Month: September 2020

By Ralph Mroz, Next Avenue Contributor getty Surveys show that most people would prefer to grow older, and even die, in their own home. This desire isn’t hard to understand. While you may have already downsized to a more manageable home or condo, you won’t have to move again, which is emotionally straining, physically taxing
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The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board’s assistant general counsel said Friday municipal advisors’ loyalties lie with their issuer clients when using an exemption that allows MAs to arrange certain private placement deals without registering as broker-dealers. During a National Association of Bond Lawyers virtual conference, MSRB Director of Market Regulation David Hodapp was asked what duties
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by Frank Shostak via Mises According to the modern portfolio theory (MPT), financial asset prices always fully reflect all available and relevant information, and any adjustment to new information is virtually instantaneous. In this way of thinking, asset prices respond only to the unexpected part of any information, since the expected part is already embedded in prices. For
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The economy is made up of many different segments called sectors. These sectors are comprised of different businesses that provide goods and services to consumers. The companies that are grouped together in a sector provide a similar product or service. For instance, companies that offer agricultural services make up the agricultural sector. Corporations that provide
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Deutsche Bank’s head of German retail banking Manfred Knof will become the new chief executive of domestic rival Commerzbank, the Frankfurt based lender announced on Saturday. The 55-year old former Allianz manager will join Commerzbank in January, ending an extended period of leadership limbo triggered by the joint resignation of chairman Stefan Schmittmann and CEO Martin
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As DeFi projects flock to Ethereum, experts warn the network is not yet ready to support the frenzy. Martin Froehler, a mathematician, former hedge fund manager, and founder of Austrian crypto trading platform Morpher, told Cointelegraph that although Ethereum is the “best thing [the blockchain industry] has” for DeFi, the current capabilities of the network
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California’s ultra luxury market is hot in Southern California getty In April when COVID hit California’s real estate market hard, I reached out to San Francisco-based Compass California President Mark McLaughlin and CoreLogic’s CLGX Deputy Chief Economist Selma Hepp, Ph.D. for their expert insights. Once again, we discuss market fundaments, as we move into Fall
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Allyson Belsome, program manager of the IRS Office of Tax-Exempt Bonds, was one of five IRS officials who spoke about compliance and enforcement during the National Association of Bond Lawyers’ annual bond attorneys’ workshop, which was held online this year for the first time. Brian Tumulty, The Bond Buyer Internal Revenue Service officials said Friday
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Many Americans are still paying higher-than-normal prices for staple food items… by Ethan Huff of Natural News (Natural News) Even though the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) plandemic would seem to be petering out, many Americans are still paying higher-than-normal prices for staple food items. C+R Research launched a study to check the pulse on prices throughout the country, determining that upwards of
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Among the devastating impacts of COVID-19 on businesses, advertising budgets have been hit hard. Even Wall Street heavyweight Facebook’s (FB) advertising business has been battered by the pandemic, with an advertiser boycott also weighing on the segment. In the second quarter of 2020, the company’s top 100 advertisers accounted for 16% of its revenue, which
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by Kimble Charting Inflation has long been a word that the Federal Reserve uses but the general markets have forgotten about. Why? Well because it’s been virtually non-existent for years. Key indicators like commodities (i.e. copper) have been in a down-trends and the Materials Sector (XLB) has lagged… until this year. In today’s chart 3-pack, we take a
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Repo vs. Reverse Repo: An Overview The repurchase agreement (repo or RP) and the reverse repo agreement (RRP) are two key tools used by many large financial institutions, banks, and some businesses. These short-term agreements provide temporary lending opportunities that help to fund ongoing operations. The Federal Reserve also uses the repo and reverse repo
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Kim Sohee | Getty Images (CNBC Pro subscribers can access the 13D Active-Passive Investor Summit featuring the most influential activist investors by registering here with promo code ”13DCNBC20′ for a 20% discount.) Company: Apartment Investment and Management Co. (AIV) Business: Apartment Investment and Management Co. is a REIT that focuses on the ownership, management, redevelopment, and development
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The US government has sanctioned China’s biggest chipmaker, dealing further damage to the country’s semiconductor industry after cutting Huawei off from its chip suppliers. On Friday, the US Department of Commerce told companies that exports to Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) posed an “unacceptable risk” of being diverted to “military end use”, according to a copy
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At style-laden Cotswolds boutique Cutter Brooks – amid the full-length dresses, John Derian découpage plates and chequered table linens – you’ll find a small selection of pristine American quilts. From a c1870 diamond design from Pennsylvania to a rare 1930s floral appliqué example, the intricate patterns are often passed down through generations and inventively pieced together from
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When the Sustainable Development Goals, or SDGs, were conceived back in 2012, blockchain technology was in its early days. Few could have foreseen the trajectory and the potential of blockchain for advancing these ambitious targets. But today, we see opportunities for blockchain technology to recast conventional approaches to sustainable development — and accelerate progress if
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Co-founder at Brevitas.com, Commercial Real Estate Marketplace and Platform Partner of the National Association of REALTORS® getty Real estate listings are pushed all throughout the internet. Syndications, MLS feeds and APIs have created a network of sites that can pull in real estate information from all over. That’s mostly thanks to the MLSs throughout the country
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