Muni yields continued to fall along with U.S. Treasuries Wednesday as weaker-than-expected private payrolls for March led to supportive bond prices and a market rally. Equities ended mixed. California priced its $2.6 billion general obligation deal for institutions with double-digit bumps from Tuesday’s retail offering. Municipal to UST ratios on the short end remain rich.
With one week to go until the Ethereum Shanghai and Capella upgrades on April 12, all eyes are on Ether(ETH). The second-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization shrugged off rumors and regulatory action against exchanges to hit a seven-month high of $1,922 on April 5. Ether price has momentum, and here are three strong reasons why. Multiple
In this article Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Ramona Persaud Source: Fidelity The broader market suffered in 2022 as the Federal Reserve embarked on its rate-hiking campaign. Amid the tumult, the Fidelity Equity-Income Fund (FEQIX) outperformed the broader market with a total return of -5.07% – the result of portfolio manager Ramona Persaud’s search
In this article PLTR NVDA WAL JNJ Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT The Western Alliance Bancorporation logo is seen in this photo illustration on 13 March, 2023 in Warsaw, Poland. Jaap Arriens | Nurphoto | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Nvidia – Shares of the chipmaker slid about
The Securities and Exchange Commission’s Office of Municipal Securities has added three new staff members that broadens its coverage in offices throughout the country. Soo Im-Tang has been added as senior counsel out of the Los Angeles regional office; Preston Swapp joins as senior counsel based out of the Chicago regional office and Matthew Turner
Police have arrested the husband of former Scottish first minister Nicola Sturgeon as a suspect in an investigation into the funding and finances of the Scottish National party. Peter Murrell resigned as chief executive of the SNP last month after the party was forced to admit it had 30,000 fewer members than it had claimed.
PostFinance, a retail bank fully owned by the Swiss government, is preparing to offer cryptocurrency trading and storage services to its customers. The PostFinance bank has partnered with the local cryptocurrency bank Sygnum to offer its customers a range of regulated digital asset banking services, the firms announced on April 5. The partnership will specifically
Tennessee will turn to tolls and public-private partnerships to meet the mounting costs of managing its roadways. Gov. Bill Lee’s Transportation Modernization Act cleared its last legislative hurdle Thursday as theGeneral Assembly approved his $3.3 billion package allowing for the use of P3s for highways for the first time in the state’s history. “Tennessee is
A new report by data analytics provider CoreLogic reveals in many ways a tale of two very different housing markets. At one extreme, the West is slowing, and at the other extreme, the East is rising. Even as home prices grew for the 133rd straight month in February, the 4.4% increase still was nothing to
Arbitrum suffered a big blow during the April 1 to April 2 weekend due to a conflict between the ARB token holders and the Arbitrum Foundation on the allocation of $750 million ARB tokens worth around $900 million. Data from on-chain analysis firm Arkham Intelligence shows that the transfer of $50.5 million out of the
S&P Global Ratings revised the outlook on Louisiana’s general obligation bonds to positive from stable and affirmed the state’s rating at AA-minus. The rating action comes in connection with Louisiana’s next planned GO sale, the $251.1 million Series 2023-A competitive deal slated for April 13, according to Refinitiv.. “The outlook revision reflects our view of
Jamie Dimon has criticised regulators in the wake of the banking turmoil for incentivising banks to load up on government securities and imposing flawed stress tests. Dimon said the failure last month of Silicon Valley Bank and the Swiss government-engineered takeover of Credit Suisse risked undermining confidence in the banking industry and had prompted investors
A bill seeking to put blockchain and crypto assets under the purview of the Kenyan Capital Markets Authority is supposedly set to be debated in the country’s parliament. The bill also seeks to “widen the meaning of ‘securities’ to capture digital currencies.” The persons that receive licenses from the regulator are also required to maintain
A real estate project under construction in Shanghai’s newer Pudong district on Feb. 23, 2023. Future Publishing | Future Publishing | Getty Images BEIJING — More people in China want to buy houses again, according to a first quarter survey released Monday by the People’s Bank of China. The share of respondents planning to buy
INX has launched its first securities token issued by a public company, according to an Apr. 3 announcement from the tokenization platform. Public company shares on the blockchain?Witness the future in action!Proud to team up with @Greenbriarcorp to tokenize its GEBRF traditional shares in an industry-first!https://t.co/sS4p5MIwa3 — INX (@INX_Group) April 3, 2023 The new token
The Puerto Rico Oversight Board said Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority bondholders are making “unreasonable” demands in their discovery in the agency’s bankruptcy. “The bondholders’ approach to discovery in this case has been marked by unreasonable demands and timelines,” the board said through its attorney in a response filed late Friday in the bankruptcy. “The
In this article HOOD SBNY SIVB Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A woman leaves a Signature Bank branch on March 13, 2023 in New York City. The bank was closed by regulators Sunday. Leonardo Munoz | View Press | Corbis News | Getty Images The sudden failures of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank
In this article MRO APA FSLR UBS WWE TSLA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A vehicle charges a Tesla Supercharging station in Corte Madera, California, US, on Thursday, March 2, 2023. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Check out the companies making the biggest moves midday: Tesla — Shares dropped 6% after
Donald Trump was set to fly to New York on Monday to face criminal charges in a Manhattan court, marking an ominous new chapter in American political and legal history surrounding the former US president. Trump said he would depart at noon from his estate at Mar-a-Lago, on the Atlantic coast of Florida, and head
Riverfront homes come with the built-in benefit of backing up to a tranquil, natural setting. In Vero Beach, Florida, houses along the Indian River, just inland from the Atlantic Ocean, have the added advantage of being located on one of the most ecologically diverse estuaries in North America. “There are only so many places in