Trump says Ukraine and Russia will talk ceasefire after his call with Putin
President Trump spoke on the phone with Russian President Vladimir...
President Trump spoke on the phone with Russian President Vladimir Putin for two hours yesterday, and while Trump called the conversation “excellent,” it didn’t yield a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine. Trump said that Russia would “immediately” start ceasefire talks with Ukraine, but it was unclear whether the US would continue to be involved in those discussions. “The conditions for that will be negotiated between the two parties, as it can only be, because they know the details of a negotiation that nobody else would be aware of,” Trump posted on Truth Social.
Supreme Court lets Trump admin end deportation protections for...
Supreme Court lets Trump admin end deportation protections for Venezuelans. The high court ruled that the Trump administration could revoke the temporary deportation protections that were put in place toward the end of President Biden’s term for 350,000 Venezuelans. A federal judge had blocked the government from doing so while a lawsuit challenging the removal of the protections plays out, but the Supreme Court overturned that, potentially allowing deportations while the case progresses. As is typical for rulings on emergency applications, the justices did not explain their reasoning, though Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson said she would have denied the government’s request to remove the protections.
JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon cautioned yesterday that investors aren’t worried enough about the risks created by the US deficit, tariffs, and geopolitical tensions.
China accused the US of undermining trade talks by warning that using Huawei’s AI chips anywhere in the world ran afoul of US export controls. It urged the US to “correct its mistakes.”
Federal prosecutors charged Rep. LaMonica McIver, a Democrat from New Jersey, with assaulting an immigration officer during a chaotic protest at an ICE detention facility that also led to the arrest of the mayor of Newark. The charges against the mayor have been dropped. McIver called the charges against her “purely political.”
The UK and the EU signed new trade and defense agreements five years after Brexit.
Warren Buffett—who announced plans to step down as CEO at Berkshire Hathaway’s annual shareholder meeting this year—said he won’t speak at next year’s event, leaving “Woodstock for Capitalists” without its Jimi Hendrix.
Oil settles up as signs of US-Iran impasse counter economic concerns
(Reuters) - Oil prices settled marginally higher on Monday as signs of...
(Reuters) - Oil prices settled marginally higher on Monday as signs of a breakdown in U.S. talks with Iran over its nuclear program offset a Moody's downgrade of the U.S. sovereign credit rating.
Brent crude futures settled 13 cents higherat $65.54 a barrel, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude closed up 20 cents at $62.69 a barrel. Both contracts rose more than 1% last week.
Nuclear talks will lead nowhere if Washington insists that Tehran stop its uranium enrichment activity, Iranian state media quoted Deputy Foreign Minister Majid Takht-Ravanchi as saying on Monday.
That remark dented hopes for an agreement, which would have paved the way for the easing of U.S. sanctions and allowed Iran to raise its oil exports by 300,000 to 400,000 barrels per day, StoneX analyst Alex Hodes said.
"That potential increase looks very unlikely now."
U.S. stocks end higher as investors digest Moody's U.S. credit downgrade
U.S. stocks ended higher on Monday, reversing earlier...
U.S. stocks ended higher on Monday, reversing earlier losses, as investors digested Moody’s decision to downgrade the U.S.’s credit rating from triple-A.
According to Dow Jones Market Data, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 137.33 points, or 0.3%, to end at 42792.07 after falling 317 points at its session low.
The S&P 500 increased 5.22 points or less than 0.1% to close at 5963.60.
The Nasdaq Composite added 4.36 points or less than 0.1% to finish at 19,215.46
VIX jumps after Moody’s downgrades U.S. credit rating
The stock market’s "fear gauge" jumped Monday after...
The stock market’s "fear gauge" jumped Monday after Moody’s downgraded the U.S. government’s credit rating.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which trades under the ticker symbol VIX, was up 13% on Monday morning at around 19.50, according to FactSet data, at last check. That’s around the gauge’s long-run average.
“While the Moody’s downgrade may cause a bit of near-term equity market volatility, history shows it does not portend structurally higher interest rates, an imminent recession, or declining stock prices,” Nicholas Colas, co-founder of DataTrek Research, said in a note emailed Monday.
“Rating agencies play a critical role in capital markets, but their decisions about US sovereign debt have never signaled anything useful about future asset prices,” he said.
