Month: August 2021

Municipals struck a firmer tone on the short end Tuesday as the new-issue calendar got underway, with strong competitive loans, while U.S. Treasuries held steady and equities strengthened into the afternoon. Triple-A benchmark yield curves were bumped on the short end as bonds inside of 10 years have been more tightly bid. Municipal-to-UST ratios were
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Stocks rose on Tuesday, with investors’ growth concerns and worries over the Delta variant’s spread at least temporarily outweighed by optimism over a batch of better-than-expected quarterly earnings results. Stephanie Roth, JPM Private Bank senior markets economist, and Chris Payne, Payne Capital Management Financial Advisor joined Yahoo Finance Live to discuss. Video Transcript [MUSIC PLAYING]
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Being financially secure before you reach 30 may seem out of reach for many people in their 20s, but it’s possible. Working toward financial security need not be an exercise in self-deprivation, as many people assume. Attaining this goal even has some immediate benefits, as financial insecurity can become a serious source of stress. The
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Advertisement Silver Price Outlook: Despite record low US real yields and weaker US Dollar, silver prices haven’t been able to get off the mat. With the delta variant concerns infecting market sentiment, precious metals with higher sensitivity to growth conditions are faring poorly; silver prices remain down. Recent changes in sentimentsuggest that silver prices have
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The gold miners’ stocks were whacked hard earlier this summer on a Fed-rate-hikes scare. That serious anomaly really damaged sentiment, spawning exceptionally-weak seasonal performance in… by Adam Hamilton of Zeal LLC The gold miners’ stocks were whacked hard earlier this summer on a Fed-rate-hikes scare.  That serious anomaly really damaged sentiment, spawning exceptionally-weak seasonal performance
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So you’ve established an asset allocation strategy that is right for you, but at the end of the year, you find that the weighting of each asset class in your portfolio has changed. What happened? Over the course of the year, the market value of each security within your portfolio earned a different return, resulting in
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Pakistan’s national security adviser has complained about US president Joe Biden’s failure to contact Prime Minister Imran Khan as Washington seeks help to stop the Taliban taking over Afghanistan following US troop withdrawals. The cold shoulder from Washington comes as the Taliban has captured swaths of territory across Afghanistan in a ruthless offensive emboldened by
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China is the world’s biggest lender to governments. And that’s not just because of its gigantic stockpile of US Treasuries. For much of the past decade Beijing has sought to plug massive infrastructure funding gaps across multiple continents through its Belt and Road Initiative. The overarching aim, other than to bolster global influence, is to upgrade
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