Big, scary headlines have disrupted front pages over the past week and a half. But the stock market has barely blinked as a port strike, Middle East turmoil, and natural disasters have ripped through the news. The market, as always, has its reasons.
The dockworkers strike is the next chapter in the workers vs. automation and AI story — one that won't be finished anytime soon.
A confluence of geopolitical factors has suddenly turned somewhat sleepy commodities into must-watch markets.