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Despite the pressure from climate change activists in the federal government and the private sector to cut back on drilling for oil, the price for fossil fuels is the highest since 2014.

The S&P 500 just ended its worst month since March 2020 as investors fret about coming interest rate hikes and uncertainty over the situation in Ukraine.

Joe Biden’s disapproval rating hits new high of 56% as another poll results in trouble for Democrats with 2022 mid-terms fast approaching.

US President Joe Biden said on Friday that he is not concerned about the plunge in the US stock market and he had expected it over concerns related to the new Omicron coronavirus variant."I expected it," Biden told reporters when asked if he is worried about the stock market plunge.

Treasury yields slide as investors shed riskier assets and pile into havens.

The Dow Jones fell over 900 points just after opening bell on Nov. 26, with other major Wall Street stock indexes—and risk assets more generally—also seeing sell-offs as news of a new COVID-19 variant spreading in South Africa seems to have sparked a broader risk-off sentiment among investors.

Climb in the haven asset accompanies other signs that investors are starting to seek more protection from rising consumer prices and interest rates.

‘Stocks are loving the very easy monetary policy,’ says a portfolio manager

Covid-19, climate and geopolitics shatter integrated global production, threatening to end an era of low costs and endless variety.

The Delta variant is keeping more companies cautious about how to invest the mountains of cash they have at their disposal. That hesitancy has led, in part, to corporate spending on stock buybacks outpacing capital expenditures this year.