HOUSTON, TEXAS – AUGUST 12: A newly sold home is shown on August 12, 2021 in Houston, Texas. Home prices have climbed during the pandemic as low interest rates and working from home has become more abundant. Home prices around the country continue to surge in the second quarter as strong demand continues to overwhelm
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Municipals continued on the unchanged path with sparse trading and no primary to speak of for guidance, keeping the asset class in idle mode to end 2021. The Investment Company Institute reported $91 million of inflows into municipal bond mutual funds in the week ending Dec. 15, down from $517 million in the previous week.
People wait in line for t-shirts at a pop-up kiosk for the online brokerage Robinhood along Wall Street after the company went public with an IPO earlier in the day on July 29, 2021 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images News | Getty Images Stock options gained popularity on Main Street this
In this article PAYX COIN BABA TSLA KMX A Tesla store in Beijing, China, on July 4, 2021. Costfoto | Barcroft Media | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. CarMax — CarMax shares fell nearly 4.9% despite the used car retailer’s better-than-expected quarterly report. The company posted earnings of $1.63 per
The Puerto Rico Oversight Board filed a lawsuit against the governor and government agencies to stop implementation and enforcement of pension laws it says will add $8.3 billion of retirement benefits for government employees. The board filed the suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico late Monday against Gov. Pedro
Tuesdays can be boring, but an ongoing Twitter drama is captivating the attention of many blockchain enthusiasts. Ask The Doctor, a Canadian medical questions and answers website, announced that it would be suing Shytoshi Kusama, volunteer project lead of meme token Shiba Inu (SHIB), for alleged libel and will attempt to uncover his personal identity
The total value locked (TVL) in decentralized finance (defi) has rebounded in fiat value after suffering some losses last week. Statistics indicate that the $248 billion TVL in defi has increased 3.46% during the last 24 hours and the blockchain Terra has overtaken the Binance Smart Chain in terms of TVL in defi. Terra Protocol’s
In a past Forbes article, we looked at the richest counties in every state in the United States. This time around, we’re looking at the straight-up richest counties in the U.S. regardless of states. The richest counties in the U.S. geographically tend to fall in the Northeast, states surrounding Washington D.C., and the West Coast.
A for rent sign advertising a row house in northeast Capitol Hill, is pictured on Monday, August 26, 2019, in Washington D.C. Tom Williams | CQ-Roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images Demand for single-family rental homes is so strong that rents have nowhere to go but up, and they are rising at an increasingly fast
Municipals were little changed in quiet trading with few prints to direct benchmark yields in any direction while the pendulum swung to risk-on with equities seeing large gains and U.S. Treasuries slumping back to losses. Triple-A benchmarks were left unchanged, and ratios fell. The five-year was at 48%, 69% in 10 and 78% in 30,
The narrative surrounding Ether (ETH) of it fast transforming into an independent asset has been around for some time now. However, the last few months have seen this notion gain an increasing amount of mainstream traction, as is best highlighted by the fact that, since Oct. 1, ETH has showcased substantial northbound movement against Bitcoin
Jim Cramer on CNBC’s Halftime Report. Scott Mlyn | CNBC CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Tuesday he believes there will be a Santa Claus rally this year despite the raging omicron variant that’s spiking Covid cases during the holidays. The seasonal stock market phenomenon has historically started around now and continued into the first days of
In this article K PFE MRNA BA NKE CTXS Pedestrians cross a street in front of a Rite Aid store in Oakland, California. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Rite Aid — Shares of Rite Aid rallied more than 16% after reporting a quarterly
Missouri school districts must reject mask mandates, quarantine orders and other measures to fight the COVID-19 pandemic or lose access to the state’s credit enhancement program. State Treasurer Scott Fitzgerald said districts must sign a letter confirming their compliance with an attorney general’s order following a court ruling that threw out many local health orders.
El Molino, which means ‘The Mill,’ is one of the oldest historic homes in Montecito, California. Originally founded as an olive crushing mill to produce olive oil, olive oil soap and olive oil candy (known for its medicinal use,) the mill was closed in 1905 to become a residential estate. El Molino became an icon
Image Source | Getty Images Fast-growing prices in the housing market, as well as low interest rates, are enticing more investors to buy homes, renovate them quickly and sell them for a profit. But while home flips are rising and investors are expecting growing returns, the profits are falling. Close to 95,000 homes were flipped
Municipals were very lightly traded and little changed Monday, starting off the final two holiday-shortened weeks of 2021 with paltry supply and lightly staffed desks. The U.S. Treasury curve steepened with the long end weaker and equities sold off on continued COVID-19 concerns. The entire muni AAA curve has been stable for two weeks and
Bitcoin (BTC) continues to lose ground in December, a signal that traders may be locking in their gains before the end of the year. The lack of a Santa rally in the U.S. equity markets indicates that the risk-off sentiment prevails due to the uncertainty regarding the spread of the COVID-19 Omicron variant in several
In this article WEED-CA CCL DVN FANG ORCL The Carnival Cruise Ship ‘Carnival Vista’ heads out to sea in the Miami harbor entrance known as Government Cut in Miami, Florida June 2, 2018. RHONA WISE | AFP | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Carnival — Shares of Carnival rose
Overshadowing its glory in previous years, the crypto ecosystem managed to maintain a year-long spotlight throughout 2021. Key catalysts include mainstream adoption of Bitcoin (BTC), a meme coin frenzy driven by Shiba Inu (SHIB) and Dogecoin (DOGE), and proactive participation from popular celebrities and authority figures. The year 2021 witnessed a greater inflow of influencers