was good news for investors, who had feared a closer contest and a support surge for his rival. Euro Stoxx… Source link

(Bloomberg) — Whatever hardships are afflicting global stock investors, it’s worse in other markets, and that alone may be enough to keep the equity rebound going for now. Most Read from Bloomberg Stocks recovered in record time from the initial shock of the war in Ukraine and the havoc it’s wreaked on global commodity supplies. That followed their resistance to successive waves of the coronavirus pandemic since 2020. Now, they’re refusing to be undone by ominous portents in bond… 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 Wednesday, March 30, 2022 There have been a lot of news headlines weighing on markets over the last month. But the two biggest ones are: As we prepare to flip the calendar into April, markets remain fixated on both stories. But which one remains the bigger risk? That depends on who you ask. The common talking point at the beginning of the war in… Source link

While the Moscow Exchange is set to reopen Thursday after a four-week shutdown, trading in Russian stocks listed on international exchanges remains on pause indefinitely — and the suspension is dramatically lifting the risk of default for these companies. Since stock exchanges worldwide halted trading of Russia-linked companies over the country’s invasion of Ukraine, the median one-year market signal probability of default for nearly two dozen foreign-listed Russian enterprises has spiked… Source link

War is not only on the battlefield. Hackers are actively struggling with each other as well. Recently, Anonymous said that they had breached Russian search engine Yandex.ru and put 150k users at risk. However, it’s impossible to claim whether this information is accurate. Moreover, many users claim that the passwords do not work. And even if they work, 2FA would make them useless. JUST IN: The network of the Russian search giant https://t.co/yGsYTZ1Lyr has been breached by #Anonymous,… Source link

A recessionary storm could be forming off into the distance amid a host of inflationary and geopolitical concerns, warns strategists at Goldman Sachs. “We now see the risk that the U.S. enters a recession during the next year as broadly in line with the 20-35% odds currently implied by models based on the slope of the yield curve,” said Goldman Sachs Chief Economist Jan Hatzius. The top Wall Street strategist cut his 2022 U.S. GDP forecast to a growth of 1.75% from 2% previously. Consensus… Source link

America’s fast-food giants have a lot on the line amid the escalating situation between Russia, Ukraine and the rest of the world. That’s in large part because Western fast-food players have expanded significantly into Russia with their cheap burgers and fried chicken over the past 20 years. By Yahoo Finance’s calculations, McDonald’s, Papa John’s, KFC, Pizza Hut, Burger King and Starbucks operate about 2,700 restaurants in Russia. The two largest players are McDonald’s and Yum! Brands’ KFC… 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 8, 2022 Geopolitics are pushing oil toward $100, and that’s a problem for inflation Ukraine and OPEC have become inflation risks — of sorts. And Wall Street, preoccupied as it has become with a host of other issues like interest rates, earnings and economic growth, has yet to fully appreciate why they matter. Investors… Source link

The big guns in the auto industry are coming for Tesla’s number one spot in electric vehicles, warns one long-time auto analyst. And they could succeed in the not too distant future. “We expect Tesla’s market share to drop from about 70% in EVs to about 20% in the next three years. They [Ford and General Motors] are gaining the bulk of the market share we expect Tesla to lose,” said Bank of America auto analyst John Murphy on Yahoo Finance Live. While Tesla recently capped off an impressive… Source link