Each year for the last eight years, FTSE Russell has undertaken an in-depth survey of the attitudes of asset owners towards sustainable investment. The data shows how sustainable investment is evolving differently around the world.
The S&P 500 dropped more than 1% on Friday as oil prices surged and the job report came in well below estimates. An open around $95 for oil would place it at its next level of resistance and its highest price since September 2023.
Escalating weekend violence in the Middle East sent the price of crude oil north of $119 last night prior to news that G7 officials are looking to jointly coordinate supply injections from their domestic reserve stockpiles.
The world around us is constantly changing, and these changes impact financial markets in a variety of ways. Inflation is up, monetary policies evolve, trade tariffs are revised, economies witness growth revisions—all these changes affect financial markets and individual asset classes differently.
Stocks fell last week amid concerns about artificial intelligence (AI) and a warmer-than-expected reading of wholesale inflation.
The day is about recognizing women’s impact and achievements in all spheres of society. This acknowledgment paves the way for reducing discrimination and fostering equality.
It is quite apparent that Donald and Marco see the Western Hemisphere as one where the US will determine what, when, and how.
While the Fed’s communication toolkit has steadily expanded since 2000—from formal post-meeting statements to press conferences and quarterly projections—a deliberate rollback of forward guidance could reduce policy transparency but also curb market misinterpretations that have plagued rate forecasts.
The whole point of gathering information and deploying AI was to take that ease a step further. Taking further though, is not the same as taking over.
This insight examines the early-February 2026 volatility in US tech and equities broadly to highlight the expected long-run effects of AI on the economy, specifically areas that the market views as likely to be disrupted by AI.
AI-related fears once again gripped software stocks and moved into financials. This followed a report that offered a scenario where agentic AI disrupts business models in a wide range of industries,
This week may bring a perfect storm, - quite literally, as a bomb cyclone spins off the Northeast coast. With options expiration now behind us, markets could face their own storm.