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Saudi Arabia shut down East-West crude oil pipeline after multiple attacks by drones from Iraq
Saudi Arabia said Friday that it shut down the kingdom's crucial East-West crude oil pipeline as a precautionary measure after multiple attacks by drones launched from Iraq.
Read more →Nat-Gas Prices Fall on Adequate US Inventories
Nat-gas prices closed lower on Friday, weighed down by supply concerns after Thursday’s weekly EIA inventories report showed a +40 bcf increase in the week ended September 4, above expectations of +34 bcf.
Read more →Cocoa Prices Fall Back After Earlier Gains on Ghana’s Proposal for Higher Farmer
December ICE NY cocoa (CCZ26) on Friday closed down -1 (-0.02%), and December ICE London cocoa #7 (CAZ26) closed down -14 (-0.32%).
Read more →Cotton Falling, Despite USDA Production Cut
Cotton futures are posting Friday losses at midday, despite a USDA reduction to the US output expectation as export business continues to disappoint. Contracts are down 140 to 147 points on the session. Crude oil is bac…
Read more →Dell stock jumps on RBC initiation, now up nearly 350% in 2026
Dell Technologies stock rose 12% on Friday after RBC Capital Markets initiated coverage of the computer maker and gave it an outperform rating and a price target of $640.
Read more →Frontier Models, $2 Trillion Valuations and a GPU Market Still Running Hot
Our series about AI model distillation continues with another exciting technique.
Read more →Crude Prices Fall Back After IEA Forecasts Sharp Drop in Oil Demand
October WTI crude oil (CLV26) on Friday closed down -2.43 (-2.37%), and October RBOB gasoline (RBV26) closed down -0.0860 (-2.53%).
Read more →Reddit Now #388 Largest Company, Surpassing CF Industries Holdings
In the latest look at the underlying components of the S&P 500 ordered by largest market capitalization, Reddit Inc (Symbol: RDDT) has taken over the #388 spot from CF Industries Holdings Inc (Symbol: CF), according to …
Read more →PG&E Moves Up In Market Cap Rank, Passing Steel Dynamics
In the latest look at the underlying components of the S&P 500 ordered by largest market capitalization, PG&E Corp (Symbol: PCG) has taken over the #302 spot from Steel Dynamics Inc. (Symbol: STLD), according to The Onl…
Read more →Steel Dynamics Takes Over #297 Spot From GE HealthCare Technologies
In the latest look at the underlying components of the S&P 500 ordered by largest market capitalization, Steel Dynamics Inc. (Symbol: STLD) has taken over the #297 spot from GE HealthCare Technologies Inc (Symbol: GEHC)…
Read more →PPL Takes Over #336 Spot From Xylem
In the latest look at the underlying components of the S&P 500 ordered by largest market capitalization, PPL Corp (Symbol: PPL) has taken over the #336 spot from Xylem Inc (Symbol: XYL), according to The Online Investor.
Read more →Dan Chung rebuilt a decimated Alger Management after 9/11. He's still finding the market's winners
Daniel Chung, the CEO and chief investment officer at investment firm Fred Alger Management, survived the Sept. 11 attacks on the World Trade Center by chance.
Read more →In pictures: The U.S. commemorates the 25th anniversary of 9/11
On Sept. 11, 2001, members of al-Qaida hijacked four passenger airliners. They flew two planes into the twin skyscrapers of the World Trade Center in New York at 8:46 a.m. and 9:03 a.m., and both towers collapsed that m…
Read more →Election officials ban certain public workers from trading on prediction markets ahead of midterms
With less than two months until the midterms, election and county officials are prohibiting employees from participating on prediction market contracts.
Read more →I went to Caracas for Venezuela’s new oil deals. Here’s what stood out
It was one of the most eye-opening and fascinating business trips in my 30-year career: the opportunity to travel to Venezuela to witness firsthand the signing of oil deals between the government in Caracas and Venezuel…
Read more →Here’s the inflation breakdown for August 2026 — in one chart
Inflation remained stubbornly high in August — and economists said consumers are likely to continue to feel the financial pain in coming months as tensions flare in the Middle East, driving up gasoline and other energy …
Read more →Analysis: Hot inflation data sets up a Fed rate hike. What happens if Warsh wavers
Hotter-than-expected inflation data has turned next week's Federal Reserve meeting into a defining test for Chairman Kevin Warsh. His choice now is whether to raise interest rates, or look like he isn't in control of th…
Read more →Stocks Shake Off CPI Report and Rally on Lower Oil Prices
The S&P 500 Index ($SPX) (SPY) is up +0.87%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI) (DIA) is up +0.97%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX) (QQQ) is up +0.77%. E-mini S&P futures (ESU26) are up +1.01%, and September E-mi…
Read more →Corn Pulling Back as Traders Square Up Ahead of USDA Report
Corn price action is down 4 to 5 cents so far on Friday morning as traders pull back ahead of the USDA reports. Futures close Thursday with gains of 5 to 7 cents across the board. There were 163 deliveries issued agains…
Read more →Record U.S. cyclosporiasis outbreak is over, CDC says
The largest-ever outbreak of cyclosporiasis in the U.S. has ended, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday.
Read more →Investors are all wrong about demography
The World Development Report 2025 is on the theme “Standards for Development” (World Bank, December 2025, https://www.worldbank.org/en/publication/wdr2025). In the press release for the report, Indermit Gill remarked:
Read more →Forget the Fed. The Bank of Japan could deliver next week’s market shock.
The European Central Bank raised interest rates by 25 basis points on Thursday, in line with expectations, while lifting its inflation forecast and lowering its growth outlook. The move underscored growing concerns that…
Read more →Iran, Russia condemn Western economic sanctions and urge BRICS bloc to deepen economic ties
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday criticized Western sanctions on their economies and urged countries of the Global South to deepen trade relations as they addressed the …
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