Prospective home buyers arrive with a realtor to a house for sale in Dunlap, Illinois. Daniel Acker | Bloomberg | Getty Images Mortgage rates didn’t move at all last week, and are still sitting near a recent high. With home prices continuing to rise, that pushed more potential homebuyers to the sidelines. Total mortgage application
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Municipals were little changed in secondary trading Tuesday as the focus was on the primary where the state of Washington sold large general obligation bond deals ahead of the FOMC rates decision. Treasury yields rose a basis point or two throughout most of the curve and equities ended the session in the black. The two-year
A collection of muni market affinity groups are hosting their second annual summer mixer in August on the rooftop of Nixon Peabody’s downtown Los Angeles office. The event will be held Aug. 10 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Last summer’s inaugural event drew just north of 100 people, and they are hoping for a
NatWest’s board has criticised its chief executive Alison Rose and threatened to dock her pay after she admitted being the source of an inaccurate story about the closure of Nigel Farage’s bank account. But the bank’s chair Howard Davies said that “after careful reflection” the board had decided Rose retained their “full confidence”. Rose has been
Lending app Era Lend on zkSync has been exploited for $3.4 million worth of crypto, according to a July 25 report from blockchain security firm CertiK. The attacker used a “read-only reentrancy attack” to drain the funds, which is a type of attack that interrupts a multi-step process and then causes it to continue after
A house is for sale in Arlington, Virginia, July 13, 2023. Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images Home prices in May rose for the fifth straight month on the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller home price index, but regional differences are widening. The gains come despite a sharp jump in mortgage interest rates during the month.
In this article MMM ALK A SPOT DHR XRX Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Maplewood, Minnesota, 3M company global headquarters. Michael Siluk | Universal Images Group | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in premarket trading. General Motors — Shares of General Motors rose more than 1% after the automaker raised its
In the latest episode of Macro Markets, Cointelegraph analyst Marcel Pechman discusses the United States Federal Reserve’s delicate balancing act of curbing inflation without causing a recession and sheds light on the potential implications for the cryptocurrency market. In the crypto world, the anticipation of rising interest rates could have a short-term negative impact. This
The Massachusetts Department of Transportation’s executive board last week approved a $15.7 billion capital plan for 2023 to 2028. Approximately 60% of capital spending called for is “focused on improving the reliability and resiliency” of the existing infrastructure, MassDOT chief Gina Fiandaca wrote in an introduction to the plan, with an additional 23% going towards
Worldcoin (WLD), the native token of the “privacy-preserving digital identity (World ID)” project founded by OpenAI co-founder Sam Altman, soared after listing on major crypto exchanges on July 24. At the time of writing, WLD trades at $2.22, reflecting a 33% gain on the day. Despite criticism from nearly every corner of the crypto sector,
California State Treasurer Fiona Ma has hired two more deputy state treasurers to fill out her senior leadership team. Stephanie Tom and Khaim Morton were named deputy state treasurers, joining Patrick Henning, chief deputy state treasurer and Juan Fernandez, deputy treasurer for public finance. Ma was reelected in November. Several executives decided not to continue
Credit Suisse has been fined $388mn by US and British regulators for “significant failures in risk management and governance” related to the collapse of Archegos Capital, which caused a $5.5bn trading loss and helped bring about the demise of the Swiss lender. The US Federal Reserve imposed a $269mn penalty on the bank for “unsafe
XRP (XRP) price is down today, mirroring trends elsewhere in the cryptocurrencymarket as traders await the Federal Reserve rate decision in the week. XRP price drops amid rising dollar strength On July 24, XRP price dropped 8% to $0.68, underperforming the crypto market’s 3.5% decline on the same day. The XRP/USD pair declined amid growing
Climate change is not a distant threat, but a present danger that is already wreaking havoc on our lives and homes. From devastating floods to scorching heat waves to raging wildfires, homeowners need to prepare for the consequences of our warming planet. Preparing for these challenges requires investments at both the household and government levels.The
An online carpet and flooring retailer based in the United Kingdom has bought Bitcoin (BTC) and put it on the balance sheet, following in the footsteps of Tesla, Microstrategy and Real Bedford. Speaking with Cointelegraph, CEO of Flooring Hut, Paul Brewster explained that: “We see it [Bitcoin] as an asset that has probably the best
Powerful Republican donors and billionaires Ken Griffin and Nelson Peltz are rethinking plans to support the US presidential bid of Ron DeSantis over concerns that the Florida governor has veered too far to the right. They have been discouraged by DeSantis’s interventionist policies, people familiar with their thinking told the Financial Times. Griffin objects to
In this article RIVN CRM GOOGL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT The Rivian name is shown on one of their new electric SUV vehicles in San Diego, U.S., December 16, 2022. Mike Blake | Reuters There is more to investing in the right stocks than just buying them after a hot earnings report. Investors
Bitcoin (BTC) threatened fresh downside over the weekend as markets geared up for the July 23 candle close. BTC/USD 1-hour chart. Source: TradingView $19,000-$23,000 “still on the cards” for Bitcoin Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed acting below $30,000, now set as intraday resistance. July 22 saw a brief dip to $29,640 before
Top Stories This Week Chair Gensler says SEC reaction to Ripple decision is mixed, still under consideration U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler has commented publicly about the recent ruling on the agency’s suit against Ripple, saying the SEC is “still looking at it and assessing that opinion.” Gensler declined to comment further
Modelo Especial beer arranged in the Brooklyn Borough of New York, U.S., on Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2021. Gabby Jones | Bloomberg | Getty Images Company: Constellation Brands (STZ) Business: Constellation Brands is an international producer and marketer of beer, wine and spirits with operations in the U.S., Mexico, New Zealand and Italy with powerful, consumer-connected,