European shares followed Wall Street higher after the US Federal Reserve announced its first 0.5 percentage point interest rate rise in more than 20 years. The regional Stoxx 600 share index added 1.7 per cent in early trading on Thursday after the widely expected rate rise from the US central bank, which sparked a relief
People walk through the North American Bitcoin Conference held at the James L Knight Center on January 18, 2022 in Miami, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty Images The Luna Foundation Guard has acquired $1.5 billion in bitcoin to bolster the reserves of its most popular stablecoin, known as U.S. Terra. Stablecoins are cryptocurrencies that aim
In this article SPCE LYV SG DBX ZG DASH A DoorDash sign is pictured on a restaurant on the day they hold their IPO in New York, December 9, 2020. Carlo Allegri | Reuters Check out the companies making headlines after the bell: Block — Shares rose more than 5% after hours despite Block missing
Two years after enduring the devastating financial impacts of Covid-19, the U.S. economy has made an impressive comeback, in large part due to a booming housing market. But as Lawrence Yun, chief economist for the National Association of Realtors explains, there are significant questions regarding the sector’s direction over the coming months. “Housing kept the
Lumber at the site of a house under construction in the Cielo at Sand Creek by Century Communities housing development in Antioch, California, U.S., on Thursday, March 31, 2022. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Bank regulators on Thursday proposed the first sweeping changes in more than 25 years to a controversial law
Global financial markets plunged into disarray on May 5 as the Dow Jones saw a 1,063 point drop and Bitcoin (BTC) price plummeted to $35,571 on Binance. The widespread weakness comes as traders have had more time to digest the recent half-point interest rate hike by the Federal Reserve, the largest hike since 2000, which
The U.S. Virgin Islands’ recent bond refinancing will help it avert financial catastrophe for the short term but it is not necessarily a longer-term fix, according to Moody’s Investors Service. The U.S. Virgin Islands’ government refinanced nearly $1 billion of its matching fund bonds in late March by creating a Matching Fund Special Purpose Securitization
Municipals were mixed as participants mostly sat on sidelines while U.S. Treasuries rallied on the short end after the Fed hiked rates a half-percentage point. Equities rallied to close the day. The 50 basis point rate hike is the steepest increase since 2000 and follows the 25 basis point rate hike in March. The bond
Holders of the popular memecoin Shiba Inu (SHIB), will now be able to use the cryptocurrency to purchase land in the Shiba metaverse. On Wednesday, the Shiba Inu team took to Twitter to reveal that the SHIB token could now be used to mint parcels of land in the recently unveiled virtual reality project “SHIB:
The Federal Reserve raised its benchmark policy rate by half a percentage point for the first time since 2000 and sent a strong signal that it intends to increase it by the same amount at the next two meetings. At the end of its two-day policy meeting on Wednesday, the Federal Open Market Committee lifted
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, April 6, 2022. Brendan McDermid | Reuters How do you spell “capitulation?” F-E-A-R. That’s what this market breeds, and there has been no escape from that wild bear out for your lunch. Putting it in the starkest black and white,
The Etsy website Gabby Jones | Bloomberg | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Etsy — Shares of the e-commerce company plunged by more than 12% after Etsy’s revenue guidance for the second quarter came in lighter than anticipated. The company CFO also said on the earnings call that “consumers
Investors across the world are waiting for the outcome of the Federal Open Market Committee meeting on May 4. Although markets expect a 50 basis point rate hike and an announcement by the Fed to start shrinking its balance sheet from June, it is difficult to predict how the markets will react to this trigger.
Dubai’s residential and ultra-luxury markets have continued their upward trajectory in 2022, with demand from international buyers resulting in high competition and several record-breaking sales. Driven Properties in Dubai is a leader in the luxury and ultra-luxury market. Founder and CEO Abdullah Alajaji recently sat down to discuss 2022 market dynamics and what’s driving the
Tim Kitchen | The Image Bank | Getty Images It’s becoming harder to afford a home. Prices are up almost 20% year over year, and mortgage rates are soaring. The rate for a 30-year fixed loan is now 5.57%, according to Mortgage News Daily, up from 3.29% at the start of the year. At the
sponsored Decentralized Finance (DeFi) represents the financial, blockchain-based world of tomorrow. Future generations will leave the traditional financial system behind and use dApps, tokens, and other digital innovations for economic purposes. However, DeFi is still in its infant stage, leaving room for scams, money laundering, and other criminal activities. Without secure solutions and educational services,
The Philadelphia region saw a 21% increase in tourists last year as more than 36 million people visited the region, according to Philadelphia Convention and Visitors Bureau. The city and the bureau said Wednesday the increase shows tourism is rebounding in the region as the COVD-19 pandemic continues to ease. While the sector saw year-over-year
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The U.S. economy will probably fall into a recession as the Federal Reserve combats multidecade-high inflation, Randal Quarles, the Fed’s former vice chair for supervision, said. “Given the intensity of inflation, the degree to which unemployment has been driven down — to bring that back into an equilibrium, it’s unlikely the Fed is going to
Aston Martin will announce the immediate departure of chief executive Tobias Moers on Wednesday, according to two people inside the carmaker. He will be replaced by the former Ferrari chief executive Amedeo Felisa, who currently sits on Aston’s board as a non-executive director, the people said. Moers will leave after presiding over a collapse in