Municipal yields dropped up to another seven basis points led by strong secondary trading Tuesday while an $875 million competitive general obligation deal from Illinois took focus in the primary. U.S. Treasuries made gains and equities ended mixed. Municipal triple-A curves saw yields fall four to seven basis points, depending on the curve while USTs
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Interactive Brokers, one of the largest brokerage firms in the world, has opened crypto trading for retail clients in Hong Kong. According to the Nov28 announcement, the service is offered in conjunction with OSL, one of the first crypto exchanges to receive a Virtual Asset Service Provider (VASP) in Hong Kong. “Interactive Brokers’ retail investors
The price of Dogecoin (DOGE) dropped 4.6% to $0.0808 under the influence of a broader crypto market correction on April 12. This downside move preceded the release of the U.S. consumer price index (CPI), which showed inflation eased to its lowest level in two years. Dogecoin wipes out Elon Musk-led gains Dogecoin’s latest price drop
Anyone who has ever had the privilege of living on the waterfront will tell you that this is living. The new house has a big waterfront view on Oswego Lake. LUXE On the western edge of Oregon’s Oswego Lake is an exclusive district known as the Gold Coast. The neighborhood enjoys access to recreational and
Zach Hascoe, Co-Founder and Chief Commercial Officer at Say Technologies LLC, was a panelist at Benzingas 9th Annual Fintech Deal Day & Awards. Say offers a technology platform for shareholder voting and engagement. The company says it is on a mission to transform the way shareholders and companies communicate, engage and interact. Mr. Hascoe spoke
Bitcoin experienced its first-ever halving 11 years ago today, and since then, its price has soared from $12 to its current price of $37,000. 882 Total views 14 Total shares Listen to article 0:00 News Join us on social networksBitcoin (BTC), the largest cryptocurrency by market value, experienced its first-ever halving 11 years ago today.
Carrying water — Data from NASAs Webb Telescope backs up ideas on planet formation New data confirms the existence of a “snow line” in planet-forming disks. Elizabeth Rayne – Nov 28, 2023 1:00 pm UTC Enlarge / Image of a planet-forming disk, with gaps in between higher-density areas.ALMA(ESO/NAOJ/NRAO); C. Brogan, B. Saxton reader comments 0
Melissa Watras, Director of Product for Trillium Surveyor, was interviewed at Benzingas 9th Annual Fintech Deal Day & Awards. Trillium is a technology company that provides software to financial institutions to detect market manipulation. The companys software takes order data and processes it using proprietary algorithms that can detect irregularities. Ms. Watras spoke about the
stop all the downloading — Google Play keeps banning the same web browser due to vague DMCA notices Downloader app suspended by DMCA notice that didn’t list any copyrighted works. Jon Brodkin – Nov 27, 2023 11:10 pm UTC Enlarge / The Downloader app that was suspended from Google Play.Elias Saba reader comments 86 with
The explosive growth and success of Binance outside of the control of traditional financial and political establishments led to heavy-handed enforcement actions against the exchange, according to former BitMEX CEO Arthur Hayes. Hayes delved into the recent $4.3 billion settlement paid out by Binance in a lengthy Substack blog. This comes after the exchange and
A cameraman takes video footage of a stock index board showing South Korea’s benchmark stock index (L) after a ceremony celebrating the New Year’s opening of the South Korea stock market at the Korea Exchange in Seoul on January 2, 2023. (Photo by Jung Yeon-je / AFP) (Photo by JUNG YEON-JE/AFP via Getty Images) Jung
Barclays is exploring a plan to drop thousands of clients at its investment bank as part of a strategic overhaul that is meant to boost profits and cut £1bn of costs. Barclays executives have met several times this year to thrash out the restructuring, codenamed Minerva after the Roman goddess of wisdom, according to people
New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority faces potential budget gaps that could widen to nearly $900 million in 2026, according to the Citizens Budget Commission. The nonprofit think tank that analyzes state and city finances warns in a report released Monday that the MTA’s promised cost-saving measures may fall short and revenue from yet-to-be-built casinos could
Municipals were firmer Monday as investors prepare for a larger, $7 billion new-issue calendar while U.S. Treasuries made gains and equities were mixed near the close. Triple-A yield curves were bumped one to four basis points, depending on the curve, while UST yields fell by six to eight basis points. Munis continued to rally last
Morgan Housel, author of “The Psychology of Money” and partner at the Collaborative Fund, says no one is crazy when it comes to money. But we all need to update our thinking in key ways in order to build true wealth. Morgan Housel (Note: Morgan Housel will be on HalfTime Report today at 12:35 PM
Its a year before the presidential election, and Democrats are panicking. Their incumbent is unpopular, and voters are refusing to give him credit for overseeing an economic rebound. Polls show him losing to a Republican challenger. Whats true now was also true 12 years ago. Today, Democrats are alarmed by recent surveys finding that President
A press release that President Joe Bidens reelection campaign issued last week offered a revealing window into his advisers thinking about how he might overcome widespread discontent with his performance to win a second term next year. While the release focused mostly on portraying former President Donald Trump as a threat to legal abortion, the
Join us for some temporal shenanigans — The Ars guide to time travel in the movies We picked 20 time-travel movies and rated them by scientific logic and entertainment value. Jennifer Ouellette and Sean M. Carroll – Nov 24, 2023 12:30 pm UTC Enlarge / The selected films span several decades to show how Hollywood’s
Mike Johnson now knows what Kevin McCarthy was dealing with. At the new speakers behest, House Republicans today relied on Democratic votes to avert a government shutdown by passing legislation that contains neither budget cuts nor conservative policy priorities. The bill was a near replica of the funding measure that McCarthy pushed through the House