Municipals were mixed as U.S. Treasury yields fell for the second straight session, while the Investment Company Institute reported $4.8 billion of outflows, the highest since March 2020. Triple-A muni yields rose up to four basis points, depending on the scale, while UST yields fell two to six on bonds 10 years and in. Muni-UST
Moody’s Investors Service Wednesday upgraded New York State’s issuer rating and its general obligation, personal income tax revenue and sales tax revenue bonds to Aa1 from Aa2. “The upgrade to Aa1 for New York’s issuer rating reflects a significant increase in resources combined with agile financial management that has resulted in balanced or nearly budgets
In this article LATG Daniel Loeb, founder and chief executive officer of Third Point LLC Jacob Kepler | Bloomberg | Getty Images (Click here to subscribe to the Delivering Alpha newsletter.) The once red-hot SPAC market is becoming a fertile ground for activist investors who push for changes at problematic companies and profit from them. A record
In this article JPM The JP Morgan Chase & Co. headquarters, The JP Morgan Chase Tower in Park Avenue, Midtown, Manhattan, New York. Tim Clayton – Corbis | Corbis Sport | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. JPMorgan Chase – Shares fell 3.5% as JPMorgan Chase reported a $524 million
The cryptocurrency market has far faced an uphill battle for the larger part of 2022 due to global economic headwinds on multiple fronts, along with supply chain constraints, blistering inflation and the ongoing war in Ukraine. Despite the weakness seen in a majority of crypto assets, several decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols have managed to strengthen
Most visits to Paris include a stop in Montmartre in the city’s 18th arrondissement. Montmartre is a hill with the beautiful, white-domed Basilica of the Sacre Coeur. Tracing the city’s glorified history from the end of the 19th century and into the 20th, artists flocked to Montmartre, making it their own. The rents were low,
RgStudio | E+ | Getty Images New government data showing record high inflation probably comes as no surprise to consumers who are facing sticker shock everywhere from the grocery aisles to the gas pump. Now, all eyes are on the Federal Reserve, which is expected to continue to raise interest rates to try to tamp
According to Ethereum developer Tim Beiko, The Merge is likely to be pushed to the third quarter of 2022. Despite the delay, Beiko also said he “strongly suggests not investing more in mining equipment at this point.” The Merge May be Delayed, Ethereum Hashrate Taps New ATH Four days ago, Bitcoin.com News reported on ethereum
US president Joe Biden is expected to announce $800mn in additional military aid for Ukraine on Wednesday, including artillery and armoured vehicles, according to a person familiar with the matter. The assistance comes as Ukraine is bracing itself for a new and more brutal Russian offensive in the south-eastern Donbas region, after successfully forcing a
In this latest video exploring the essential parts of the Forex market, we look at an example to show how the cost of holding an FX trade overnight affects your profit or loss for the position overall. We also explain which are the major currencies and run through the major currency pairs. Test and practice
Denver will head to the municipal market next week with its biggest new money general obligation bond sale ever at $366.4 million. The tax-exempt and taxable voter-approved bonds, which carry three triple-A ratings, will be offered for competitive bidding on April 19 in three series after the city council gave the green light to the
Municipals were weaker Tuesday amid an active secondary and primary, underperforming a rally in U.S. Treasuries after the consumer price index came in at the highest level since 1981. Equities ended in the red. Triple-A muni yields rose two to four basis points while UST yields fell 10 to 12 on bonds seven years and
Shiba Inu (SHIB) prices soared on April 12 upon its debut on Robinhood, a U.S.-based commission-free trading platform. SHIB price climbed by more than 35% to 0.00003, its highest level in almost two months, before paring some gains. Nonetheless, SHIB was still on track to log its best daily performance since Feb. 6 when it rallied
A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, March 30, 2022. Brendan McDermid | Reuters For stock investors pondering how to ride out the worst bout of inflation in four decades, don’t worry and stay the course, according to Nick Maggiulli, chief operating officer at Ritholtz Wealth
A person wearing a protective mask enters a Chipotle restaurant in San Francisco, California, U.S., on Monday, April 19, 2021. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. CarMax — CarMax shares dipped more than 8% after reporting a beat on revenue but a miss on
Ether (ETH) lost the critical $3,000 psychological support level on April 11 after a 16% weekly negative performance. Bulls were definitively caught by surprise as $104 million in leveraged long futures got liquidated on April 11. Ether’s downturn also followed a decline in the total value locked (TVL) in Ethereum smart contracts. The metric peaked
Creating art with tile is not a new phenomenon. Archaeological excavations have uncovered magnificent artworks on floors and walls dating back millennia. It’s likely that beautiful paintings were created at the same time on parchment and other more delicate media, but the durability, hardness and weather resistance of ceramic tile ensured its long term survival.
Image Source | Getty Images Inflation is quickly raising prices for households in core areas of their monthly budgets — energy, food and housing. That’s making it hard for consumers to avoid a financial hit, even as wages are also rising at their fastest clip in years. But there are levers Americans can pull —
Data shows the number of active Bitcoin entities has been steadily going up, but the growth pattern still remains in the bear market channel. Number Of Active Bitcoin Entities Continues To Remain In Bear Market Channel As per the latest weekly report from Glassnode, the number of active BTC entities has observed a persistent user
UK prime minister Boris Johnson, his wife Carrie Johnson and chancellor Rishi Sunak have been issued with fines as part of an investigation by the Metropolitan Police into breaches of Covid-19 rules in Downing Street and Whitehall during the pandemic. The force said on Tuesday that more than 50 fines had been issued. Downing Street