An Oklahoma legislator has once again filed a bill prohibiting government contracts with companies, including banks that underwrite municipal bonds, if they “discriminate” against the firearm industry. Republican State Sen. Casey Murdock authored a similar bill that fell short of passage in the 2022 legislative session. “The bill actually had wide margins of support in
The U.S. House of Representatives has passed a bill that would give Puerto Rico voters a chance to vote for statehood or other options, but it is unlikely to make it through the Senate and become law this session. The U.S. House voted 233 to 191 in favor Thursday, with all Democrats and 16 Republicans
The Capital Region Medical Center in Missouri will hold an investor call Monday as it works to finalize a forbearance from 2022 covenant defaults in an effort to buy time to stabilize its troubled financial condition. Capital Region reported non-payment related defaults in a Dec. 8th post on the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board’s EMMA website.
In this episode of hungry for returns, the question we are going to answer is: are there any options that can be used for swing trading ideas? We are going to talk about how you can use options, such as a butterfly or a diagonal, for swing trading. Check it out! #swingtrading #optionstrading #tradingstrategy #tradingoptions
This video builds on the first part in which we talked about putting together a collection of companies that you might possibly want to invest in. In this second part, we discuss a number of specific areas that you might consider focusing on in order to decide which companies are worthy of further consideration and
Evidence of a wave of Covid-19 deaths is beginning to emerge in Beijing despite official tallies showing no fatalities since an uncontrolled outbreak began sweeping through China’s capital this week. Staff at one crematorium in Beijing said they cremated the bodies of at least 30 Covid victims on Wednesday and Financial Times reporters saw two
In an attempt to further sever the state’s financial ties with businesses that have divested from the fossil fuel industry, Kentucky lawmakers are mulling new anti-ESG investment regulations. Attorney General David Cameron affirmed his support for expanding disclosure rules for environmental, social, and governance-related investments by major banks and businesses, and giving the state wider
Municipals were little changed as secondary trading slowed Thursday but the short-end remains under pressure and outflows returned to municipal bond mutual funds. U.S. Treasuries ended the session mixed and equities sold off hard. Muni-UST ratios were steady Thursday. The three-year muni-UST ratio was at 61%, the five-year at 67%, the 10-year at 72% and
As the housing market cools quickly, house flippers are finding it harder to make fast profits. In the third quarter, gross flipping profit, which is the difference between the median purchase price paid by investors and the median resale price, dropped to $62,000, according to ATTOM, a real estate data provider. That’s down 18.4% from
The Bank of England raised interest rates on Thursday by half a percentage point to 3.5 per cent, the highest level in 14 years, and warned that further rate rises were likely. In a vote showing a majority on the central bank’s Monetary Policy Committee for “forceful” action against inflation, six of the nine members
Today I’m going to show you how I would trade the market under the current conditions. We are going to take a look at a diagonal spread on SPX, and I’ll give you my thoughts and insights on how I would approach this type of trade. #stocktrading #options #optiontrading #option #diagonalspread #spx Posted at: https://tradersfly.com/blog/creating-a-double-diagonal-strategy-on-spx-quick-options-trade-strategy/
In today’s second video in our Basics of Forex series, we explore key facets of a Forex quote, introducing and explaining such terms as the bid and offer, the spread, pips and fractional pips. To help us answer the question of what is a pip and what is a fractional pip, we look at an
Short-end municipals saw continued pressure Wednesday, further inverting the muni curve, while Fed Chairman Jerome Powell’s hawkish comments sent traders digesting the Fed’s next moves after the Federal Open Market Committee hiked rates 50 basis points. U.S. Treasuries ended the session slightly better after see-sawing post-FOMC and equities closed with losses. In his post-FOMC meeting
Considering an idyllic spot on the water in the Turks and Caicos Islands? Kira Isle, Leeward, on Providenciales may just be the ticket. The family-oriented community boasts a marina, restaurants, water sports companies and an international school, among other services, according to Gordon Williams of Grace Bay Realty. “Homeowners in this area have the luxury
The Securities and Exchange Commission has proposed a new Regulation Best Execution that would establish a best execution standard, mandating that dealers in any transaction with a customer or a customer of another broker-dealer use reasonable diligence to determine the best market for the security and buy or sell so that the price is as
A For Sale sign appears in front of a house on Oak Street in Patchogue, New York, on May 17, 2022. Steve Pfost | Newsday | Getty Images After a month of declines, mortgage application volume is rising, as current homeowners and potential buyers move on lower mortgage rates. Applications rose 3.2% last week compared
Today we’re going to talk about how to customize your options chain columns in the thinkorswim platform so that you can manage your data and positions much quicker and efficiently. ? Check out our membership plans here: https://members.tradersfly.com/ Also, check out our freebies! https://tradersfly.com/freebies/ #stocktrading #optionstrading #options #stockmarket #investing #optionschaincolumns #thinkorswim Posted at: https://tradersfly.com/blog/how-to-customize-your-options-chain-columns-in-the-thinkorswim-platform/ ?
UK inflation dipped to 10.7 per cent in November as an easing in the rise in petrol prices helped to lower the rate from a 41-year high of 11.1 per cent last month. The figure was better than an expected 10.9 per cent and economists said the annual inflation rate had now probably passed its
Stock Trading can seem a bit complex at first but if you break it down it’s actually quite simple. To do that trading expert David Jones explains exactly what stocks are, how they are traded on exchanges and the differences between trading and investing. With some real examples for Facebook, Twitter and Netflix, you get
Municipals continued to see large cuts on the short end Tuesday as selling pressure there remained elevated but the rest of the curve improved following a better-than-expected consumer price index report that led to a rally in U.S. Treasuries. Equities ended the session in the black. The one-year triple-A muni ended the session with up
Walgreens and CVS agreed to a $10.7 billion settlement, the third large monetary agreement forced by a coalition of state attorneys general seeking redress from the opioid addiction crisis. The agreement resolves allegations that both national pharmacy chains contributed to the nation’s opioid addiction crisis by failing to oversee how medications were distributed. Under the