Short-end municipals saw continued pressure Wednesday, further inverting the muni curve, while Fed Chairman Jerome Powell’s hawkish comments sent traders digesting the Fed’s next moves after the Federal Open Market Committee hiked rates 50 basis points. U.S. Treasuries ended the session slightly better after see-sawing post-FOMC and equities closed with losses. In his post-FOMC meeting
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Considering an idyllic spot on the water in the Turks and Caicos Islands? Kira Isle, Leeward, on Providenciales may just be the ticket. The family-oriented community boasts a marina, restaurants, water sports companies and an international school, among other services, according to Gordon Williams of Grace Bay Realty. “Homeowners in this area have the luxury
The Securities and Exchange Commission has proposed a new Regulation Best Execution that would establish a best execution standard, mandating that dealers in any transaction with a customer or a customer of another broker-dealer use reasonable diligence to determine the best market for the security and buy or sell so that the price is as
On Dec. 14, Bitcoin (BTC) price hit a one-month high and saw a brief resurgence in bullish momentum, but a hawkish report by the Federal Reserve’s Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) and comments from Fed chair Jerome Powell sent BTC to an intraday low at $17,659. Stocks and Bitcoin started the day slightly up but quickly
In this article BBY DAL MRNA TSLA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Delta Air Lines (DAL) – Delta jumped 3.8% in the premarket after the airline raised its current quarter forecast and issued an upbeat 2023 outlook, citing robust travel demand. Tesla (TSLA) – Goldman
Bitcoin (BTC) speculators have disappeared from the market and their mood “destroyed,” says popular analyst Philip Swift. In a tweet on Dec. 14, the co-founder of trading suite DecenTrader flagged potential maximum risk returns for BTC at current prices. Swift: “Euphoria destroyed” from Bitcoin bear market BTC/USD is around 70% below its last all-time highs,
UK inflation dipped to 10.7 per cent in November as an easing in the rise in petrol prices helped to lower the rate from a 41-year high of 11.1 per cent last month. The figure was better than an expected 10.9 per cent and economists said the annual inflation rate had now probably passed its
In this article TWTR Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Pedestrians walk in front of the Twitter Inc. headquarters in San Francisco, California. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images In an effort to cut costs following Elon Musk’s chaotic $44 billion acquisition of Twitter, the social media company has stopped paying rent, according
Municipals continued to see large cuts on the short end Tuesday as selling pressure there remained elevated but the rest of the curve improved following a better-than-expected consumer price index report that led to a rally in U.S. Treasuries. Equities ended the session in the black. The one-year triple-A muni ended the session with up
Walgreens and CVS agreed to a $10.7 billion settlement, the third large monetary agreement forced by a coalition of state attorneys general seeking redress from the opioid addiction crisis. The agreement resolves allegations that both national pharmacy chains contributed to the nation’s opioid addiction crisis by failing to oversee how medications were distributed. Under the
The Suzhou branch of the Chinese insurance company China Pacific Insurance, together with the Bank of Communications, recently announced the launch of a digital currency account insurance product. The launch comes at a time when the number of personal digital currency wallets created in the Chinese city of Suzhou alone now exceeds 30 million. Insurance
Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin New York real estate developers say a casino in Manhattan is a long shot. Queens and the Bronx are the odds-on favorites—maybe even Coney Island. John Catsimatidis, the New York City billionaire best known for owning the supermarket chain Gristedes, is looking for the right deal
Sam Bankman-Fried has been arrested in the Bahamas at the request of US government prosecutors who have filed criminal charges against the disgraced crypto entrepreneur. Bahamian attorney-general Ryan Pinder said the country’s police force had taken Bankman-Fried into custody after receiving “formal notification” from the US government that it had filed criminal charges and was
Although some advisors today may foresee themselves never recommending crypto investments, the last thing they should want is to look like “a deer in headlights” should a client ask about digital assets. So said Don Friedman, president of the professional group Digital Assets Council of Financial Professionals, on the first day of Financial Planning’s INVEST:
Moody’s Investors Service downgraded to A1 from Aa3 $651 million of outstanding debt issued for Main Line Health System, a not-for-profit hospital operator managing four large facilities in the Philadelphia area. The rating agency said Thursday’s downgrade reflected “a multi-year trend of weak operating performance,” resulting in budget shortfalls analysts expected to continue into 2023.
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) data on Dec. 13 and the outcome of the Federal Reserve meeting on Dec. 14 could influence the United States stock markets and the cryptocurrency markets in the near term. Traders are likely to play it safe and not take large directional bets until the CPI print because any nasty
Take a look at some of the biggest movers in the premarket: Horizon Therapeutics (HZNP) – The drugmaker’s shares surged 14.7% in the premarket after it agreed to be bought by Amgen (AMGN) for $116.50 per share in cash, with the deal valued at $27.8 billion. Amgen shares fell 2.6%. related investing news Goldman Sachs
Microsoft has agreed to buy a £1.5bn stake in London Stock Exchange Group as part of a 10-year strategic partnership between the US software company and the 300-year-old UK exchange. The deal, announced on Monday, marks the latest tie-up between finance and Big Tech. In November, Google invested $1bn in Chicago-based CME as part of
Minnesota Senator Tom Emmer has slammed U.S. Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Gary Gensler for his flawed “crypto information-gathering efforts,” saying that Gensler should appear before Congress to explain the cost of his “regulatory failures.” Emmer’s comments came in a Dec. 10 tweet to his 67,500 Twitter followers, where he referred to a bipartisan Blockchain
Elon Musk’s latest salvo in his war against crypto spam bots on Twitter appears to have made a real impact, with the crypto community reporting a vast reduction in the number of bots responding to their posts. In a Dec. 11 post, the Twitter CEO hinted that “bots are in for a surprise tomorrow” and