Municipals were stronger on Thursday with yields falling another two to five basis points on triple-A yield curves and new-issues fared well while Refinitiv Lipper reported $2.9 billion of outflows, marking the largest negative flows in nearly two years. The last time outflows were above $2 billion was on April 8, 2020 when they hit
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Manchester United, one of the world’s most popular soccer (or football) teams is reportedly set to announce a multi-year training kit sponsorship by Proof-of-Stake blockchain platform, Tezos. First reported by The Athletic, the deal is apparently in excess of $27 million per year, allowing Tezos to place its logo on the team’s training uniform. Manchester
After a volatile January with rapidly rising rates and higher municipal to U.S. Treasury ratios, analysts expect investors to come off the sidelines in the remainder of the first quarter as more opportunities have emerged. “Quarter one has sold off too far and too fast, creating opportunities — not only for the rest of Q1
“Web3” may be one of the biggest buzzwords of 2022, but the idea of creating an entirely decentralized platform to host decentralized applications has long been a vision of the crypto community. While it’s notable that some blockchain companies began building out Web3 applications four or five years ago, the Web3 space has only started
Ken Griffin, Founder and CEO, Citadel Mike Blake | Reuters Billionaire investor Ken Griffin’s hedge funds crushed the market in January as a spike in volatility and a steep sell-off in growth stocks created an ideal environment for fast-money traders. Citadel’s multistrategy flagship fund Wellington gained 4.71% last month, according to a person familiar with
Traders on the floor of the NYSE, Feb. 2, 2022. Source: NYSE Thursday is the halfway point for fourth-quarter earnings season. The good news is corporate America is flush with cash. The bad news is 2022 estimates don’t look anywhere near as robust as 2021. The highlights so far: Revenues are at record highs. Corporate America
In this article MRK BIIB CAH LLY HON FB Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Eli Lilly (LLY) – The drugmaker beat estimates by 3 cents with adjusted quarterly earnings of $2.49 per share, while revenue beat forecasts as well. Results were boosted by a jump in sales of Lilly’s Trulicity diabetes
Falling interest rates and the pandemic are the top two reasons for house prices skyrocketing over the last year and a half but there’s another reason no one talks about. Today’s technology simply makes it easier for house prices to increase when buyer demand increases. An economist would say single-family houses now have a higher
America’s suburbs are sprawling again. Last year, single family housing starts rose to 1.123 million, the highest since 2006, according to the National Association of Home Builders, however, options for prospective homebuyers remain lean. Experts say the problems of America’s housing market relate to past policy decisions. In particular, they say restrictive zoning codes are
Silvergate Capital, an investment firm that is the parent company of the Silvergate Bank, acquired the technology and assets of Diem, the formerly Facebook-backed stablecoin payment system. The payment totaled $182 million. The technology and assets acquired will reportedly be used for the launch of a Silvergate branded stablecoin. Silvergate Purchases Diem Operations Silvergate Capital,
Illinois would pump up now near-empty rainy day fund, pay more of its bills down, bolster scheduled pension contributions, and provide one-time tax relief under budget plans Gov. J.B. Pritzker laid out Wednesday. The state expects an additional $2.2 billion of revenue, about 5% of general funds, in fiscal 2022 and another $2 billion in
The two active municipal bond insurers wrapped $38.7 billion in 2021, an 8.7% increase from the $35.6 billion of deals done in 2020. It marks the highest level since 2009. The industry par amount was achieved in 2,151 deals, fewer than the 2,270 in 2020. Market demand for bond insurance increased steeply during the past
Bitcoin (BTC) fell on the Wall Street open on Feb. 2 as another tech stock rout panicked traders. BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingView Bitcoin: “Macro FUD is driving all” Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView tracked BTC/USD as it dipped below $38,000 as Wall Street began, giving back half of the gains secured
In this article LATGU FOUN A trader is comforted by a coworker as they work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on March 1, 2018 in New York City. Eduardo Munoz Alvarez / Getty Images (Click here to subscribe to the new Delivering Alpha newsletter.) The oversaturated SPAC market is continuing to get
In this article GOOGL DHI EAT CPRI BSX WM Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Capri Holdings (CPRI) – The company behind Michael Kors and other luxury brands reported better-than-expected earnings for its latest quarter and raised its profit forecast as demand for handbags and apparel remained strong. Capri earned an adjusted
The bathroom is a very intimate place. In the very contradictory world of sexy technology countering the fear of hyper surveillance, the bathroom seems like the last and final place for the internet of things to hang its towel. So, it’s rare for homeowners to chat about what happens between the four walls of the
A real estate agent stands in the doorway as Giovani and Nicole Quiroz of Brooklyn, New York visit an open house in West Hempstead, New York. Raychel Brightman | Newsday LLC | Newsday | Getty Images Mortgage rates continued to surge higher last week, and that brought borrowers out of the woodwork, looking to refinance.
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis President James Bullard said he would like to raise interest rates at the central bank’s meetings in March and May but played down the benefits of a larger-than-expected move. “Fifty basis points, I don’t think helps us — at least sitting here today, I don’t think that really helps
Nonfungible tokens (NFTs), gaming protocols and the dawn of the Metaverse were all trending topics in 2021 and they are shaping up to be even bigger in 2022. NFTs and Metaverse-related projects are also bouncing back quickly from the market-wide downturn and Vulcan Forged (PYR) is one of the top movers this week. The project
The University of Chicago won back stable rating outlooks as investment returns swelled last year and student-driven revenues bounce back with a return to campus. The selective private school’s enrollment levels and fundraising also weathered the COVID-19 pandemic, factors that have especially benefitted the ratings of higher-grade, private schools with healthy endowments and strong student