U.S. consumer confidence dips; more plan to buy big-ticket items

U.S. consumer confidence ebbed slightly in January, with more consumers planning to purchase homes, automobiles and other big- ticket items even as they grew less optimistic about business and labor market conditions in the short term.
Robinhood says it is in ‘strong position’ to face unlikely market events

Robinhood Markets Inc (HOOD.O) on Tuesday highlighted steps it has taken to avoid imposing trading restrictions and said it was in a “strong position” to support customers through unlikely market events, in a blog post published almost one year after a social-media-fueled rally that rattled markets.
Ford aims to be the Tesla of connected commercial vehicles

Ford Motor Co (F.N) Chief Executive Jim Farley won applause from Wall Street by increasing the production target for the automaker’s electric F-150 to 150,000 a year, more than three times the original number.
LG Display Q4 profit drops 30% on year, hit by lower TV panel prices

South Korea’s LG Display Co Ltd (034220.KS) posted on Wednesday a 30% drop in quarterly operating profit on the year, hit by a steep decline in TV panel prices that offset solid shipments of smaller screens used for computers, laptops and smartphones.
Analysis: Investors worry about hawkish Fed hurting growth, even theorize over next recession

Laser-focused on how aggressive the Federal Reserve will be in tightening policy, some U.S. investors and strategists are starting to worry about what may seem a distant threat: a sharp economic slowdown or even the next recession.
Investors seek refuge in China as Fed, inflation roil other markets

Foreign investors are piling into China at the start of 2022, seeing it as a haven from the inflation, growth and pandemic problems plaguing most other markets.
Global share sell off pauses in Asia as investors await Fed policy update

Asian share markets steadied on Wednesday after three sessions of losses as investors awaited any hints about faster tightening of monetary policy from the U.S. Federal Reserve later in the day.
Emissions Of CO2 Are Expected to Increase in 2022 and 2023!

Energy-related CO2 emissions in the United States will reach 4,971 million metric tonnes by 2023.
‘Gamification’ in financial markets under scrutiny, says EU watchdog

Gamification has introduced a new generation of retail investors to financial markets who may not be aware there are few protections in assets like cryptocurrencies, the European Union’s securities watchdog said on Tuesday.
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