The US Congress is reportedly set to consider legislation that would ban the issuance of memecoins like President Donald Trump’s Official Trump (TRUMP) token. House Democrats are preparing to introduce the Modern Emoluments and Malfeasance Enforcement (MEME) Act, which would prohibit public officials from profiting from digital assets, California Representative Sam Liccardo told ABC News
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Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The problem with the future is that it hasn’t happened yet. Betting on companies whose value largely resides in educated guesswork is therefore not for the weak of stomach. Nvidia, Palantir, AppLovin and MicroStrategy —
Richard Ciccarone, president emeritus of Merritt Research Services.Alan Klehr Illinois’ Annual Comprehensive Financial Report for fiscal year 2023 is threatening to break California’s record for latest audit, having recently passed 600 days since that fiscal year ended, according to data on audit times. Illinois is currently tied with Nevada for the latest fiscal 2023 audit.
In this article PLTR Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Omar Marques | Lightrocket | Getty Images Investors continued to dump Palantir shares on Thursday, escalating concerns that the latest hot pick among retail traders could be fizzling out. Shares of the mysterious technology and defense stock retreated more than 5% on Thursday, regaining some
A home for sale in Casselberry, Florida, Aug. 14, 2024. Stephen M. Dowell | Orlando Sentinel | Tribune News Service | Getty Images Mortgage interest rates dropped again last week, hitting the lowest level in two months, but demand for mortgages didn’t respond. Total mortgage application volume fell 1.2% from the previous week, according to
<img src=”https://public.flourish.studio/visualisation/21835112/thumbnail” width=”100%” alt=”chart visualization” /> Municipals were a touch firmer in spots Wednesday as U.S. Treasury yields fell further and equities ended mixed. The two-year municipal to UST ratio Wednesday was at 63%, the five-year at 64%, the 10-year at 68% and the 30-year at 87%, according to Municipal Market Data’s 3 p.m. EST
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world Once upon a time, before everything else happened, Donald Trump’s defining obsession could be measured in billions. Whether the billions were real never seemed to matter much. “Donald’s verbal billions were always a
PREPA bondholders opposed to the Oversight Board’s offer say the reasons the court had given to continue the stay are no longer valid. Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority bondholders opposed to the Oversight Board’s proposed restructuring filed a motion to lift the bankruptcy’s litigation stay, which could lead to their appointing a receiver for PREPA.
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. BP will spend $10bn a year on producing more oil and gas, slash its spending on renewable energy and sell $20bn of assets as it tries to revive its share price and respond to pressure
Traders work on the New York Stock Exchange floor on Feb. 20, 2025. Spencer Platt | Getty Images An expensive stock market did not prevent traders from getting more bullish as investors increasingly bet that the bull run could keep chugging along, according to Charles Schwab’s new quarterly client survey. The bulls continue to outnumber
Oscar Wong | Moment | Getty Images Renters looking for a better deal may need to rethink the kind of properties they’re focused on in their search. As of January, median single-family home rent prices are up about 41% since before the pandemic, according to a recent report by Zillow. Meanwhile, multi-family rents are up
<img src=”https://public.flourish.studio/visualisation/21816220/thumbnail” width=”100%” alt=”chart visualization” /> Muni yields fell Tuesday, underperforming a U.S. Treasury rally. Equities ended mixed. Muni yields fell three to eight basis points, while UST yields fell eight to 11 basis points. The two-year municipal to UST ratio Tuesday was at 63%, the five-year at 64%, the 10-year at 67% and the
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Sir Keir Starmer told MPs on Tuesday that Britain was confronting a “world where everything has changed”, as he shredded the country’s overseas aid budget to fund a rearmament programme not seen since the cold
“Every deal team that has an issue they’re working on will spend a lot of time talking about this,” said Glenn Weinstein at Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone, P.L.C. and former chair of the National Association of Bond Lawyers’ Securities Law and Disclosure Committee.Glenn Weinstein Municipal market participants are beginning to ponder when and whether the threat to
Despite the air of gloom hanging over China’s property market, work is well under way at a construction site in the north-west of Beijing. Yellow and green cranes nestle among the scaffolding, while lines of crushed limestone trail across the upturned earth. Backed by private developer Longfor, projects like this have helped power the world’s
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Traders work on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) floor on Feb. 20, 2025 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images Spend some time looking at trading volumes, and you’ll notice something interesting: A lot of investors recently are making outsized bets on the stock market. Most of them are long bets, but
Sentiment among the nation’s single-family homebuilders dropped to the lowest level in five months in February, largely due to concern over tariffs, which would raise their costs significantly. The National Association of Home Builders’ Housing Market Index, or HMI, dropped a sharp 5 points from January to a reading of 42. Anything below 50 is
<img src=”https://public.flourish.studio/visualisation/21795219/thumbnail” width=”100%” alt=”chart visualization” /> Municipals were slightly firmer in spots Monday as U.S. Treasury yields fell and equities ended mixed. “Munis have been slow and steady (steady may be a stretch) for the first couple of months of the year,” said Daryl Clements, a portfolio manager at AllianceBernstein. Munis returned 0.51% in January
Andrew Nakahata was appointed to California IBank’s second top slot.TD Securities Andrew Nakahata has been appointed chief deputy executive director and chief operating officer at the California Infrastructure and Economic Development Bank, according to the governor’s office. San Francisco-based Nakahata, who is expected to start with IBank on March 17, will leave a position as