MISSOULA, Mont. — In a subdivision near the northern edge of town, a number of condos and duplexes have popped up in the past three years. It’s part of a larger effort, including new zoning laws, to help provide affordable housing to Montanans who have found themselves priced out of the market, said DJ Smith,
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The NAFOA, founded as the Native American Finance Officers Association, announced that Cory M. Blankenship will take over the helm as the organization pushes the Tribal Tax & Investment Reform Act, which would free up tribal bond issuance. “NAFOA has been working with Congresswoman Gwen Moore D-Wisc. and Congressman David Schweikert’s R-Ariz. offices to help
The muni bond market grew in the second quarter as ownership by household and exchange-traded funds grew, while U.S. banks and insurers continued to reduce their holdings, the latest Federal Reserve data shows. The face amount of munis outstanding ticked up to $4.129 trillion, a 1.1% increase from the first quarter of this year and
The Senate Finance Committee kicked off next year’s looming tax debate Thursday during a hearing that highlighted the Democrats’ priority of eliminating tax-avoidance strategies employed by high earners and the Republican pledge to extend tax breaks built into the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. “In a matter of months, the Congress will begin a
Recent signs of cooling inflation are paving the way for the Federal Reserve to cut rates when it meets next week, which is welcome news for Americans struggling to keep up with the elevated cost of living and sky-high interest charges. “Consumers should feel good about [an interest rate reduction] but it’s not going to
People walk along London Bridge past the City of London skyline. Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images LONDON — The U.K. is leading a recovery in Europe’s long subdued office real estate market, with overall investment in the sector expected to pick up further in the second half of the year. Britain recorded 4.1
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the US equities myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Investors are snapping up shares in US consumer staples stocks such as Coca-Cola and Colgate-Palmolive as they hunt for more defensive areas of the market amid concerns over a potential slowdown in the US economy.
Over two decades ago, the investment bank where I worked introduced a new rule: pitch books couldn’t exceed 20 pages. Dubbed “Thin to Win,” the goal was to lighten the load for junior bankers and sharpen our client presentations. Our COO explained that studies showed audiences tuned out after 10 pages, remembering only three main
External view of the stand where Adobe Digital Imaging Evangelist Director, Photoshop & Lightroom Julieanne Kost conduct a Lightroom workshop at Xposure on February 29, 2024, in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. Horacio Villalobos | Corbis News | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in extended trading: Adobe — Shares plunged more than 10%
Municipals were little changed outside of cuts on the one-year Thursday while inflows into municipal bond mutual funds topped $1 billion, clocking in at the second highest total this year. U.S. Treasuries were slightly weaker and equities ended up. Investors added $1.258 billion to funds — the second-largest inflow figure year-to-date after $1.413 billion for
The American Bankers Association is pushing back hard against proposed rule for the controversial Financial Data Transparency Act, accusing the Securities and Exchange Commission and other federal agencies of overstepping their authority in seeking to replace the current identifier system for financial securities, including municipal bonds. The proposed FDTA rule, unveiled Aug. 1, would replace
We started buying Home Depot shares last week as a play on housing and interest rates. Our initial 50-share buy was around $362. We bought 50 more shares Wednesday a few dollars higher. The Dow stock is having a mixed year — up about 7% compared to the S & P 500 ‘s more than
Rgstudio | E+ | Getty Images Owning a home makes some people feel more confident about their prospects for retirement — but that may be misguided, some experts say. About 37% of polled workers — including those with part- or full-time jobs, or who are self-employed or business owners — say they are “ahead of
In this article BRK.A Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Ajit Jain at Berkshire Hathaway’s annual meeting in Los Angeles, California. May 1, 2021. Gerard Miller | CNBC Ajit Jain, Warren’s Buffett’s insurance chief and top executive, sold more than half of his stake in Berkshire Hathaway, a new regulatory filing showed. The 73-year-old vice
Jacksonville, Florida, public utility JEA plans to bring $476.6 million in electric system revenue bonds next week in a deal designed to sharply reduce the system’s exposure to variable-rate debt and derivatives. “This transaction will result in a significant simplification of JEA’s Electric System balance sheet,” the utility said in an online investor presentation. “Upon
The Nasdaq Composite notched its best one-day rise in a month after heavyweight tech stocks climbed, recovering from a morning sell-off. The tech-heavy index rose 2.2 per cent on Wednesday, with gains accelerating in the late afternoon. Nvidia jumped 8 per cent, leading an advance for the rest of its Magnificent Seven peers. The Nasdaq
Raphael Bostic, president and chief executive officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta.Bloomberg News Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta President Raphael Bostic violated the central bank’s trading rules and policies in 2022, according to a government watchdog report. The Federal Reserve’s Office of the Inspector General, or OIG, released the findings from its review
Thanks to the run up in housing prices, homeowners now have more than $32 trillion in home equity as of the first quarter of 2024, according to the St. Louis Federal Reserve — an all-time high. “It’s one of the very few things we can say about today’s housing market that is, more or less, positive,” said
In this article BAC Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Warren Buffett speaks during the Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholders Meeting in Omaha, Nebraska on May 4, 2024. CNBC Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway offloaded another chunk of Bank of America shares, bringing its total sales to more than $7 billion since mid-July and reducing its stake
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the US inflation myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. With today’s data showing the US inflation rate slowing to 2.5 per cent, conditions in America’s labour market remain all-important for the 25 vs 50 basis point rate cut debate facing the Federal Reserve next
When Community Memorial Hospital in Hicksville, Ohio, shuttered on Aug. 31, it became the latest small-town healthcare provider in the Midwest to run into insurmountable financial trouble. The hospital in the rural community of 3,114 residents closed its doors for good three months after the state’s tax commissioner rejected its request to file for Chapter
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