Monthly Archives: September 2022

Fundstrat’s Tom Lee is sticking with his bullish year-end stock market forecast even as yields soar and equities plunge amid sticky inflation

Tom Lee. Brendan McDermid/Reuters Plunging stock prices, soaring interest rates, and sticky inflation are not enough to change Fundstrat’s conviction on the market.Fundstrat’s Tom Lee outlined why he still expects a year-end stock market rally in a Friday note.“Fed could do far less tightening as the market is doing Fed’s work,” he argued. Stocks are…

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The 2-year Treasury just touched its highest level since 2007 as aggressive Fed moves send bonds yields soaring

A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., October 23, 2018. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid The two-year Treasury yield hit its highest level since 2007 on Friday.  The jump in US bond yields follows another aggressive rate hike by the Fed this week.  The central bank has signaled…

China’s new J-20 is nothing ‘to lose a lot of sleep over,’ but the US’s stealth advantage isn’t safe, US commanders say

A J-20 fighter jet at an air show in China’s Jilin Province on August 26. Fu Tian/China News Service via Getty Images China’s air force has rapidly grown in size and capability, adding advanced jets like the J-20. The J-20 isn’t “anything to lose a lot of sleep over,” the head of US Pacific Air…

Apple AirPods Pro (2nd Gen) vs AirPods (3rd Gen) vs AirPods (2nd Gen): Which are best for you?

Apple offers several AirPods within its portfolio. The AirPods Pro (2nd Generation) are the most recent, announced in September 2022, and they succeed the orignal AirPods Pro that arrived in 2019. The AirPods (3rd Generation) arrived in October 2021 and they sit below the AirPods Pro 2 in terms of price and features, but above…

Xbox announces “Project Amplify” to support Black youth looking to get a career in the gaming industry

A new initiative has been announced by Xbox, known as “Project Amplify”. This project has been launched as part of National Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) Week in the United States. It consists of a “video series that aims to magnify Black voices within Xbox to inspire, educate and motivate youth across the US…

Ark: Survival Evolved and Gloomhaven are this week’s free Epic Store games

A fresh batch of freebies has arrived on the Epic Games Store, with this week’s offerings coming in the form of dinosaur survival adventure Ark: Survival Evolved and the video game adaptation of acclaimed board game Gloomhaven. This isn’t Ark: Survival Evolved’s first outing as an Epic freebie – it was given away in June…