Global markets feeling pressure from increased geopolitical risks
On today's Breakfast with Benjamin menu, global markets feel the pressure of an uptick in geopolitical risk, as oil prices move higher. Plus notes on where to go when volatility rises, and more.
- Global markets come under pressure as troubles mount in Ukraine and Gaza. Is this the trigger the stock market was waiting for? Unfolding geopolitical risks
- Higher oil prices follow sanctions and jet crash, with crude prices up $2 a barrel. Biggest two-day spike since December
- Brokers put consumers’ interests second, or maybe third, behind their own. ‘The entire process is insulting to consumers’
- Bitcoins saddled with label of a bubble currency after falling 45% from last year’s peak. Skepticism around the virtual currency
- GE’s planned spinoff of Synchrony Financial is the company’s first step in exiting the consumer finance business. Adjusting its focus
- Got VIX? If and when volatility starts to climb, there are some S&P 500 stocks likely to show positive correlations. Hedging low-volatility concerns
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