Month: August 2021

Jianbi Chen | iStock | Getty Images Now that struggling renters are no longer protected by a national ban on evictions, it has become even more pressing for those households to get approved for federal rental assistance. Congress has allocated more than $45 billion in rental assistance to address the crisis hitting tenants and their
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On Tuesday, the noncustodial digital currency wallet Metamask announced that the platform has surpassed 10 million monthly active users (MAUs). Year-to-date, Metamask has seen 19x growth since July 2020 as MAUs climbed 1,800% in 12 months. Metamask Hits Over 10 Million Monthly Active Users There’s no doubt that Metamask has been a popular Ethereum blockchain
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Municipal benchmark yield curves were little changed to a touch firmer Tuesday as all eyes were on the primary in which several larger competitive loans were sold and New York City Transitional Finance Authority offered nearly $1 billion to retail investor for the second day with some concessions. U.S. Treasury yields rose slightly and ratios
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The Analysis And Discussion Provided On Silverdoctors Is For Your Education And Entertainment Only, It Is Not Recommended For Trading Purposes. The Doc Is Not An Investment Adviser And Information Obtained Here Should Not Be Taken For Professional Investment Advice. The Commentary On Silverdoctors Reflects The Opinions Of The Doc And Other Contributing Authors. Your
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Inflation in the eurozone has risen to its highest level in almost a decade, increasing pressure on the European Central Bank to slow the pace of its bond purchases. Driven up by the region’s recent economic rebound, August’s jump in the eurozone’s harmonised index of consumer prices to 3 per cent from a year earlier
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Brazil’s post-pandemic economic recovery threatens to slow sharply next year as economists sound the alarm over surging inflation and interest rates as well as the effect of an unprecedented drought. Buoyed by policies that largely kept businesses open during the Covid-19 crisis, Latin America’s largest economy bounced back to pre-pandemic levels in the first quarter
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A series of government regulations have dealt a massive blow to Chinese tech companies, including Alibaba (BABA). These recent regulatory policies stemmed mainly from antitrust and data security concerns. The massive crackdown on China’s tech sector has erased more than $1 trillion in market value from all the globally listed Chinese stocks.  Alibaba stock has
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As the decentralized finance segment continues to gain steam despite an overall slump in the crypto space, decentralized exchanges (DEXs) and aggregation services have recently shown sustainable growth. Meanwhile, within the DEX segment, aggregation services have made remarkable progress. DeFi still running strong When Bitcoin’s (BTC) exchange rate dropped dramatically in May, some observers feared
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Mike McMullen is the CEO of Prominence Homes and the author of Build. Rent. Sell. Repeat!  Every athlete knows the importance of the fundamentals. From how runners hold their arms to where quarterbacks grip the football, professionals are often the first to tout the importance of mastering fundamental skills. A focus on the fundamentals is important in
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Deciding to take ownership over your retirement and savings goals typically starts with one important step: Automation. Financial experts and voices almost universally begin the savings process with the idea of automation. Why? Because it allows you to move money into either short-term savings or long-term retirement accounts without ever seeing the funds within your
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Municipals were little changed to a touch weaker on Monday, underperforming a slightly better U.S. Treasury market while the S&P 500 and Nasdaq rallied. The New York City Transitional Finance Authority priced $950 million of future tax-secured bonds for day one of a two-day retail order period. Nearly all categories of municipals appear poised to
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The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and the Nasdaq did not open for trading on Tuesday morning, Sept. 11, 2001 as terrorists attacked the World Trade Center and Pentagon. First, American Airlines Flight 11 crashed into the North Tower of the World Trade Center at 8:46 a.m. and United Airlines Flight 175 hit the South
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The US has ended its 20-year war in Afghanistan, withdrawing its remaining troops and concluding a huge and chaotic airlift evacuation of more than 120,000 civilians while leaving others stranded. The withdrawal ended a minute to midnight local time and brings to a conclusion America’s longest war that claimed the lives of more than 2,400
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Investors Bancorp, Inc. (ISBC), the holding company of Investors Bank, recently announced the acquisition of eight Berkshire Bank branches. The financial terms of the deal have not been disclosed so far. The branches are located across New Jersey and eastern Pennsylvania. The buyout was concluded on August 27, 2021. With this acquisition, Investors Bancorp will acquire about
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Amid El Salvador preparing to officially enforce the country’s Bitcoin (BTC) law in early September, Salvadorans took to the streets to protest over the adoption of BTC as an official currency. El Salvador’s anti-Bitcoiners have expressed discontent regarding the government’s plans to adopt Bitcoin as legal tender, with hundreds of protesters marching through the capital
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