Barron’s (February 25)
“Putting aside the whipsaw effect of recent tariff moves, the biggest problem plaguing the market in recent weeks is artificial intelligence. Investors are afraid it’s going to replace businesses wholesale, and empty big tech’s deep pockets to do it.”
Tags: Afraid, Artificial intelligence. Investors, Big tech, Deep pockets, Effect, Markes, Plaguing, Problem, Replace, Tariffs, Whipsaw
Market Watch (May 25)
“On May 28, a new rule will go into effect that will affect almost every stock, bond, and ETF trade in U.S. markets,” requiring settlement within one day. Reducing failure to deliver (FTD) “risk is one of the reasons that industry players have been pushing to get to a T+1 settlement cycle since the 1990s, when the settlement cycle was still at T+5. Over the years, the U.S. has moved to a T+3 settlement cycle, then T+2 and now finally T+1.”
Tags: 1990s, Bond, Effect, ETF, Failure to deliver, May 28, Risk, Rule, Settlement cycle, Stock, T+1, T+2, T+3, T+5, Trade, U.S. markets
New York Times (October 21)
“The United States is home to 95 million cattle, and changing what they eat could have a significant effect on emissions of greenhouse gases like methane that are warming the world.”
The Week (January 30)
“So far, impeachment has had the curious dual effect of inflating the president’s approval ratings to the highest of his presidency while also convincing, in many polls, a slim but real majority of the country that he should be removed from office immediately.”
Tags: Approval ratings, Convincing, Curious, Effect, Impeachment, Majority, Polls, Removed
