Municipals were mixed Tuesday with most AAA scales showing large cuts on the front end and smaller bumps out long. U.S. Treasuries rallied hard, and equities sold off. The two-year muni-Treasury ratio Monday was at 66%, the three-year at 69%, the five-year at 68%, the 10-year at 69% and the 30-year at 92%, according to
Economist Peter Schiff has warned that the U.S. will default on its debt obligations. He further stressed: “All the bad stuff that they’re saying is going to happen if we don’t raise the debt ceiling is guaranteed to happen because we do raise the debt ceiling.” Peter Schiff on U.S. Debt Default Economist and gold
A freshly unsealed indictment has charged five individuals with “conspiring to manipulate the market” in relation to an alleged scheme involving the ERC-20 Hydro (HYDRO) token. An April 24 statement from the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) said the indictment charged three people for conspiring to manipulate the market for Hydro. Two other individuals
Peter Lynch (L), Fidelity Funds Advisory Board Member. Peter Lynch (L), vice chairman of Fidelity Management and Research Co Legendary investor Peter Lynch has one of the best investing records under his belt, but he still has regrets for not buying into some of the biggest tech companies in recent years. The former Fidelity Magellan
In this article UPS KMB FRC CALM PEP GM Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A customer holds a can of Pepsi beverage at a shopping mall on March 9, 2022 in Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province of China. VCG | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Kimberly-Clark — The stock was
Unlike restricted proof-of-work (PoW) blockchains like Bitcoin, the Polkadot blockchain allows cross-blockchain transfers of any asset or data, facilitates more transactions per second and needs less infrastructure. Polkadot uses a nominated proof-of-stake (NPoS) blockchain centered on interoperability of parachains that connect to and are secured by the Relay Chain. Validators can validate both the Relay
After the homebuying hysteria of 2021 and the first half of 2022 was cooled off by rising interest rates, one of the knock-on effects has been an increase in the cost of rent. This is understandable as rising mortgage rates pushed homeownership beyond affordability for many Americans, who then in turn, have resorted to renting.
Chicago-area public transit needs an operational makeover to build its case with the public and state lawmakers for new funding to help plug the funding gap when federal COVID-19 relief funds are exhausted. That was a central takeaway from a panel discussion — “Solving the Transit Funding Riddle in Northeast Illinois and Beyond” —
Shares of First Republic continued to plunge on Tuesday as regulators in Washington and financiers on Wall Street scrambled to come up with a plan to stabilise the ailing bank. The California-based lender’s stock price, which is down by more than 90 per cent this year, fell by a further 40 per cent, a day
Municipals were mixed to start the week as participants await a $7 billion-plus new-issue calendar, while U.S. Treasuries were firmer and equities were mixed. The two-year muni-Treasury ratio Monday was at 62%, the three-year at 64%, the five-year at 65%, the 10-year at 67% and the 30-year at 91%, according to Refinitiv MMD’s 3 p.m.
There’s trouble brewing in the red-light region of Decentraland called District X. The ongoing dispute between the leader of District X and a group of community members came to a head with the Decentraland DAO asked to weigh in on the district’s future. Decentraland districts are collectively owned areas on the map built around a
In this article FOX FOXA ALB FSLR FRC F AI TME 1698-HK GM ENPH MDT BBBY TSLA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading Monday. People walk by the News Corporation headquarters, home to Fox News, on April 18, 2023 in New York City. Spencer Platt |
Forbes Global Properties Looking at a photo of Lake Oswego, Oregon, many might assume the small town is located in some sort of hinterland in an isolated part of the country. Carved out of the western bank of the Willamette River, Lake Oswego sits among a landscape of perfect pine trees and misty mountains in
Harlan Crow, chairman and chief executive officer of Crow Holdings LLC, sits for a photograph at the Old Parkland estate offices in Dallas, Texas, on Friday, Oct. 2, 2015. Chris Goodney | Bloomberg | Getty Images Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., on Monday asked GOP megadonor Harlan Crow for a complete list of gifts to Supreme
Inflation, a banking crisis and the remnants of COVID-19 related issues make forecasts more difficult than usual. Heading into next week’s Federal Open Market Committee meeting, a division remains between those who expect this to provide the last of the quarter-point rate hikes and those who see another coming. Recession also splits economists, with some
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has admitted that UK business taxes are too high but insisted the best way to lower them would be to expand the economy. Hunt defended the decision to increase corporation tax to 25 per cent in the last Budget, arguing that lowering the burden previously had not yielded the hoped-for increase in
The Florida Legislature has passed a bill that bans the issuance of municipal bonds using environmental, social or governance standards. The bill now heads to Gov. Ron DeSantis for his signature. House Bill 3 passed in the Senate by a 23 to 12 vote along party lines. It was approved last month by the House
Russia has warned that existing and new anti-Russia sanctions imposed by the U.S. and other Western countries will lead to a global economic crisis. “Both the current sanctions that have been imposed against our country and the new additional steps that Brussels and Washington are probably thinking about now will hit the global economy hard,”
Bitcoin (BTC) is on target to finish the week with a sharp fall of around 9%. This suggests that some traders may be booking profits in fear of a resumption of the downtrend. Analysts expect Bitcoin to reach the $26,600 to $25,000 zone where buying interest may pick up. When an asset emerges from a
The logo of NVIDIA as seen at its corporate headquarters in Santa Clara, California, in May of 2022. Nvidia | via Reuters TipRanks is celebrating a decade of simplifying investment decisions through its data-driven research tools: Here is a list of the 10 best analysts on Wall Street. To come up with this list, TipRanks