Municipals were weaker Wednesday as investors digested another larger new-issue slate, August redemption dollars, better-than expected economic data and the Fitch downgrade to the United States’ rating. U.S. Treasury yields rose slightly out long and equities sold off. The weakness in munis and UST resulted partly from the ADP Employment Report that showed 324,000 jobs were
The Biden Administration is expected to submit an emergency spending request for additional funding to the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Disaster Relief Fund before funds are expected to run dry at the end of the month. That’s according to Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, who said she’s put pressure on the Biden Administration to act, as
Ratings agency Fitch downgraded the United States’ long-term credit rating from AAA to AA+ on Aug. 1 and this move dented the risk on sentiment. The U.S. equities markets witnessed profit-booking on Aug. 2 and the cryptocurrency market’s recovery stalled in its tracks. However, after the knee-jerk reaction, the markets may settle down. The cryptocurrency
Bitcoin (BTC) continues with its sideways BTC price action under $27,000 on May 22 as the bulls and bears find it hard to break the stalemate. Which way Bitcoin? Notably, BTC price has fluctuated inside a narrowing ascending triangle range since May 11, defined by a horizontal resistance around $27,500 and a rising trendline support
The Match.com website is shown on an Apple iPhone. Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines before the bell on Wednesday. CVS Health — Shares of the retail pharmacy giant rose 1.8% premarket after the company posted strong earnings and revenue for the second quarter. CVS reported earnings of
A ‘For Sale’ sign is posted in front of a single family home on October 27, 2022 in Hollywood, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty Images Mortgage rates have been holding at high levels for several weeks now, and that is taking its toll on homebuyers. The Mortgage Bankers Association reports the average contract interest rate
US prosecutors have charged Donald Trump in connection with attempts to overturn the results of the 2020 election, the second federal indictment brought against the former president in as many months. Trump was charged with four criminal counts including conspiracy to defraud the US, to obstruct an official proceeding and to threaten individual rights, according
Municipals were weaker in secondary trading to start August as several large deals took focus in the primary market. Munis slightly outperformed Treasury losses as the first round of August redemptions buoyed the market. Equities ended mixed. Triple-A yield curves were cut three to six basis points, depending on the scale, while UST yields rose
On July 30, Curve Finance, a decentralized exchange on Ethereum, suffered a hack due to a vulnerability in certain pools built using the Vyper programming language. The price of CRV dropped 20.91% on the day of the hack, falling to a two-month low of $0.58. On the next day, the decline in CRV continued to
U.S. Rep. Raúl Grijalva, D-Ariz., and representatives of several U.S. territories filed a bill Monday that would require federal departments to have advisors on territorial affairs. If passed, the bill would create an office in each federal department “to oversee matters impacting the U.S. territories within their jurisdiction,” said Rep. Jenniffer González Colón, R-Puerto Rico.
Bitcoin miner Genesis Digital Assets (GDA) announced on Aug. 1 that it has launched three new data centers in the U.S. state of South Carolina. The facilities came online in February and March. The facilities are located in the western part of the state, with the first opening in the town of Anderson on the
A home for sale in a sought-after private ski and golf community near Lake Tahoe hits all the right notes: the right lot, the right design and the right setting. It reflects a contemporary style that has been widely adopted in the community. The property at 9507 Wawona Court is located in Martis Camp, a
Millions of American children and teens are heading back to school this season. While much of their academic success can be credited to their parents, teachers, guidance counselors and educational materials, the importance of their home environment should not be understated. Whether a brand new kindergartener or a graduating class of 2024 senior, having the
UK house prices have dropped by the largest amount in 14 years, according to fresh data from Nationwide. Prices for July fell 0.2 per cent on the previous month and 3.8 per cent on the same month last year, the largest fall since 2009, the Nationwide house price index showed. The average cost of a home in the UK is now
Municipals were lightly traded and mostly steady Monday while U.S. Treasuries were slightly firmer from Friday’s levels and equities closed in the black. With muni returns in positive territory to end the month and supply down 8% for the month and 16% for the year, the calendar flips to the final month of the muni
The Puerto Rico Oversight Board and Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority bondholders reached agreement in principle on one issue as hints emerged that parties were nearing a settlement. The board and PREPA bond parties on Friday told U.S. District Judge Laura Taylor Swain they had reached “an agreement in principle to resolve the outstanding perfection
The S&P 500 Index (SPX) continued its march toward its all-time high with a 3% gain in July. Signs of receding inflationary pressures and expectations of an end to the Federal Reserve’s tightening cycle are the factors that boosted risk-on sentiment. However, this bullish mood did not benefit Bitcoin (BTC) as it largely remained range-bound
Bitcoin (BTC) stayed static at the July 31 Wall Street open as analysis warned that the net was closing in for bulls. BTC/USD 1-hour chart. Source: TradingView $28,300 “last line of defence” for BTC price Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView followed the BTC price as it greeted the last trading day of July
A Hasbro Monopoly board game arranged in Dobbs Ferry, New York, Feb. 6, 2022. Tiffany Hagler-Geard | Bloomberg | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Adobe — The stock gained 2.4% before the bell after Morgan Stanley upgraded shares to overweight from equal weight and boosted its price target, citing
The UK government has made it cheaper for industry to pollute in Britain compared with the EU by watering down reforms to the carbon market, in the latest sign that the Conservative party is backsliding on its climate agenda. Whitehall recently quietly announced changes to the UK’s carbon trading scheme, including offering more allowances than