Markets look forward, and they have been looking forward to inflation for quite some time. The obvious inflation plays have shown significant gains over the last year or so and there has to be some doubt as to how much higher they will go.

Understanding earnings isn’t as simple as multiplying profits by a certain number and arriving at a “fair value” price for a stock. Earnings reports, and the market’s reactions to them, are quite complex, so understanding them is essential for all investors.

Of late, institutional fund managers and market experts are sounding the alarm about the continued rise of equity markets.

While humans can develop robots that adapt to our behaviour and essentially get along with us, an ongoing challenge remains on how to get humans to get along with the machines.

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Markets will be grappling with energy shortages that are adding to existing supply chain woes and mounting inflation concerns.

Since it is impossible to know what factors are most impacting the price development of a security, just simply analyze the result of the forces at work.

This morning, pundits are looking for reasons to explain the weakness in the premarket, and they are blaming oil’s recent push to multi-year highs and the global energy crisis.

Daily energy market commentary provided by Nasdaq Corporate Solutions Advisory Services‘ Energy Team.

Surging energy prices are fueling concerns about the potential impact on global manufacturing activity and consumer spending as we head into the winter months.