Interest Rates Soared on the Jobs News. Why Stock Investors Should Worry.

5 February 2022 by Mike Bond

Text size Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Friday. Spencer Platt/Getty Images Friday’s jobs report caused short-term interest rates to pop, but there is still plenty of room for them to surge. That could spell trouble for the stock market. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the US … Read more

After talk of war spooks investors, Ukraine looks to U.S. for financial help

4 February 2022 by Sarah Jones

US and European warnings of a possible Russian military attack on Ukraine may have stalled an invasion for now, but the remarks have also caused collateral damage to Ukraine’s economy, Kiev officials and experts say. President Volodymyr Zelensky last week blamed war talks by the US and other foreign partners for scaring off investors and … Read more