Author: Errica Jensen

In the world of finance, Sunday nights are characterized by a certain suspended uneasiness that sets in before the first numbers of the week begin to move. Unlike most Sundays, this one felt heavier. During early Asian trading hours, S&P 500 futures opened lower, falling about 0.6% to reach a seven-month low of 6,360 to 6,370. That type of number is circled on a trading floor. When combined with five weeks of losses, the Dow’s recent official entry into correction territory, and the S&P 500 cash index closing Friday at a seven-month low of 6,368.85, it doesn’t necessarily warrant concern…

The energy in the hall at last week’s Conservative Political Action Conference near Dallas was easy to read: flags, chants, and the recognizable rhythm of political certainty. However, discussions among attendees in the parking lots outside exposed a more nuanced situation. Rising gas prices were being defended. describing the benefits of paying $4 per gallon. discussing long-term strategy and nuclear threats. They had good reason to consider those ideas. However, the fact that regular Republicans felt obliged to practice those arguments revealed something about the political climate that the cacophony of the conference hall was unable to fully obscure.In the…

In the typical household, a certain number doesn’t receive nearly enough attention, and as of late March 2026, it deserves much more. The yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury note has increased to about 4.44%, reaching its highest level since July of last year earlier this week at 4.48%. For most people, that might seem like a minor technical change. It isn’t. It affects investor psychology, corporate borrowing costs, mortgage rates, and equity valuations in ways that are straightforward but challenging to decipher.The direction of this specific move differs from what history would indicate, which makes it unique. Investors typically…

The Iranian coastline and the Omani shores are separated by a narrow strip of water that is only 21 miles wide at its narrowest point. Approximately one-fifth of the world’s oil supply was transported to refineries in Asia, Europe, and beyond by tankers loaded with crude oil from Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Iraq, and the United Arab Emirates, which would line up and pass through it in an almost mechanical rhythm on most days, or at least what used to be most days. Strategists referred to it as the world’s most important energy chokepoint for many years. It turned into something…

This past Sunday was one of those nights where you could practically feel the tension that permeates financial desks on Sunday evenings. In early overnight trading, Dow futures fell 293 points, or about 0.7%, as traders realized that the Middle East had not produced any positive news over the weekend. As the fifth week of the war between the United States and Iran approaches, markets, which had spent the majority of March hoping for a quick diplomatic resolution, are running out of both patience and optimism. CategoryDetailsFull NameDow Jones Industrial Average Futures (Dow Futures)Common TickerYM (Mini Dow Futures)TypeStock Market Index…

The first bell on Monday morning in Tokyo felt different. Before most traders had finished their coffee, the numbers were already moving in the wrong direction, and by the time the session got going, it was obvious that this would not be a day that anyone would quietly forget. Japan’s oldest and most closely followed stock index, the Nikkei 225, closed down more than three percent, losing about 1,487 points in a single session and ending up close to 51,716. The decline has been interesting to observe for an index that flirted with record highs above 59,000 for a large…

Nearly every bride who has declared that she will wear pearls on her wedding day will probably say that someone told her not to, somewhere between the venue reservation and the veil fitting. A grandmother. A future mother-in-law. A well-meaning aunt with an opinion and a glass of champagne. The warning is typically given in the same tone—quiet, certain, and slightly apologetic—as bad weather forecasts. “Pearls mean tears, you know.”Because the superstition is so old, most people are unaware of its true origins. The short answer is that pearls were worn at funerals in ancient Rome as symbols of grief.…

In a prison in Arizona, a tiny vial is kept in a refrigerator. Or there was—the precise state of what’s inside is still up for debate. The contents may have expired, according to a retired judge looking into the state’s execution procedures. They would not expire, according to prison officials. This could not be independently verified by anyone outside the prison. Pentobarbital sodium is the drug in question, and the fact that its storage conditions in a correctional facility are now the focus of legal investigation indicates how far this specific compound has deviated from its intended use.Before benzodiazepines largely…

In the opening scene of Anaconda (2025), Jack Black’s character Doug McCallister gives a very somber voiceover that is reminiscent of a Werner Herzog documentary or a Scorsese crime epic. However, the camera pans back to reveal that he has been narrating a wedding video. It’s the most obvious declaration of the film’s purpose: it’s about people who took something too seriously, and the irony is that they continue to do it. The movie never fully answers the question of whether that joke lasts for the full ninety minutes.Tom Gormican, the director of The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent, which…

Following the release of the final script for her Netflix horror series, creator Haley Z. Boston began receiving feedback from people who had read it and ended their relationships. Not fictional characters, but real people in real relationships who had watched an engaged couple rip each other to pieces in a blood-soaked cabin in the woods for eight episodes before turning to the person seated next to them and apparently having a conversation that ended things. Boston’s reaction was almost joyful. “That’s the best thing I could ever hear,” she replied.The film Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen, which…