Analysts conclude that understanding "finance charge" dynamics is crucial for navigating today’s equity markets, where leveraged capital costs directly shape portfolio strategy and risk-adjusted returns. Before he was sent to the Middle East and Russia to negotiate peace, and before he floated the idea of Eric Adams becoming ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Steve Witkoff was on a very different mission involving Donald Trump. The authorities have said Mr. Bankman-Fried and others at FTX used customer deposits to make $90 million in campaign contributions to some 300 political candidates or political action committees. Months ago, prosecutors and bankruptcy lawyers for FTX began asking recipients of those donations to return them. Commodity-linked equities show sensitivity to "finance charges" as global shipping costs rise. The Baltic Dry Index’s upward movement this week indicates tightening credit conditions for exporters, affecting industrial stock valuations.