Notes today:

 

•  Biden Calls Putin "A War Criminal" and is approving armed drones for Ukraine

• Fed raises rates a quarter point and signals more hikes ahead.

• When Russia sanctioned Canada, it barred leaders from all major federal parties, including conservative leaders. But when Russia sanctioned the U.S., it barred Democratic leaders only. It didn’t name a single GOP leader. The signal couldn’t be clearer. @GeorgeTakei 

• Hong Kong's Hang's Hang Seng index on pace for its best day since the financial crisis - gaining some 9%
• China's state council has just:
• *Pledged to keep capital markets stable
• *Vowed to support overseas stock listings
• *Said dialogue with US re ADRs is 'good'
• *Promised to handle risks for property developers
• *Clarified regulation of Big Tech will end 'soon'

Still supporting Russia ??

• Some of the Russian Yachts confiscated so far..
• Lady M superyacht, owned by Russian billionaire Alexey Mordashov, at the port in Imperia, Italy, on March 7.
• The yacht Lena, belonging to Gennady Timchenko, an oligarch close to Russian President Vladimir Putin, in the port of San Remo on the Italian Riviera on March 5.
• The SY A yacht, owned by Russian billionaire Andrey Melnichenko
• Authorities in Spain seized Sergei Chemezov's Valerie, a 279-foot superyacht that had been moored in Barcelona.
• Amore Vero, a yacht owned by a company linked to Igor Sechin, the CEO of the Russian energy giant Rosneft, in a shipyard in La Ciotat in southern France on March 3.
• For Life party Viktor Medvedchuk’s yacht, Royal Romance, was seized in Croatia on March 16 following sanctions imposed amid Russia's full-scale war against Ukraine.