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“Honestly? I think it was an ‘operation’,” my cousin told me on the phone from Seattle when I asked him about the storming of the Capitol Building.
“Look at the pictures. If you follow politics long enough, you know that things that are not planned and in the heat of the moment, the footage from it isn t all that great. [But] the photos of the people in the Capitol building are very, very clear. It felt very manufactured. Probably by the three-letter agencies [FBI, CIA]. Or maybe it was actually mostly done by the media itself under instructions.”
(Bloomberg) U.S. stocks fell for the first time in five sessions as investors started the week in a cautious mood with equity prices near all-time highs. The S&P 500 was led lower by the real estate and communication services sectors, while energy companies were the biggest gainers in the benchmark index. Eli Lilly & Co. lifted heath-care shares. The dollar strengthened against all its major peers, with demand supported by elevated Treasury yields. Weighing on the minds of investors are worries that equities are running too hot and valuations are stretched at a time when major parts of the world are grappling with the worst of the pandemic. “Keep in mind though, after big runs like we saw last week, it’s natural for the market to take a breather,” said Chris Larkin, managing director of trading and investing product at E Trade Financial. “Traders looking for new opportunities may be wise to look beyond behemoth tech stocks.” Benchmark Treasury yields topped 1% last week on
(BLOOMBERG) - The dollar climbed Monday (Jan 11) and Asian stocks were mixed as traders weighed President-elect Joe Biden's pledge to detail huge US economic aid to counter the impact of the escalating pandemic.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
(Bloomberg) U.S. stocks fell for the first time in five sessions as investors started the week in a cautious mood with equity prices near all-time highs. The S&P 500 was led lower by the real estate and communication services sectors, while energy companies were the biggest gainers in the benchmark index. Eli Lilly & Co. lifted heath-care shares. The dollar strengthened against all its major peers, with demand supported by elevated Treasury yields. Weighing on the minds of investors are worries that equities are running too hot and valuations are stretched at a time when major parts of the world are grappling with the worst of the pandemic. “Keep in mind though, after big runs like we saw last week, it’s natural for the market to take a breather,” said Chris Larkin, managing director of trading and investing product at E Trade Financial. “Traders looking for new opportunities may be wise to look beyond behemoth tech stocks.” Benchmark Treasury yields topped 1% last week on