Looking for value in the stock market is something that tends to get dismissed by most pundits simply be cause it isn’t very sexy – at least, when the market is going up. When the market turns bearish, however, I get amused by how a lot of those pundits start talking about beaten-down stocks have […]
Read More(Bloomberg) — Rising food prices have been one of the key drivers of this year’s inflation woes as farmers across America face surging costs for fertilizer and fuel while also grappling with lingering supply-chain issues and labor shortages. Brian Duncan, operator of a family farm and vice president of the Illinois Farm Bureau, joined this […]
Read More(Bloomberg) — Oil surged on the possibility that OPEC+ may decide to trim production, and as Europe’s energy crisis worsened after the Group-of-Seven nations endorsed a plan to try to cap the price of Russian crude. West Texas Intermediate advanced above $88 a barrel after sinking by almost 7% last week on concerns that slowing […]
Read More(Bloomberg) — A man who fell to his death from a skyscraper in Manhattan’s Tribeca neighborhood on Friday has been identified as Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. Chief Financial Officer Gustavo Arnal. In a statement Sunday, the New York Police Department named the person as 52-year-old Arnal, resident of 56 Leonard Street — also known […]
Read More(Bloomberg) — As summer winds down and the holiday season nears, California’s $1 billion walnut industry is gearing up for its busiest shipping season. The problem is getting nuts out the door. Farmers started the new marketing year Thursday with a massive backlog of product as they prepare to harvest what could be a bumper […]
Read MoreEnerplus Corporation, together with subsidiaries, engages in the exploration and development of crude oil and natural gas in the United States and Canada. The company’s oil and natural gas properties are located primarily in North Dakota, Colorado, and Pennsylvania; and Alberta, British Columbia, and Saskatchewan. ERF $15.5500 0.5300 % 3.5300 Enerplus Corp Sector : Oils-Energy […]
Read More(Bloomberg) — Texas’s tax revenue is rising by historic amounts, in part as economic growth and soaring inflation drive up the price of goods. The Lone Star state collected $77.2 billion in a category known as all funds tax collections in the fiscal year through August, up 25.6% from the same period a year earlier, […]
Read More(Bloomberg) — Investors who might be looking for the world’s biggest bond market to rally back soon from its worst losses in decades appear doomed to disappointment. The US employment report on Friday illustrated the momentum of the economy in face of the Federal Reserve’s escalating effort to cool it down, with businesses rapidly adding […]
Read More(Bloomberg) — A big pandemic-era distortion in the world of finance is well and truly over — and the new normal is helping fuel the worst cross-asset selloff in decades. After being trapped in negative territory during the lockdown days, inflation-adjusted Treasury yields are again breaking out, with five- and 10-year measures back near multiyear […]
Read More(Bloomberg) — In a dusty corner of Oklahoma, close to where Erle Halliburton founded his eponymous oil services empire 103 years ago, a group of workers shows why US oil production growth has been underwhelming in spite of a price boom. This particular Halliburton Co. crew is busy cannibalizing older frack pumps — the powerful, […]
Read MoreBorr Drilling Limited operates as an offshore drilling contractor to the oil and gas industry worldwide. It owns, contracts, and operates jack-up rigs for operations in shallow-water areas, including the provision of related equipment and work crews to conduct oil and gas drilling and workover operations for exploration and production. BORR $4.4600 0.5000 % 12.6300 […]
Read More(Bloomberg) — Stocks are falling and bond yields are rising, but markets still don’t seem convinced the Federal Reserve will pursue plans to keep increasing interest rates until inflation is under control, said Sonal Desai, chief investment officer for fixed income at Franklin Templeton Cos. “The Fed lacks credibility,” Desai said on Bloomberg Television’s “Wall […]
Read More(Bloomberg) — The S&P 500 Index still hasn’t bottomed yet despite its 7% plunge over the last three weeks, according to a group of strategists at Bank of America Corp. led by Savita Subramanian. The bank’s so-called bull-market signposts suggest the broad US equities benchmark hasn’t reached full capitulation, with just 40% of BofA’s signals […]
Read MoreCogent Biosciences, Inc., a biotechnology company, focuses on developing precision therapies for genetically defined diseases. Its lead product candidate includes CGT9486, a selective tyrosine kinase inhibitor designed to inhibit the KIT D816V mutation that drives systemic mastocytosis, as well as other mutations in KIT exon 17, which are found in patients with advanced gastrointestinal stromal […]
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