It’s understandable if you failed to notice one meaty if unglamorous trend on Wall Street: Private equity’s love affair with franchising.
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Friday ended with the main indices in Asia, Europe, and New York pointing down in unison, the Nasdaq even entering correction.
A quartet of ETFs faceplanted last year, but they could mount a comeback this year.
Another month, another Consumer Price Index inflation report, the show-stopping data dump of our inflation-weary universe.
The focus will be on mining earth metals including lithium, zinc, copper and nickel, all crucial metals for battery-making.