President’s declaration allows officials to tackle fuel hoarding or profiteering, while energy secretary says country will lean more heavily on coal Middle East crisis – live updates Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos has declared a state of “national energy emergency” as a result of the Middle East war , which his administration said posed “an imminent danger of a critically low energy supply”...
President’s declaration allows officials to tackle fuel hoarding or profiteering, while energy secretary says country will lean more heavily on coal Middle East crisis – live updates Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos has declared a state of “national energy emergency” as a result of the Middle East war , which his administration said posed “an imminent danger of a critically low energy supply”. The state of emergency, which will initially last for a year, was declared just hours after the country’s energy secretary said the Philippines planned to boost the output of its coal-fired power plants to keep electricity costs down as the war wreaks havoc with gas shipments. Continue reading...
AlexSecret/E+ via Getty Images Fund performance Columbia Select Short Corporate Income Fund Institutional Class shares returned 1.03% for the three months ending December 31, 2025. The fund's primary benchmark, the Bloomberg U.S. 1–5 Year Corporate Index, returned 1.26% for the same period. Market overview The fourth quarter in the United States was marked by significant economic data collection c...
AlexSecret/E+ via Getty Images Fund performance Columbia Select Short Corporate Income Fund Institutional Class shares returned 1.03% for the three months ending December 31, 2025. The fund's primary benchmark, the Bloomberg U.S. 1–5 Year Corporate Index, returned 1.26% for the same period. Market overview The fourth quarter in the United States was marked by significant economic data collection challenges stemming from the longest government shutdown in U.S. history. Running from October 1 to November 12, the 43-day shutdown surpassed the previous record of 35 days in 2018–2019, creating substantial complications for interpreting economic data and assessing the state of the U.S. economy. The fourth quarter was characterized by relatively low volatility in U.S. financial markets, with machinations mostly tied to swings in sentiment related to the artificial intelligence (AI) capital expenditure cycle. Returns were relatively muted. The S&P 500 Index rose 2.66% during the fourth quarter and 17.88% for the full year. The Nasdaq Composite gained 2.57% for the quarter and 20.17% for the year, while the Russell 2000 Index advanced 2.19% for the quarter and 12.81% for the year, On the economic data front, the labor market showed continued cooling during the fourth quarter, with the unemployment rate rising to 4.6% in November (up from 4.4% in September), a four-year high. Nonfarm payrolls increased by just 64,000 in November, following a 105,000 decline in October, the largest decline since the end of 2020. The October payroll contraction was driven primarily by a 162,000 reduction in federal government employment, as workers who accepted the Trump administration's deferred resignation offers officially dropped off payrolls. Stripping out government job losses, private payroll growth remained in a relatively narrow range, recording 52,000 in October and 69,000 in November, with the unemployment rate increase attributable to those DOGE-related federal workforce reductions....
Corn futures saw gains of 2 to 3 cents in most contracts on Tuesday, with some deferred contracts steady to fractionally higher. The CmdtyView national average Cash Corn price was up 3 cents to $4.24. Crude oil finished the day with late pressure to close up just 26 cents, as...
Corn futures saw gains of 2 to 3 cents in most contracts on Tuesday, with some deferred contracts steady to fractionally higher. The CmdtyView national average Cash Corn price was up 3 cents to $4.24. Crude oil finished the day with late pressure to close up just 26 cents, as...
Live cattle futures were 7 to 65 cents higher on Tuesday, with June down a nickel on Tuesday. Cash trade from last week settled in at $235-236 sales in the North and $235 in the South. It has yet to get kicked off this week. Feeder cattle futures posted $1.85...
Live cattle futures were 7 to 65 cents higher on Tuesday, with June down a nickel on Tuesday. Cash trade from last week settled in at $235-236 sales in the North and $235 in the South. It has yet to get kicked off this week. Feeder cattle futures posted $1.85...
Lean hog futures were 52 cents lower to 25 cents higher on Tuesday. USDA’s national base hog price was reported at $92.62 on Tuesday afternoon, up 66 cents from the day prior. The CME Lean Hog Index was down another 17 cents on March 20 at $91.78. USDA’s pork carcass...
Lean hog futures were 52 cents lower to 25 cents higher on Tuesday. USDA’s national base hog price was reported at $92.62 on Tuesday afternoon, up 66 cents from the day prior. The CME Lean Hog Index was down another 17 cents on March 20 at $91.78. USDA’s pork carcass...
