Munis were weaker to kick off a holiday-shortened week as the front end and belly of the curve continue to feel pressure. Triple-A benchmarks outperformed a U.S. Treasury sell-off, and equities ended down. Markets continue to react to tight labor markets and still-high inflation that will likely lead to Federal Reserve rate hikes continuing into
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A bill introduced in California’s legislature would prohibit banks or lenders with business customers that manufacture firearms from working on the state’s public finances. Senate Bill 637, introduced Thursday by California Sen. Dave Min, D-Costa Mesa, applies to every aspect of the state’s public finances including municipal bonds, capital projects and the state’s debt portfolio,
Most mattress company executives would say they’re in the “sleep business,” but Jack Dell’Accio, founder and CEO of Essentia, says he’s in the wellness industry. That’s because Essentia approaches mattresses differently from other brands. They don’t make mattresses with springs or standard memory foam. Like many direct-to-consumer brands, they only have a few showrooms. What
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Grid trading is a quantitative trading strategy that involves placing automated buy and sell orders in an attempt to profit from the volatility of cryptocurrencies. Grid trading is a style of algorithmic trading that automates order execution by utilizing grid trading bots. To create a grid of orders that covers a range of potential market
The sanctioned Russian mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin generated revenues of more than a quarter of a billion dollars from his global natural resources empire in the four years before Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, according to corporate records. A Financial Times investigation has found that years of western sanctions against the Wagner mercenary group’s founder failed
It might seem like forever ago that Bitcoin (BTC) was trading below $18,000, but in reality, it was 40 days ago. Cryptocurrency traders tend to have a short-term memory, and more importantly, they attribute less importance to negative news during bull runs. A great example of this behavior is BTC’s 15% gain since Feb. 13
A fake website of the popular Ethereum Denver conference is the latest phishing target of a red-flagged smart contract that has stolen over $300,000 worth of Ether (ETH). The popular conference saw its website duplicated by hackers this week in order to trick users into connecting their MetaMask wallets. According to Blockfence, which identified the
Technology has been one of the hottest sectors of the year. Can it keep the momentum? Coupa Software: https://www.zacks.com/stock/quote/COUP?cid=CS-YOUTUBE-FT-VID Salesforce: https://www.zacks.com/stock/quote/CRM?cid=CS-YOUTUBE-FT-VID Guidewire Software: https://www.zacks.com/stock/quote/GWRE?cid=CS-YOUTUBE-FT-VID Ambarella: https://www.zacks.com/stock/quote/AMBA?cid=CS-YOUTUBE-FT-VID Ciena: https://www.zacks.com/stock/quote/CIEN?cid=CS-YOUTUBE-FT-VID Follow us on StockTwits: http://stocktwits.com/ZacksResearch Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ZacksResearch Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ZacksInvestmentResearch
A palatial estate in the Caribbean was listed for a whopping $200 million Sunday evening, making it the most expensive home to ever hit the market in the region and one of the priciest homes for sale in the entire world. The Terraces, as the estate is called, spans 17 acres and nine structures. It’s
Poland’s head of state has called on Nato powers to give postwar security guarantees to Ukraine, on the eve of a visit by the US president to Warsaw to reaffirm the west’s support for Kyiv a year into Russia’s war. Andrzej Duda told the Financial Times that promises of security guarantees “would be important” for
After the disgraced co-founder of FTX, Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF), donated $5.2 million to Joe Biden’s campaign in 2020 and more than $40 million to Democrats leading up to the U.S. midterm election cycle, three major Democratic organizations plan to return 2.2% of the funds, or $1 million, to the now-defunct crypto exchange. Of the total
While best known for their chic strollers—aesthetics, and design have always been at the heart of every product Cybex makes. One of the world’s leading lifestyle and child safety brands—they’ve collaborated with some of the top names in lifestyle and fashion from designer Jeremy Scott to supermodel Karolina Kurkova and even DJ Khaled. However, one
Exterior of a redesigned Chipotle restaurant Source: Chipotle Mexican Grill With market conditions as uncertain as they are now, it may be prudent to have a long-term approach and turn to the experts for guidance. Here are five stocks chosen by Wall Street’s top analysts, according to TipRanks, a platform that ranks analysts based on
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Investors are piling into high-quality corporate bonds this year at a record rate, reflecting their enthusiasm for an asset class that is typically seen as relatively low risk but now offers the best returns in years. A total of $19bn has poured into funds which buy investment grade corporate debt around the world since the
Top Stories This Week Paxos ‘categorically disagrees’ with the SEC that BUSD is a security The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has defined the stablecoin Binance USD (BUSD) as a security in a Wells Notice sent to its issuer, Paxos Trust Company. The SEC alleges the organization failed to register BUSD under federal
New homes at the Cielo at Sand Creek by Century Communities housing development in Antioch, California, U.S., on Thursday, March 31, 2022. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Chicago realtor Jeremy Fisher headed to Florida after Christmas counting on five mostly-relaxed weeks, after a slow second half of 2022 left him with a