Costs are rising in order to protect against significant volatility in oil prices due to the Israel-Hamas conflict. Even the crude prices have lowered to levels seen before the war.
A measure of the cost of placing a bet in the options market that prices will rise or fall significantly over the next month has soared since the attack on Israel on Oct. 7, according to derivatives exchange operator CME Group. The indicator has recently reac...

Market summary 12/8/2023
The stock market had a rough end to the week. A key player, the QQQ, dropped by 0.64% just in one day and 1.56% over the week. When compared to the S&P 500, the QQQ hasn't been keeping up since March. On the Nasdaq, where many tech companies are, there were more lows than highs for five straight days. Plus, only 34 new stocks showed good performance, which isn't what you'd see in a strong market. A big tech company called NVDA dropped below its ...