✅The Sea of Okhotsk is a marginal sea of the western Pacific Ocean. ✅It is located between Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula on the east, the Kuril Islands on the southeast, Japan’s island of Hokkaido on the south, the island of Sakhalin along the west, and a stretch of eastern Siberian coast along the west and north. ✅ Kuril Islands ✅The Kuril Islands are stretched from the Japanese island of Hokkaido to the southern tip of Russia’s the Kamchatka Peninsula separating the Okhotsk Sea from the North Pacific ocean. ✅ It consists of 56 islands and minor rocks. ✅ The chain is part of the belt of geologic instability circling the Pacific and contains at least 100 volcanoes, of which 35 are still active, and many hot springs. ✅ Earthquakes and tidal waves are common phenomena over these islands.
✅The Sea of Okhotsk is a marginal sea of the western Pacific Ocean. ✅It is located between Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula on the east, the Kuril Islands on the southeast, Japan’s island of Hokkaido on the south, the island of Sakhalin along the west, and a stretch of eastern Siberian coast along the west and north. ✅ Kuril Islands ✅The Kuril Islands are stretched from the Japanese island of Hokkaido to the southern tip of Russia’s the Kamchatka Peninsula separating the Okhotsk Sea from the North Pacific ocean. ✅ It consists of 56 islands and minor rocks. ✅ The chain is part of the belt of geologic instability circling the Pacific and contains at least 100 volcanoes, of which 35 are still active, and many hot springs. ✅ Earthquakes and tidal waves are common phenomena over these islands.
Spiking bond yields driving sharp losses in tech stocks
A spike in interest rates since the start of the year has accelerated a rotation out of high-growth technology stocks and into value stocks poised to benefit from a reopening of the economy. The Nasdaq has fallen more than 10% over the past month as the Dow has soared to record highs, with a spike in the 10-year US Treasury yield acting as the main catalyst. It recently surged to a cycle high of more than 1.60% after starting the year below 1%. But according to Jim Paulsen, the Leuthold Group's chief investment strategist, rising interest rates do not represent a long-term threat to the stock market. Paulsen expects the 10-year yield to cross 2% by the end of the year.
A spike in interest rates and its impact on the stock market depends on the economic backdrop, according to Paulsen. Rising interest rates amid a strengthening economy "may prove no challenge at all for stocks," Paulsen said.
NEWS: Telegram supports Facetime video calls NOW!
Secure video calling is in high demand. As an alternative to Zoom, many people are using end-to-end encrypted apps such as WhatsApp, FaceTime or Signal to speak to friends and family face-to-face since coronavirus lockdowns started to take place across the world. There’s another option—secure communications app Telegram just added video calling to its feature set, available on both iOS and Android. The new feature is also super secure—like Signal and WhatsApp and unlike Zoom (yet), video calls will be end-to-end encrypted.
