WASHINGTON, DC – FEBRUARY 17: U.S. President Joe Biden meets with labor union leaders in the Oval … [+] Office of the White House on February 17, 2021 in Washington, DC. Biden met with labor union leaders to discuss and promote his $1.9 trillion coronavirus economic stimulus plan. (Photo by Pete Marovich-Pool/Getty Images) Getty Images
Month: February 2021
Municipal new issue volume in February fell year-over-year as tax-exempts led the way down and refunding volume sank amid more new-money issuance. While issuance fell significantly from 2020, it was higher than January’s and only the fifth time in 35 years that volume exceeded $30 billion in February. Total volume fell 27.5% to $30.608 billion
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How much energy, water and food will the “money” created out of thin air in the future buy? by Charles Hugh Smith via Of Two Minds How much energy, water and food will the “money” created out of thin air in the future buy? Finance is often cloaked in arcane terminology and math, but the one
You can get whiplash, trying to follow the market fluctuations these days. Volatility rules for now, as investors are pulling out of Big Tech – a move that is pushing the general markets down. The bearish sentiment comes as new COVID case numbers are falling, along with the weekly unemployment claims. Both are positive news
Etsy CEO Chad Dickerson and others celebrate their IPO at the Nasdaq exchange, April 16, 2015. Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Etsy — Shares of the e-commerce company popped nearly 13% on Friday after beating on the top and bottom lines of its quarterly results. Etsy earned $1.08 per
By Leonard Hyman & William Tilles We have just witnessed the damage caused by poorly designed energy grids—rolling blackouts, skyrocketing electricity prices, people sleeping in their cars and in one insulated room to keep warm. At the same time a weaponized right wing media swings into action blaming wind turbines and the green new deal
Since their introduction in 1993, exchange-traded funds (ETFs) have exploded in popularity with investors looking for alternatives to mutual funds. Both institutions and individuals could see the benefit of these instruments—a basket of assets designed to track an index—that offered low management fees and higher intraday price visibility. But of course, no investment is perfect,
An artist’s illustration of the difference in size between the company’s Terran 1 rocket, to the left, and the planned Terran R rocket. Relativity Space Relativity Space, the 3D-printing rocket builder, is making another big bet: Developing a fully reusable rocket, designed to match the power and capability of SpaceX’s workhorse Falcon 9 rockets. Called
Some of Britain’s most promising tech businesses are considering stock market listings in the US, amplifying the pressure on the UK to change listing rules at a time when ministers are keen to show an ambitious strategy for the City after Brexit. UK tech businesses, including used car site Cazoo and health app Babylon, are
A woman who left the UK to join Isis in Syria on Friday lost her legal battle to return to contest the removal of her citizenship when the Supreme Court ruled against her in three related legal cases. The ruling overturns a decision by the Court of Appeal in July last year that would have
Thasunda Brown Duckett, the highest-ranking Black executive at JPMorgan Chase, is set to exit the company after 17 years to take over as president and CEO of TIAA in New York. The CEO of Chase Consumer Banking since 2016 and one of the most powerful female bankers in the industry, Duckett will succeed Roger Ferguson
Rumors of a possible investigation by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission into Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s alleged impact on Dogecoin’s price moves have been circulating on social media over the past day — a phenomenon that one Twitterer has quipped is “peak 2021.” I hope they do! It would be awesome — Elon
Matt Avital is the Principal & Founder of Ascenda Capital, located in Los Angeles, CA. getty Build-to-rent (BTR) is a relatively new asset class that has been quietly gaining traction among both boutique and institutional investors. This exciting new asset class is exactly what it sounds like: a community of high-quality detached single-family rental properties rife
Philippine crypto exchange Pdax recently suffered a costly technical failure – one that led to bitcoin trading at 300,000 Philippine pesos (around $6,000) – a discount of 88% to its current price. In the melee, some users managed to buy at these ridiculously low prices and quickly moved the bitcoin (BTC) away from their exchange
Getty getty Required minimum distributions (RMDs) from IRAs and other qualified retirement plans are more complicated than they need to be. There are a number of little-known rules that can be helpful to taxpayers or trap them into paying higher taxes or penalties. Most people believe IRA stands for “individual retirement account.” But the tax
