While chip wafer shortages raised prices, they also reduced output, increased costs, and disrupted industries — proving that scarcity is not a guaranteed path to higher profits. ...Next non news please...
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The S&P 500, Dow Jones Industrial Average, and Nasdaq Composite seem to be floating somewhere in the clouds. War with Iran is apparently just a minor inconvenience. Inflation? Job losses? Oil spiking? Weak payroll numbers? Never mind — the market has decided none of that matters. Even the famous “Magnificent 7” tech stocks have slipped from their highs, yet the indices are still partying as if everything is perfectly fine. Oil is rising, jobs are weakening, and economists are quietly whispering about stagflation — but the apparent strategy remains: close your eyes, buy the dip, and hope the spreadsheet keeps going up. Meanwhile, the next interest-rate cut might not arrive until around 2027 (according to expectations tracked by CME Group). The level of complacency is remarkable. If deni
U.S. Economic Outlook Cut by Goldman over the Iran War - and the Fear Goes Beyond Oil
$NASDAQ(.IXIC)$ The S&P 500, Dow Jones Industrial Average, and Nasdaq Composite seem to be floating somewhere in the clouds. War with Iran is apparently just a minor inconvenience. Inflation? Job losses? Oil spiking? Weak payroll numbers? Never mind — the market has decided none of that matters. Even the famous “Magnificent 7” tech stocks have slipped from their highs, yet the indices are still partying as if everything is perfectly fine. Oil is rising, jobs are weakening, and economists are quietly whispering about stagflation — but the apparent strategy remains: close your eyes, buy the dip, and hope the spreadsheet keeps going up. Meanwhile, the next interest-rate cut might not arrive until around 2027 (acco
Every time the Strait of Hormuz appears in the news, the headline is always the same: OIL! OIL! OIL! 🛢️ Because clearly the only thing moving through that tiny waterway is oil. Not LNG from Qatar, not petrochemicals, not fertilizers, not aluminum, not the mountain of industrial materials modern economies depend on. Nope. Just oil. But I understand — we have to keep things simple for readers. Apparently if we mention more than one commodity, people might get confused. 🙃
Contradictory US Statements on Iran Conflict Fuel Market Turbulence
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