Hello Mooers,
For the week ended March 6, U.S. equities turned defensive. The Dow fell 3.0%, its worst weekly drop since early April, the S&P 500 lost 2.0%, its biggest weekly decline since mid-October, and the Nasdaq shed 1.2%. Friday’s selloff was driven by two forces: a sharp jump in oil prices as the Middle East conflict intensified, and a much weaker-than-expected February jobs report, with nonfar...

I'm so grateful to MooMoo. I've learnt quite a lot in the community and the comments for every underlying assets. I've studied and follow the pattern of AGQ on the rising silver prices since last October. I've commenced my first ever option trade on 29/12 during the cascading
sell-off effect after the stock exchange raised the margin requirement for silver stocks. The strike price was $250 and the buy price was $9.80. I sold it at $110 on 27/1 after thinking that it's soured too much and only 2w...

The Middle East is on fire, and the oil & gas markets are feeling the heat! 🔥 With Iran threatening to unleash chaos on regional energy infrastructure if attacked, and OPEC+ announcing a major production hike, traders are scrambling to position themselves. 📉📈
Here's the breakdown:
1️⃣ Iran's Nuclear Gambit: Tehran warns that any strike on its energy facilities would trigger retaliation across the entire region's oil infrastructure. This is...

Hello Mooers,
U.S. equities finished last week on a softer note, with investors increasingly rotating away from crowded risk and re-pricing both AI winners/losers and the rate path. For the week ending Feb. 27, the S&P 500 fell 0.4%, the Dow lost 1.3%, and the Nasdaq slipped 1.0%, while Friday’s session saw another broad decline as inflation worries and geopol...