Major US indices opened lower on Wednesday following the escalation of tensions in the Middle East between nuclear superpowers Russia and the US.
The S&P 500, Dow Jones and the Nasdaq Composite were losing almost a percent after US President Donald Trump tweeted a warning to Russia on Wednesday to "get ready" for Syrian missile strikes.
Excerpted from Jay Taylor’s Gold & Energy Stocks Newsletter:
Update: A few short hours after the initial writing of this report, the US, the UK and France conducted a missile air strike against Syria
Authored by Rob Slane via TheBlogMire.com,
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - BlackRock Inc (BLK.N), the world’s largest asset manager, generated higher profit during the first quarter by luring more money from investors even as stock and bond markets fell.
