Municipals saw some weakness in spots Thursday as outflows from muni mutual funds continued. U.S. Treasury yields rose and equities sold off ahead of Fed Chairman Jerome Powell’s Friday Jackson Hole speech. The two-year muni-to-Treasury ratio Thursday was at 64%, the three-year at 65%, the five-year at 67%, the 10-year at 70% and the 30-year
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In this article JWN Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Check out the companies making headlines in extended trading on Thursday. Customers walk through a shopping mall along the Magnificent Mile in Chicago, March 15, 2023. Scott Olson | Getty Images Affirm Holdings — The stock added 10.8% after its quarterly results came in better than
As the frequency and severity of extreme weather events, such as hurricanes, floods and wildfires continue to rise, it’s more critical than ever that commercial real estate (CRE) owners and operators prepare by developing proactive, resilient climate-related emergency strategies. While addressing climate change requires partnerships and coordinated action, front-end planning for severe weather and other
A house is for sale in Arlington, Virginia, July 13, 2023. Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images Sales of previously owned homes dropped 2.2% in July from June to a seasonally-adjusted, annualized rate of 4.07 million units, according to the National Association of Realtors. Sales were 16.6% lower compared with July of last year.
Connecticut’s first offshore wind farm is one step closer to reality after a federal ruling came down this week. On Tuesday, the Bureau of Ocean Energy issued a “record of decision” on a federal environmental review of Revolution Wind, a 704-megawatt offshore wind farm planned for development off the coast of the state in a
Our weekly roundup of news from East Asia curates the industry’s most important developments. HashKey Hong Kong to commence retail trading Crypto exchange HashKey, the first licensed virtual asset provider in Hong Kong, will open its doors to residents for retail trading on August 28. According to local news reports, investors will only be allowed
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Issuers in the Southeast sold $30.3 billion of municipal bonds in the first half of 2023, 29.9% less than they did in the same period last year, according to data supplied by Refinitiv. There were 490 deals, down from 788 a year earlier, when the region’s issuers sold $43.2 billion of bonds. The Southeast recorded
An aircraft said to be carrying notorious warlord Yevgeny Prigozhin, whose Wagner group launched a failed mutiny in June, has crashed on a flight from Moscow to St Petersburg, according to Russian officials. All 10 people on the plane, including three crew members, died in the crash, Russia’s emergency ministry said, according to state newswire
Crypto advocacy group Coin Center has criticized the latest indictment of two former Tornado Cash developers, arguing that the facts offered don’t show any clear violations of money-transmitting-related offenses. Roman Storm and Romen Semenov were indicted by the United States Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC) on Aug. 23 for conspiring to operate an unlicensed
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Nvidia headquarters in Santa Clara, California, June 5, 2023. Marlena Sloss | Bloomberg | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in extended trading. Splunk — Shares added 11% after an earnings beat. Splunk earned 71 cents per share, after adjustments, on $889 million in revenue. Analysts polled by FactSet had forecast Splunk would
In a recent study of the Austin housing market and the possibility of a crash, the analysis of the data presented a markedly mixed picture of housing activity in the greater Austin area. Like Austin, the San Diego housing market too is sending mixed signals, with some cities in the San Diego metro area showing
Homes in Centreville, Maryland, US, on Tuesday, April 4, 2023. Nathan Howard | Bloomberg | Getty Images Mortgage rates jumped last week to the highest level in 23 years, pushing mortgage demand from homebuyers to the lowest level in 28 years. Total mortgage application volume fell 4.2% last week, compared with the previous week, according
The focus was on the primary market Wednesday as the New York City Transitional Finance Authority’s $1 billion deal saw good reception, repricing to lower yields, though municipals underperformed a U.S. Treasury rally. Equities ended in the black . Triple-A yields fell or rose a basis point or two, depending on the scale, while Treasuries
When the markets are trending, traders should be active if they want to earn money. On the other hand, in a ranging market, it is better to wait on the sidelines with patience or traders may lose money due to choppy random moves in either direction. Bitcoin’s (BTC) sideways price action since the sharp fall
Municipals were weaker across the curve as secondary activity showed cheaper trades and primary market deals faced concessions, as the asset class played catch up to recent U.S. Treasury losses. Triple-A yields rose two to seven basis points, depending on the curve, while USTs were mixed with some weakness on the short end and improvements
UK economic activity fell unexpectedly in August for the first time since January as higher borrowing costs hit demand, according to a survey that prompted markets to reassess their interest rate expectations and led to a sterling sell-off. The pound slid against the dollar after the release of the flash UK composite purchasing managers’ index
Kevin Matras talks about a stock’s Earnings Yield and how to use it. Highlighted stocks include ACT, AHL, ANW, TRN and URI.