Volatility Returning To Markets? // Ben Casselman of NYT // Oil Prices Highest in Six Years - 7/6 (Hour 1)

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(1:00) - After a full, long weekend to digest the June jobs report, markets opened negative on Tuesday. Despite the promising jobs report, should investors be ready for the return of volatility as the summer rolls on? Is labor participation a major concern?(12:27) - Ben Casselman of The New York Times joined the show to discuss how low-wage employees are beginning to see raises, although automation could be a threat to these workers.(24:16) - Oil prices are the highest they've been in six years, with both West Texas Intermediate and Brent crude hovering around $77 per barrel. This happened after OPEC canceled a meeting that was supposed to center around the direction of oil prices going forward.(35:51) - Yet another ransomware attack is making headlines, this time with hackers targeting a software company and all of its customers. The hackers are demanding $70 million from the company.