Sanctions Against Russia Coming? (Oil Surges)

A "Treasury Press Release" that's been seen by Reuters, but can't be confirmed yet, suggests that the Treasury Department is about to hit Russia hard on sanctions. We'll see if it's real this morning.

Dear Fellow Expat:

We’ll start with the big news… They ran a PET/CT scan yesterday. The report came back this morning - and I ran it through an advanced medical AI scanner to translate it. Based on the low metabolic activity levels and the defined border of the mass… this is highly likely a benign growth and requires monitoring. In addition, the lack of metabolic activity and the lack of worries about lymph nodes make this good news.

So… you can likely feel about 60 pounds of nerves fall to the side… and I can return to doing what I was already doing… with fewer lingering thoughts.

So… where do we start today?

Oh boy… well. That payroll report wasn’t the best news. And the Biden Administration’s gifts to America keep adding up as he walks out the door.

Let’s focus on the big things happening right now.

Oil Prices Rise

For a while, I wondered how and why energy stocks were the lone positive sector in our readings. I couldn’t quite figure out what was happening or why so much money was locked …