Sentences with phrase «us military action»

Data from hedge fund analytical tool Kensho that examined patterns coinciding with U.S. military actions in the Middle East dating back to the 1990s show that in the day, week and month after a Mideast strike, oil has underperformed other assets, and the energy sector has been one of the worst in the S&P 500.

In part, that's because media ownership is concentrated among friends of the government, but it's also because those who report on military action are often censored.

But history also shows that actual military action has been followed by underperformance from the energy sector relative to other sectors of the U.S. stock market and the S&P 500.

While some countries have used offensive military actions as a distraction, to do so against Israel or any Western nation would be to invite a calamitous response.

Russia's ambassador to the UN, Vassily Nebenzia, urged the US on Thursday to avoid military action, saying the «immediate priority is to avert the danger of war.»

Quelling terrorism requires a lot more than military action, says Meghan O'Sullivan, Harvard University professor of international affairs, providing insight into the growing crisis in Syria and U.S. options in the region.

LONDON, April 11 - The U.S. dollar slipped to a two - week low against a basket of currencies on Wednesday as trade war fears receded but uncertainty over possible Western military action against Syria bred risk aversion among some investors.

China will take military action if the U.S. decides to press ahead with legislation designed to encourage high - level contact with Taiwanese officials, according to a report by The Global Times.

I accept that military action, under international law and as a genuine last resort, is in some circumstances necessary.

Trump warned Russia of imminent military action in Syria, declaring that missiles»...

NEW YORK / LONDON, April 13 - Gold prices rose on Friday, heading for a second consecutive weekly gain on lingering uncertainty over Western military action in Syria.

President Donald Trump warned Russia of imminent military action in Syria over a suspected gas attack, declaring that missiles «will be coming» and lambasting Moscow for standing by Syrian President Bashar al - Assad.

The Pentagon holds a briefing Friday about the joint military action against Syria in retaliation for a chemical weapons attack on civilians in the town of Douma.

April 11 - Wall Street was set to open lower on Wednesday due to heightened concerns over a row between the United States and Russia over military action in Syria.

Trump's administration has threatened military action if necessary to stop North Korea from obtaining an intercontinental ballistic missile that can strike the U.S. with a nuclear weapon.

At the same time - assuming that Donald Trump can be trusted to act as rationally as Kim Jong - Un - the north can rest assured that until US citizens or their allied counterparts are actually killed with North Korean weapons, the US is highly unlikely to risk military action on the Korean Peninsula.

(It didn't help that in the interview Bannon scoffed at the idea that U.S. would ever take military action against North Korea.)

The clear - out came after President Donald Trump warned his foes to «get ready» for a US missile strike, apparently contradicting his former opinion that telegraphing military action is a big mistake.

And when it began in 1950, then - U.S. President Harry Truman termed it a «police action,» an undeclared military action under the auspices of the United Nations.

President Donald Trump warned Russia of imminent military action in Syria on Wednesday, in response to a suspected poison gas attack over the weekend.

Perhaps most impactful of all, Anonymous could outright access the private networks of ISIS and disseminate battle plans, operative names, and countless other pieces of vital information that assists in military action.

He has since sought to dial back threats of military action, saying missile strikes into Syria may not happen soon.

Tillerson also said that Russia overstepped in Ukraine, and that future military actions would require a «commensurate show of force» to communicate that further aggression would not be tolerated.

World leaders continue to weigh up military action in response to a suspected poison gas attack in Syria over the weekend.

If the summit fails to conclude in an agreement, that could be seen as a failure of diplomacy and, in turn, may heighten the threat of military action.

«Any time we take military action, there are risks involved - especially to the servicemen and women who carry out these missions,» said Obama.

Named after a German battleship, the bunker never saw military action.

Neither the president nor Defense Secretary James Mattis ruled out potential military action against Assad.

Shares of defense companies tend to outperform the broader market when the United States takes military action in the Middle East, history shows.

Richard Haass, Council on Foreign Relations president, discusses President Trump's threatening military action in Syria and whether that will spark a conflict with Russia.

The Syrian government denied its forces had launched a chemical assault, while Russia, Assad's most powerful ally, called the reports fake and warned against military action on the basis of «invented and fabricated excuses.»

The weapons provide a potent deterrent to any U.S. - led military action similar to what occurred in Iraq, Libya or Syria.

But to many Republicans, he's an unreliable ally who is often at odds with traditional conservative ideology on drug policy (he's for medical marijuana), foreign intervention (he opposes most military actions) and government surveillance (he thinks more checks are needed on federal power).

With oil, aluminum and other materials making multiyear highs because of Russian sanctions and military action in Syria, Goldman Sachs recently issued a bullish statement, writing that «the strategic case for owning commodities has rarely been stronger.»

NEW YORK, April 11 (Reuters)- Oil prices jumped on Wednesday, hitting their highest in more than three years on Wednesday after Saudi Arabia said it intercepted missiles over Riyadh and U.S. President Donald Trump warned Russia of imminent military action in Syria.

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LONDON, April 11 Renewed caution among investors dented Britain's top share index on Wednesday as Western forces discussed possible military action against Syria, although strong results from Tesco pushed its shares higher.

Mr. Trump said he wasn't necessarily suggesting a large - scale military action, but that «at a certain point you have to do something and you have to be firm and you have to be strong, you have to be a government.»

U.S. military action against North Korea and / or an accidental clash in the South China Sea would deal a blow to the relationship, in our view, and hurt risk assets.

(CNN) President Bashar al - Assad is warning the West against attacking Syria as President Donald Trump's international allies make preparations to join the United States in any military action against the regime in response to last week's suspected chemical attack.

After 9/11, the biggest foreign attack on American soil in history, it took George W. Bush almost a month to issue his first orders to take military action against Afghanistan.

«We hope that there will be no point of no return, that the US and the allies will refrain from military action against sovereign states,» he said.

HERERA: So, if you «re a longer term investor and we do see some sort of military action and we do see oil prices move, from what I «m hearing from you is you should n`t change your overall game plan.

What's the connection between national debt and U.S. military action?

One is that if that type of military action did take place, that the stock market would move smartly to the downside.

As the United States and its allies contemplate military action against Syria for gassing its own people, Syria is poised to chair the United Nations committee responsible for banning chemical weapons.

And the Chinese government will guess that the timing of the American missile strike was a blunt message that without more robust Chinese help on dismantling Kim Jong - un's nuclear programme, the next target for pre-emptive American military action might be North Korea.

Expectations for the West to take military action had been building since a suspected chemical - weapons attack killed civilians in Syria more than a week ago.

Rickards reported that Pompeo told him, categorically, that military action will be taken against North Korea within 5 months, or by March 20, 2018.

Before Wounded Knee, in a military action stirred by gold mining on tribal land, Gen. George Armstrong Custer and 200 U.S. troops were killed in 1876 by Sioux warriors at Little Bighorn, in what is now present day Montana, about 400 miles west of the Standing Rock battle.