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MMA FREE WEEKLY COLUMN FOR THE WEEK BEGINNING NOVEMBER 16, 2026
November 13, 2026
REVIEW by Guest Contributor Pouyan Zolfagharnia “Wall Street once believed the artificial-intelligence boom revolved around Nvidia’s Jensen Huang as planets orbit the sun. The question now is what happens when a star implodes.”
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November 6, 2026
REVIEW by Raymond Merriman The US added 165,000 jobs in October, blowing past economists’ expectations, as the labor market showed strength despite the Federal Reserve’s recent rate hikes. The unemployment rate ticked down to 4.1% amid a slight increase in labor force participation.
Read MoreMMA FREE WEEKLY COLUMN FOR THE WEEK BEGINNING NOVEMBER 2, 2026
October 30, 2026
REVIEW by Guest Contributor Pouyan Zolfagharnia More than $2 trillion in market value is set to be wiped from the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 this month, as Big Tech earnings intensified investor scrutiny of whether the billions being poured into artificial intelligence can generate returns quickly enough. The wipeout would amount...
Read MoreMMA FREE WEEKLY COLUMN FOR THE WEEK BEGINNING OCTOBER 26, 2026
October 23, 2026
REVIEW by Guest Contributor Thomas Miller Government websites in Europe and elsewhere went offline on Wednesday after the disclosure of critical vulnerabilities in PHP sent website operators around the world scrambling to protect their systems.
Read MoreMMA FREE WEEKLY COLUMN FOR THE WEEK BEGINNING OCTOBER 19, 2026
October 16, 2026
REVIEW by Guest Contributor Gianni Di Poce WASHINGTON, Oct 14 (Reuters) – US consumer prices accelerated in September as the cost of gasoline surged, dealing another blow to President Donald Trump and his Republican Party ahead of the November 3 midterm elections and putting an interest rate increase later this...
Read MoreMMA FREE WEEKLY COLUMN FOR THE WEEK BEGINNING OCTOBER 12, 2026
October 9, 2026
REVIEW by Guest Contributor Pouyan Zolfagharnia The U.S. economy’s shock absorbers are worn. That could make for a bumpy ride if recent investor anxiety worsens.
Read MoreMMA FREE WEEKLY COLUMN FOR THE WEEK BEGINNING OCTOBER 5, 2026
October 2, 2026
REVIEW: by Raymond Merriman The U.S. economy created far fewer jobs than expected in September, pointing to a surprising soft spot in the labor market and broader economy. Nonfarm payrolls rose a seasonally adjusted 29,000 for the month while the unemployment rate increased to 4.2%, the Bureau of Labor Statistics...
Read MoreMMA FREE WEEKLY COLUMN FOR THE WEEK BEGINNING SEPTEMBER 28, 2026
September 25, 2026
REVIEW by Guest Contributor Pouyan Zolfagharnia “President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday that France plans to send troops to Saudi Arabia to help protect a refinery and crude oil pipeline in the Red Sea port of Yanbu, ramping up France’s military efforts to contain the impact of the Iran war.”
Read MoreMMA FREE WEEKLY COLUMN FOR THE WEEK BEGINNING SEPTEMBER 21, 2026
September 18, 2026
REVIEW: by Raymond Merriman The Federal Reserve raised interest rates Wednesday for the first time in three years, a sharp reversal that began taking back cuts it made last year and implicitly undercut the White House’s insistence that inflation isn’t a concern. The increase, approved unanimously, will raise the benchmark...
Read MoreMMA FREE WEEKLY COLUMN FOR THE WEEK BEGINNING SEPTEMBER 14, 2026
September 11, 2026
REVIEW by Guest Contributor Pouyan Zolfagharnia “Houthi militants seized a strategic island in the Bab al-Mandeb strait and a town along its mainland coast on Friday, taking effective control of one of the world’s most important shipping chokepoints after a rapid offensive.”
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