Max Adams

Stagflation fears are brewing, but this time it might be different. This and more, in today’s edition of the opening bell newsletter.

The biggest story in markets right now is the big sell-off in stocks — and we’re looking at how much further one firm thinks it has to go.

US stocks closed lower to start the week, losing steam after last weeks modest rally

The July jobs report will be an important barometer of economic strength as inflation continues to rage and recession warnings pile up.

July’s inflation reading just hit and it was mercifully lighter than June’s figure, but still uncomfortably elevated.

Investors have been hanging on the Fed’s every word, but Morgan Stanley’s investment chief says markets need to pay attention to other factors.

US stocks dropped on Friday after a sell-off a day earlier the brought the S&P 500 to a 2022 low

At this point, any ships loaded with Russian oil in the Baltics won’t make it to China or India in time before sanctions kick in, Bloomberg reported.

At current prices, buying into the trust is comparable to buying bitcoin at about $11,000 versus the $16,000 the actual token is trading for.

The 10-year Treasury yield hit the highest level since 2008 on Thursday, touching 4.30%, a huge jump from this year’s trough of 3.68% notched in April. Rising yields have dented the stock market’s stellar 2023 rally, confounding and frustrating markets that see an end in sight to the Federal Reserve’s rate hiking campaign amid dwindling inflation. So with prices cooling and the Fed likely to stop raising rates this year, why are yields marching ever higher?The first reason is the simplest. The e…