<img src=”https://public.flourish.studio/visualisation/21015256/thumbnail” width=”100%” alt=”chart visualization” /> Municipals kicked off 2025 with a stronger tone Thursday as investors began to employ January reinvestment dollars while U.S. Treasuries were choppy and closed the session mixed and equities saw losses. Investors pulled more money from municipal bond mutual funds in the final reporting week of 2024, but high-yield
A for sale sign is displayed outside of a home for sale on August 16, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. United States real estate industry rules governing agent commissions will change on August 17 as part of a legal settlement between the National Association of Realtors and home sellers. (Photo by Patrick T. Fallon /
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Tesla has registered its first fall in vehicle deliveries in more than a decade, as its fourth-quarter figures missed analysts’ estimates, pushing the shares down 5 per cent. The company said on Thursday that it
<img src=”https://public.flourish.studio/visualisation/20996667/thumbnail” width=”100%” alt=”chart visualization” /> Issuance in 2024 surged to a record $500 billion-plus figure, as infrastructure spending needs, election-related concerns and a slew of mega deals led issuers to come to market en masse. The muni market saw a record $507.585 billion of debt issued in 2024, up 31.8% from $385.061 billion in
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world Donald Trump’s vision to reshape the world’s largest economy through protectionist policies that put “America First” will damage growth, according to Financial Times economists’ polls that contrast with investors’ bullishness over the US
“President Trump and I had a great meeting to discuss our shared priorities for the President’s second term,” said Bowser. ”President Trump and I both want Washington DC to be the best, most beautiful city in the world and we want the capital city to reflect the strength of our nation.” DC.Gov President-elect Donald Trump and Washington,
A home available for sale is shown in Austin, Texas, on May 22, 2024. Brandon Bell | Getty Images There’s good news in the housing market to close out 2024: There’s a lot more supply. The bad news: A lot of that supply is stale, sitting unsold for much longer than usual. Active listings in
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. At least 10 people were killed and 35 injured after a man drove a vehicle into a large crowd in the heart of New Orleans in an attack that the FBI is investigating as an
U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, left, said the department would deploy special measures to avoid a borrowing default starting in mid-January while Congress takes up a debate over lifting the debt ceiling. Kent Nishimura/Bloomberg The U.S. borrowing cap resumes on midnight Wednesday, bringing with it the risk of a prolonged political impasse that invites market
The US’s S&P 500 index has risen more than 20 per cent for the second year in a row, as investor excitement about artificial intelligence fuels strong gains in megacap technology stocks. Despite a sell-off in December, the basket of blue-chip stocks has ended 2024 up 23.3 per cent, following a 24.2 per cent gain
For decades, Art Cashin, UBS’ director of floor operations at the New York Stock Exchange, would write a New Year’s poem to reflect back on the year’s events. With Cashin’s passing earlier this month, his sons, Arthur and Peter, sent this homage to their father: Some Other Cashins’ Comments: An Homage PresentationDecember 30, 2024 by
<img src=”https://public.flourish.studio/visualisation/20997687/thumbnail” width=”100%” alt=”chart visualization” /> Municipals had a stronger tone Tuesday as investors closed their books ahead of the New Year holiday while U.S. Treasuries were mixed and equities saw losses for the final session of 2024. While municipals have outperformed USTs on the whole in 2024, they will close December with losses. How
Home Depot navigated a challenging 2024 marked by elevated interest rates and a cautious consumer. But as the year progressed, signs of recovery emerged, setting the stage for a rebound in 2025, fueled by increased housing turnover and pent-up demand in the home improvement market. Year-to-date performance: up 12% Forward price-to-earnings multiple: 25 versus a
Russian gas flows through Ukraine are set to stop on Wednesday when a transit deal between the two countries expires in the wake of Moscow’s full-scale invasion. The pipeline was one of the last two routes still carrying Russian gas to Europe nearly three years into the full-scale war. EU countries will lose about 5
Bloomberg News The SEC announced today that it has resolved all pending litigation in the action filed against the City of Rochester, New York, and the city’s former finance director Rosalind Brooks-Harris, as well as Capital Markets Advisors and two of its principals, Richard Tortora and Richard Ganci. A U.S. District Court in the Western
Russia’s military prepared detailed target lists for a potential war with Japan and South Korea that included nuclear power stations and other civilian infrastructure, according to secret files from 2013-2014 seen by the Financial Times. The strike plans, summarised in a leaked set of Russian military documents, cover 160 sites such as roads, bridges and
&lt;img src=”https://public.flourish.studio/visualisation/20989474/thumbnail” width=”100%” alt=”chart visualization” /&gt; Municipals were slightly stronger as U.S. Treasury yields fell and equities ended down. Muni yields were bumped up to four basis points, depending on the scale, while UST yields fell five to nine basis points with the biggest gains 10 years and in. The two-year municipal to UST ratio
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Investors pulled a record $450bn out of actively managed stock funds this year, as a shift into cheaper index-tracking investments reshapes the asset management industry. The outflows from stockpicking mutual funds eclipse last year’s previous
“It’s going to be a tough balancing act,” said Steve Skancke, chief economic advisor at Keel Point. “They want to have full employment, they want to contain inflation, and certainly, certainly, the imposition of tariffs will contribute to inflation, both with the immediate price increase and with the disruption of supply chains.” Monetary policy in
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world Jimmy Carter, the 39th US president who later won the Nobel Peace Prize for his humanitarian work, has died at the age of 100, the Carter Center said on Sunday. He died peacefully
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