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Stocks are often shocked into a quick decline when a major geopolitical event occurs, but the ability to recover has been very different. With the backdrop of rising tensions between North Korea and the U.S., Strategas Research studied the immediate and longer term impact on the S&P 500 from a …

Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images President Donald Trump speaks during a Make America Great Again Rally at Big Sandy Superstore Arena in Huntington, West Virginia, August 3, 2017. President Donald Trump touted the U.S. nuclear arsenal on Wednesday — but said he hopes he “will never have to …

Aquabounty | Barrett & MacKay Photo 12-month old sisters. The larger salmon has the transgene. The smaller fish will eventually grow as large. AquaBounty Technologies in Maynard, Massachusetts, has said it’s sold about 5 tons of genetically-modified (GM) salmon fillets to unnamed customers in Canada. These fish can reportedly grow …

Ronaldo Schemidt | AFP | Getty Images Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro celebrates the results of a referendum on a constitutional assembly in Caracas, Venezuela, on July 31, 2017. The new constitutional assembly assumed even more power in Venezuela by declaring itself as the superior body to all other governmental institutions, …

Tiffany Tompkins-Condie | McClatchy DC | TNS via Getty Images Guam Gov. Eddie Calvo meets with the group ‘Imagine Guam,’ a community panel to envision the island’s future in 50 years, after the U.S. military buildup is complete. Some in the group voiced concerns that American culture is overtaking the …

Denis Balibouse | Reuters Chinese President Xi Jinping watches during a gift handover ceremony at the United Nations European headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, January 18, 2017. Broadly, however, investors are buoyed by better growth in China, and that’s been reflected in the numbers — the Shanghai Composite is up 5.3 …

KCNA | Reuters North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspects the intermediate-range ballistic missile Pukguksong-2’s launch test in this undated photo released by North Korea’s Korean Central News Agency, May 22, 2017. If Washington wished to avoid military action, it should stop “recklessly” provoking Pyongyang, a separate statement from another …

Stephen Lam | Getty Images Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft Activist investor Morfit Mason and ValueAct sold about 7 million shares of Microsoft’s stock over the past week, according to regulatory filings released on Tuesday. The shares were sold at prices ranging from $72.50 apiece to $72.61 apiece, valuing the …

U.S. drillers will produce more natural gas next year than previously expected as exports rise and gas-fired plants generate more electricity, the Department of Energy reported on Tuesday. The department’s Energy Information Administration hiked its output forecast by 1.2 percent, or nearly 1 billion cubic feet per day, in its …

Ethan Miller | Getty Images Reed Hastings, Netflix CEO Netflix is one of the market’s best performing stocks and one Wall Street firm says its shares will continue to surge due to more impressive growth in foreign markets. Piper Jaffray told its clients the company’s international subscriber base will nearly …