by Bloomberg.com | May 1, 2026 | AlphaTack Intel
Seaport Therapeutics Inc., shares jumped 10% in the firm’s trading debut, after the company raised nearly $255 million in an upsized initial public offering. The Boston-based company’s shares closed at $19.84 each, above the IPO price of $18 apiece. The biotech firm...
by Bloomberg.com | May 1, 2026 | AlphaTack Intel
America’s biggest oil companies are warning that global crude markets may be nearing an inflection point of higher prices the longer the Strait of Hormuz stays closed. Every day the waterway remains shut, the world is using up commercial stockpiles, strategic reserves...
by Bloomberg.com | May 1, 2026 | AlphaTack Intel
Aluminum gained, with traders seeing little prospect of an imminent opening of the Strait of Hormuz that would ease availability of the metal. The lightweight metal rose as much as 1.7% to $3,534 a ton on the London Metal Exchange, paring a weekly loss. Iran delivered...
by John Rubino's Substack | Apr 30, 2026 | AlphaTack Intel
The Fed is about to get a new Chairman (economist Kevin Warsh), and the markets are naturally wondering if this means big changes in monetary policy. My take is that it obviously means lower interest rates and generally easier money, since that’s what an incoming Fed...
by Bloomberg.com | Apr 29, 2026 | AlphaTack Intel
The US economy is poised to become more reliant on spending by the government and businesses for growth in 2026 as inflation driven by the Iran war hits consumers. A report Thursday is expected to show that dynamic was already developing in the first three months of...
by Bloomberg.com | Apr 29, 2026 | AlphaTack Intel
Oil surged to the highest since June 2022, with no end in sight to the US-Iran conflict or choked-off energy flows through the Strait of Hormuz, heightening concerns over a rapidly shrinking global supply cushion. Brent, the global benchmark, rose more than 7% to...