11:00 am 4:00 pm EUR/USD 1.1792 1.1786 GBP/USD 1.3628 1.3661 CHF/USD 1.2793 1.2827 NZD/USD 0.5996 0.5998 AUDF/USD 0.6946 0.6948 JPY/USD 0.0064 0.0064 CNY/USD 0.1440 0.1440 Gold 4659.01 4666.09 Silver 76.50 79.94 Source: Reuters Continue reading Interbank market news scan for 2 February 2026 as of 4:02 pm.
What I see this morning … It is 9:30 in the morning. I am giving some thought to the foreign exchange markets. The American market should be open now. Over the weekend, gold and silver markets took a beating as prices on gold and silver fell. These falls in prices did not take me by … Continue reading The continued fall-off in the tech labor market …
I am today listening to YouTube’s Antoine Wade’s, The Wade Report, where he is providing insights on Amazon, UPS, DOW. Mastercard, and Meta. Mr. Wade is focusing on the overall sentiment that while company performance is going up, at least for larger companies, the number of job postings is flat, except for postings that announced … Continue reading 2026 slowdowns appear to come faster.
11:03 am 4:02 pm EUR/USD 1.1891 1.1882 GBP/USD 1.3700 1.3679 CHF/USD 1.2928 1.2875 AUD/USD 0.6936 0.6918 NZD/USD 0.5984 0.5977 JPY/USD 0.0065 0.0065 CNY/USD 0.1438 0.1438 Gold 5091.56 5047.10 Silver 112.11 108.01 Source: Reuters Continue reading Interbank market news scan for 26 January 2026 at 4:02 pm.
Are we moving from a consumer economy to an individual economy? I’ll give the typical attorney response and say, that depends. I have observed on YouTube more rumblings about consumers losing jobs. Approximately 1.1 million people have lost work over the past year. What the press has not reported is that approximately 400,000 or so … Continue reading Wondering if I should follow the artificial intelligence prognosticators less …
Adam Winchester, a self-described artificial intelligence visionary from Australia, put up a post a few days ago on LinkedIn where he discussed the concept of sovereign artificial intelligence. Mr. Winchester warns his LinkedIn readers that if they don’t have operational advantage over a subscription model where they can change its pricing, ethical guardrails, or availability … Continue reading Is the artificial intelligence universe shrinking?
Ethics is a philosophical study of moral principles, exploring what is right and wrong, good and bad, and how people should act. Ethics guides people through reason and standards rather than just feelings, laws, or popular opinion. Ethics involves developing personal moral codes and societal norms for a just life. Artificial intelligence is the simulation … Continue reading What is AI ethics?
Intelligence is the ability to acquire and apply intellect and skills. It can also mean the collection of information of military or political value. Artificial means made or produced by human beings versus coming about naturally. When it comes to behavior, artificial can mean insincere or affected. America seems to have been hit full force … Continue reading What is artificial? What is intelligent?
Will artificial intelligence (AI) go away? Probably not. A number of the YouTube prognosticators are already questioning all the hype surrounding a technology that most Americans seemingly became aware off three years ago next month. Allegedly, some Americans are concerned that the “new” technology (which has been around since the 1950s) is going to take … Continue reading Artificial intelligence: I’m not a part of the ten percent. Why write that way?
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