[Yahoo/Bloomberg] U.S. Stocks Drop With Europe; Gold Climbs: Markets Wrap [Yahoo/Bloomberg] Gold Hits Three-Month High as Speculators Increase Bullish Bets [...]

[Reuters] Job fears, price spikes mean heartburn for Biden White House as economy revs up [Dow Jones] Central Banks Jump Into Climate-Change Policy Fray [...]

[Reuters] Massive replenishment begins to ease U.S. fuel shortages [Yahoo/Bloomberg] Biden Aides See Political, Not Economic, Peril in Inflation Data [MSN/WP] [...]

A big week on the inflation front. April CPI was reported up 0.8% versus estimates of 0.2%. And while the 4.2% y-o-y increase was partly a function of the year [...]

Rising Tension Despite a strong annualized Q1 GDP of 6.4%, expectations for an even stronger Q2 number, and an economic recovery that is widely considered to [...]

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] U.S. Stocks Gain as Inflation Fears Ebb: Markets Wrap [Reuters] Gold rises as dollar retreats after Fed downplays inflation fears [Reuters] [...]

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] U.S. Stocks Gain After Jobless Claims, PPI: Markets Wrap [Reuters] Europe flattened by snowballing global correction [Yahoo/Bloomberg] Oil [...]

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Stocks Drop, Yields Rise After Inflation Surprise: Markets Wrap [Reuters] Inflation fears stalk stocks [Yahoo/Bloomberg] Taiwan Stocks Sink [...]

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Tech-Fueled Selloff Goes Global on Inflation Fears: Markets Wrap [Reuters] FANGS and BATS sell-off spooks world stocks [Yahoo/Bloomberg] Oil [...]

[CNBC] Dow climbs 300 points to another record, but sell-off in Big Tech drags Nasdaq down 1.5% [Yahoo/Bloomberg] Oil Rises With Gasoline as Cyberattack Knocks [...]

[Reuters] Cyber attack shuts down top U.S. fuel pipeline network [Yahoo/Bloomberg] U.S. Fuel Sellers Scramble for Alternatives to Hacked Pipeline [Reuters] [...]

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] U.S.’s Biggest Gasoline Pipeline Halted After Cyber-Attack [Dow Jones] What Happens to Stocks and Cryptocurrencies When the Fed Stops [...]

There is an overarching issue I haven’t been able to get off my mind: Are we at the beginning of something new or in the waning days of the previous [...]

Weekly Hard Asset Insights By David McAlvany Mixed Messages The first week of May was action-packed for global markets in what might be fairly characterized as [...]

[Reuters] Global stocks rally amid surging commodity prices [Yahoo/Bloomberg] Tech Leads Stock Gains After Weak Jobs: Markets Wrap [Reuters] Gold heads for [...]