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Europe Faces Early Winter Stress Test As Cold Snap Looms, NatGas Prices Near Triple Digits US natural gas futures have fallen to levels last seen in April as unusually warm weather across the Lower 48 suppresses heating demand, potentially reflecting El Niño's weather-related influence. Europe faces a much different outlook: a cold snap forecast for next week has helped push benchmark TTF NatGas prices toward 100 euros per megawatt-hour, highlighting the widening split between the two energy markets.Bloomberg reports that temperatures across parts of continental Europe are forecast to fall...

More Than Half Of Gen Z Investors Have Moved Money Into Sports Bets A growing share of young Americans is folding sports gambling into their long-term financial plans, according to new research from the investment platform Betterment. In an online survey of 1,000 U.S. retail investors conducted in late March and early April and released this week, 52% of Gen Z investors said they had shifted money originally set aside for stocks or other investments into sports wagers over the past year. Only about one-third of Gen Z participants reported no...

May Auto Demand "Stronger Than Expectations", Deutsche Says In a preview of May U.S. auto sales, Deutsche Bank analyst Edison Yu and his team said industry demand appears to be holding up better than expected. They estimate the seasonally adjusted annual selling rate (SAAR) reached 15.9 million units during the month, modestly above last year's pace of roughly 15.7 million. While total vehicle sales are projected to be slightly lower than a year ago, the comparison is skewed by one fewer selling day in May 2026. After adjusting for that calendar...