В семитских религиях природа занимает мало места: пустыня монотеистична; возвышенная в своём огромном единообразии, она открыла человеку прежде всего идею бесконечного, но не чувство бесконечно творческой жизни, которое более плодородная природа вдохновила в других народах.
— Эрнест Ренан. «Общая история и сравнительная система семитских языков», 1863.
В семитских религиях природа занимает мало места: пустыня монотеистична; возвышенная в своём огромном единообразии, она открыла человеку прежде всего идею бесконечного, но не чувство бесконечно творческой жизни, которое более плодородная природа вдохновила в других народах.
— Эрнест Ренан. «Общая история и сравнительная система семитских языков», 1863.
The last couple days have exemplified that uncertainty. On Thursday, news emerged that talks in Turkey between the Russia and Ukraine yielded no positive result. But on Friday, Reuters reported that Russian President Vladimir Putin said there had been some “positive shifts” in talks between the two sides. The message was not authentic, with the real Zelenskiy soon denying the claim on his official Telegram channel, but the incident highlighted a major problem: disinformation quickly spreads unchecked on the encrypted app. Friday’s performance was part of a larger shift. For the week, the Dow, S&P 500 and Nasdaq fell 2%, 2.9%, and 3.5%, respectively. The regulator said it has been undertaking several campaigns to educate the investors to be vigilant while taking investment decisions based on stock tips. Overall, extreme levels of fear in the market seems to have morphed into something more resembling concern. For example, the Cboe Volatility Index fell from its 2022 peak of 36, which it hit Monday, to around 30 on Friday, a sign of easing tensions. Meanwhile, while the price of WTI crude oil slipped from Sunday’s multiyear high $130 of barrel to $109 a pop. Markets have been expecting heavy restrictions on Russian oil, some of which the U.S. has already imposed, and that would reduce the global supply and bring about even more burdensome inflation.
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