Municipal bond yields continued their ascent, following U.S. Treasuries higher, as markets adjust to rising rates and an improving economy that created an environment in which stocks sold off not because of economic uncertainty but stabilization. The atypical relationship — falling stocks and rising USTs — is likely temporary as global markets essentially recalibrate, moving
Silver is suffering heavy losses for the second straight day on Friday. Next support for XAG/USD is located ar $26.60. Sellers are likely to remain in control unless silver rebounds above $27.30. The XAG/USD pair lost nearly 2% on Thursday after the surging US Treasury bond yields provided a boost to the greenback in the
We could experience a short squeeze in the coming months. If we see a good move higher, that would probably be an excellent… Chris Vermeulen on Palisades Gold Radio Tom welcomes Chris, founder of Technical Traders, back to the show. Chris explains his sector trading strategy and their approach to determining which sector and stocks
Last year was among the worst years for the energy sector. The global recession triggered by the novel coronavirus ensured that oil prices remained depressed. However, in 2021, a turnaround seems imminent. 2020 saw global GDP contract by 3.5%. Looking ahead, the International Monetary Fund expects the world economy to grow 5.5% in FY2021, and
A staff member displays a burger with a Beyond Meat plant-based patty at VeggieWorld fair in Beijing, China November 8, 2019. Jason Lee | Reuters Check out the companies making headlines after the bell on Thursday: Beyond Meat – Beyond Meat shares rose as much as 14.7% in volatile trading on news that the plant-based
The most common basic personal finance advice anyone gets is this—max out your 401(k) contributions. But what does that mean? How much is the maximum, and what do you do if you exceed it? And yes, you can exceed it—under certain circumstances. For 2021, the maximum allowed contribution to a 401(k) is $19,500 per year.
Mentions of GameStop increased on Reddit days before shares of the video-game retailer took off again, according to Justin Zhen, co-founder of Thinknum, a tech firm that compiles alternative data sets for investors. “In the last 24 hours, we saw the number of occurrences of mentions for GameStop spike. It actually started spiking about four
A rout in government bonds in international markets due to rising inflation fears eased in Asia on Friday, while global stocks continued their retreat. In early trading in the region, the yield on 10-year US Treasuries fell 0.06 percentage points to 1.456 per cent. The drop came after the yield shot up as much as
On his final day in the White House last month, Donald Trump told a small crowd of supporters at Joint Base Andrews, the military airport, that he had no intention of leaving the stage quietly. “I will always fight for you, I will be watching,” the outgoing president said before boarding Air Force One for
A financial advisor who says his practice has expanded by more than $200 million in the past six years dropped his longtime broker-dealer after launching an RIA. Assets under management at Palash Islam’s Synergy Financial Group surged to $225 million this year from $21 million at the end of 2013, according to Islam, who onced
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Digital Currency Initiative has revealed a new “Bitcoin Software and Security Effort” intended to foster research into bolstering the Bitcoin network’s defenses. The open-source initiative has received support from a diverse group of crypto industry leaders, including Gemini’s Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, MicroStrategy’s CEO Michael Saylor, Square CEO Jack Dorsey,
Kitchen remodels are a popular and expensive home improvement project. getty Sooner or later you might join the millions of Americans who remodel or renovate their homes each year. Perhaps it’s at that moment when you realize your kitchen says 1975, but you would prefer to cook in the moment. Or you have decided you
The governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele has defended the apex bank’s decision to exclude cryptocurrency transactions from the banking ecosystem. In his testimony before the Nigerian Senate, Emefiele claimed that the February 5 directive is “in the best interests of Nigerians.” Crypto Not Money Immediately following the announcement of the
Roger, 90 and Mark, 85 have been off and on friends for 50 years. Mark has no family of his own. Roger’s adult kids call him “Uncle Mark”, as he’s shown up for family events for decades. He once had plenty of money, or so it seemed. There was the apartment in Paris, the home
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