(2) On Thursday, Bank of England (BoE) Trues Up Monetary Policy Stance Near-10% inflation — the worst cost-of-living squeeze in decades, along with planned labor strikes — threaten a summer of discontent in Britain. Stocks recently featured in the blog include: Marathon Petroleum MPC, Suncor Energy SU and Valero Energy VLO. On Wednesday, the U.S. Fed certainly delivers its 2nd straight 50-basis-point (bps) rate hike, in order to bring broad U.S. consumer inflation under control.