Las Vegas beat the covid pandemic. It wasn’t that long ago when the Las Vegas Strip went dark and people questioned whether Caesars Entertainment, MGM Resorts International, Wynn Resorts, and other Strip players would emerge Read more…
With active military conflicts sweeping wide swaths of more than one continent, the thought of international travel can sound scary to some people. There are news stories of ongoing evacuation efforts amid an escalating war Read more…
Those who feared a domino effect after some popular vacation destinations started playing around with the idea of a “tourist tax,” or a fee for those coming into the city or country from somewhere else, Read more…
The main domestic data this week was the September labour force release. As colleague Westpac Economist Ryan Wells noted yesterday, the data were a mixed bag. Looking through the monthly noise, the labour market is Read more…
Central bank decisions in Eurozone and Canada coming up But FX traders will likely focus more on the US GDP report Is the dollar set to realign with its superior fundamentals? Dollar turns to GDP Read more…
Geopolitics has taken centre stage in financial markets once again. As the risk of escalation in Middle East grows, oil prices continue to drift higher (breaching USD 93 level), raising stagflationary concerns for the global Read more…
Markets The rejected tests of the psychologic 5% mark in the US 5-yr and 10-yr yields yesterday had their technical consequences today. In absence of economic data on both sides of the Atlantic and with Read more…
Finding investments deserving of your hard-earned cash is a challenge. There are thousands of publicly traded companies, exchange-traded funds, and bonds to choose from, and knowing when it’s the right time to buy makes picking Read more…
UFOs, or as they’ve been termed by the government, UAPs, are starting to be taken a bit more seriously. They are no longer dismissed as the result of the hyperactive imagination of someone who watched Read more…
Illustration by Samar Haddad / The Verge Chatting with someone while wearing your AirPods Pro has never been difficult: all it takes is a quick press-and-hold of the earbuds’ stem to activate transparency mode, and Read more…