A lost decade in the stock market is likely as long as oil prices continue to trend higher, Stifel says

A trader works during the Fed rate announcement on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., March 20, 2019. Reuters/Brendan McDermid Investors should be prepared for a lost decade of returns in the stock market, according to Stifel.The outlook hinges on commodity prices continuing to move higher throughout the…

US stocks trade mixed as investors sift through more earnings and await results from mega-cap tech firms

Traders work the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during morning trading on May 05, 2022 in New York City. Stocks opened lower this morning after closing high on Wednesday after the Federal Reserve announced an interest-rate hike by half a percentage point in an effort to further lower inflation. Michael M. Santiago/Getty US…

How anti-abortion crisis pregnancy centers target women looking for abortions

There are more than three crisis pregnancy centers for every abortion clinic in the US.  CPCs don’t offer abortions, but many show up in searches related to abortion services.   Doctors say these centers cause confusion and elevate people’s mistrust of the medical system.  Crisis pregnancy centers, or CPCs, are religious organizations that don’t provide abortions,…

Biden knows there are limits on American power, but they’re nowhere to be found in his first major security strategy

President Joe Biden at a Lockheed Martin facility that makes weapons such as Javelin anti-tank missiles, in Alabama on May 3. Peter Zay/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images This month, the Biden administration released its long-delayed National Security Strategy. Biden has shown he’s aware of the limits of American power, but that awareness is absent from…

Shutterstock and OpenAI will team up to sell AI-generated stock images

Shutterstock is eager to embrace AI-generated art. As The Vergereports, the photo provider has widened its deal with OpenAI to begin selling stock images built using the DALL-E 2 AI generator. The approach will offer “direct access” to DALL-E through the Shutterstock website, and compensate creators whose pictures played a role in developing the technology…