The wagons are circling around anti-environmental, social, and governance laws enacted in Texas and Oklahoma amid a flurry of studies on their financial impact and congressional scrutiny. The two states were early enactors of laws that led to the blacklisting of more than 20 financial firms, including municipal bond underwriters, for “boycotting” or “discriminating” against
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Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority bond parties asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit Monday to reject the Oversight Board’s request to rehear the court’s June decision that bondholders have a lien on the authority’s net revenues. While the board’s request delays the bankruptcy, it “has the positive effect of clarifying, in
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With a fresh leadership team, an expiring third-party manager contract and a recent upgrade from Fitch, the Long Island Power Authority is set to price a billion-dollar bond issuance on Tuesday. LIPA’s $1.021 billion of electric system general revenue bonds will include $736 million of Series 2024A, tax-exempt fixed-rate bonds and $285 million of Series
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Municipals extended their rally Friday, underperforming U.S. Treasuries which saw yields plummet up to nearly 30 basis points on the short end after a weaker-than-expected nonfarm payrolls report. Equities sold off. Muni yields were bumped nine to 14 basis points, depending on the scale, while UST yields fell 17 to 29 basis points, pushing two-,
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The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation board shocked the municipal bond market on Tuesday with a proposal that would switch out CUSIP numbers with Financial Instrument Global Identifiers, a marker based on standards developed by Bloomberg.  “It was an opaque process, but we did hear of efforts behind closed doors to expand the scope of FDTA to include
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In this article ZE594-CN BAC AAPL BRK.A Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Warren Buffett walks the floor and meets with Berkshire Hathaway shareholders ahead of their annual meeting in Omaha, Nebraska on May 3rd, 2024.  David A. Grogan Berkshire Hathaway‘s highly scrutinized cash pile could top $200 billion — more than the entire annual
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With the launch of several muni exchange-traded funds in recent weeks, there are now just over 100 muni ETFs in the space as firms ramp up their offerings to fill the gap in the marketplace and address the growing demand from clients. “There’s definitely a bit of an arms race out there,” said Brendan McCarthy,
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Record inflation may have people questioning whether homeownership is still a good investment. Home prices have been rising faster than incomes, which can be a problem for homeowners because as the value of a home rises, so does the cost to maintain it. More than 1 in 4 homeowners with mortgages are considered “cost-burdened,” meaning
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