Soybeans were pressured into the Tuesday close, with contracts down 2 3/4 to 8 ½ cents across the board. The cmdtyView national average Cash Bean price was down 1 3/4 cents at $10.78 1/2. Soymeal futures were down $2.00 to $4.20, with Soy Oil futures up 15 to 45 points....
Soybeans were pressured into the Tuesday close, with contracts down 2 3/4 to 8 ½ cents across the board. The cmdtyView national average Cash Bean price was down 1 3/4 cents at $10.78 1/2. Soymeal futures were down $2.00 to $4.20, with Soy Oil futures up 15 to 45 points....
The wheat complex was higher across the three markets on Tuesday. Chicago SRW futures were up 2 to 3 cents to close out the day. KC HRW futures were fractionally to 2 ¾ cents higher on the session. MPLS spring wheat was 3 ¼ to 4 ¼ cents higher. Crude...
The wheat complex was higher across the three markets on Tuesday. Chicago SRW futures were up 2 to 3 cents to close out the day. KC HRW futures were fractionally to 2 ¾ cents higher on the session. MPLS spring wheat was 3 ¼ to 4 ¼ cents higher. Crude...
Cotton futures were 15 to 46 points higher on Tuesday. The US dollar index was $0.310 higher at $99.035. Crude oil finished the day with late pressure to close up just 26 cents, as reports surfaced of a potential 1 month ceasefire on the Middle East conflict. The Seam showed...
Cotton futures were 15 to 46 points higher on Tuesday. The US dollar index was $0.310 higher at $99.035. Crude oil finished the day with late pressure to close up just 26 cents, as reports surfaced of a potential 1 month ceasefire on the Middle East conflict. The Seam showed...
Some of you who own Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) stock or are considering buying the artificial intelligence (AI) chip and infrastructure leader's stock might be wondering if the Iran war, which began on Feb. 28, will hurt Nvidia's financial results. Let's explore this question. Image source: Getty Images. An increase in supply chain costs is probably already hurting Nvidia's financial results (and those...
Some of you who own Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) stock or are considering buying the artificial intelligence (AI) chip and infrastructure leader's stock might be wondering if the Iran war, which began on Feb. 28, will hurt Nvidia's financial results. Let's explore this question. Image source: Getty Images. An increase in supply chain costs is probably already hurting Nvidia's financial results (and those of many other companies). This increase in supply chain costs is mainly due to significantly higher transportation costs stemming from soaring crude oil prices. Continue reading
Japanese listed companies have increased stock splits as the Tokyo Stock Exchange steps up efforts to make the market more accessible to retail investors. So far this fiscal year, 266 companies have approved stock splits, up 34% from a year earlier and the highest level since fiscal 2020, according to the exchange. The TSE announced guidelines in April urging listed companies to consider reducing ...
Japanese listed companies have increased stock splits as the Tokyo Stock Exchange steps up efforts to make the market more accessible to retail investors. So far this fiscal year, 266 companies have approved stock splits, up 34% from a year earlier and the highest level since fiscal 2020, according to the exchange. The TSE announced guidelines in April urging listed companies to consider reducing the size of investment — the minimum amount that an investor needs to deploy — to ¥100,000 ($630) or lower, a level deemed affordable for main street. The guidelines fit with a government’s push to steer more savings to investments. Major companies that have announced stock splits in recent months include cable maker Fujikura Ltd. and Sanrio Co. , owner of the Hello Kitty franchise. The frequency of stock splits will go up as the minimum investment amount rises as share prices continue their upward trajectory, said Chizuru Morishita , a researcher at the NLI Research Institute. There’s still a gap between the minimum investment amount and what the retail investors can afford, she said. An analysis of 199 companies which split their stock in the fiscal year ending March showed that the median growth rate in the number of retail shareholders was 44.2%, with nearly 50 companies more than doubling their individual investor base, Tuesday’s release said. Retail shareholders often hold contrarian views on the market, which helps diversify investment views and stabilize markets, some analysts say. The TSE found that during sharp market declines in July 2024 and April 2025, companies with a higher proportion of retail investors tended to experience lower stock price volatility. The median minimum investment amount for listed companies is about ¥158,000 as of the end of February. That compares to ¥22,000 and ¥13,000 in the US and Germany respectively. READ: Surging Share Prices in Japan Lead to a Wave of Stock Splits