Hello, mooers! Welcome back to our weekly series, the upgraded brand new Weekly Buzz, where we review the news, performance and community sentiment of the selected buzzing stocks on moomoo platform based on search and message volumes last week! (Nano caps are excluded.)
Another rough week passed.😭 We made it through another week in the markets! Stocks largely ran in place last week, with the S&P 500 edging out a slight gain. ...

The Syrian minister said in statements to the state-owned Iran TV channel that the areas under the control of the US and their allied forces contain more than 90% of the oil reserves of Syria. That the total amount stolen in the direct and indirect oil sector in Syria have exceeded $92 billion. He stated that "the Americans and their followers act as pirates in targeting the Syrian oil wealth and the ships of supplies to it."Tohme said that the US was deliberately preventing the Syrian government from benefitting from the oil reserves inside the country. The US military and their allies from the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) currently control the Al-Umar Oil Fields, the largest oil fields in Syria. Making matters worse, Syria is currently witnessing a gas crisis, following a new spike in prices for Octane 90 and Octane 95.
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In warning about the deteriorating outlook facing the sector, Man joins the likes of BlackRock Inc. and Fidelity International who have also recently sounded the alarm. BlackRock said there is no immediate end in sight for the taper scare, while Fidelity said the groundswell of reflation means the worst pain may still lie ahead for emerging-market bonds.For Chua at Man GLG, a key tipping point may be approaching.The main danger at present is not just the rising level of U.S. yields but the combination of a market that is overly complacent about the prospect of central-bank support, combined with the danger of Fed mistakes in combating the impact of the pandemic, Chua said.The inflation threat poses a real risk for investors. Just due to the base effect, both CPI and core PCE are likely to increase beyond 2% by the 2Q21. On top of the $900 billion fiscal package approved in December 2020, the Biden administration is likely to pass another $1.5 trillion or more of fiscal stimulus this year”“When considering all these factors together, this could put further pressure on inflation expectations and result in more persistent price increases”The flood of capital into developing-nation assets is already starting to slow. Inflows into stocks and bonds fell to $31.2 billion in February from November’s record $107.4 billion, according to data from the Institute of International Finance.
May be time for a Market timeout. I feel like i just read a scary...