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Investor shift to bearishness is gaining speed

Stocks plunged again as investors worried about surging energy prices.

Shares of Bed Bath & Beyond soared as much as 110% in early trading Monday before ending the day up 34%.

For over a year, the $100 billion-plus State Teachers Retirement System of Ohio has refused to disclose critical information regarding its riskiest investments— information requested by thousands of deeply concerned school teachers whose promised retirement benefits have been slashed.

How much economic pain is the world willing to bear as a result of the sanctions, when it’s likely uber-wealthy Putin will bear none of it?

Entrepreneur turned activist investor Ryan Cohen has identified his next retail target.

“Fear has pushed investors back to their benchmarks,” Wood warned.

The large number of ETFs has little to do with serving investors’ best interests. Here are three red flags investors can use to avoid the worst ETFs.

A high degree of dependence on digital technology makes the U.S. particularly susceptible to cyberattacks from Russia, the world’s biggest purveyor of state-sponsored cyberattacks, but the U.S. also has an economic upper hand.

Although life expectancy and general health has been improving for most in industrialized societies, some groups are being left out.

Executives at Rivian (RIVN) and Lucid Motors (LCID) announced last week that rising inflation costs and newbie production snafus are wreaking havoc with their previous plans.

Colgate-Palmolive stock (NYSE: CL) is up more than 2% in the past week (five trading days), outperforming the S&P 500 which was up a little under 2% over this period.

They want President Biden to extend the student loan payment freeze and cancel student debt.

Asian equities were firmly in the risk-off camp due to the Ukraine/Russia situation, rising oil prices, and potential Fed rate hikes.

German automakers are most under pressure from the chaos in Ukraine, Renault has the most to lose because of its presence in Russia, while supply chain disruption threatens the industry’s recovery from the coronavirus pandemic. These are the conclusions of reports from UBS and Gartner.