Pending home sales, a measure of signed contracts on existing homes, slipped 1% from June to July, according to the National Association of Realtors. Compared with a year ago, sales were down 19.9%. The figure, a future indicator of closed sales, has fallen for eight of the past nine months as rising mortgage rates made
Long-end munis were much weaker Wednesday while a large new-issue from the New York City Transitional Finance Authority took focus in the primary. U.S. Treasuries were saw losses along the curve and equities made gains ahead of the Jackson Hole event that starts Thursday. Triple-A municipal yields rose two to 10 basis points with the
UBS Group is the only bank that underwrites municipal bonds on the list the Texas comptroller released Wednesday of 10 financial companies determined to be boycotting the fossil fuel industry under a 2021 law aimed at protecting the state’s oil and natural gas businesses. Placement on the list could jeopardize UBS’ participation as a co-manager
Topline Pending home sales—a leading indicator for housing market activity—fell less than expected last month in a potential sign that sales may soon stop collapsing as mortgage rates settle below recent highs, according to new data released Wednesday, but even if sales stop plunging, experts still aren’t sure how soon the market will recover. Key
A ‘for sale’ sign hangs in front of a home on June 21, 2022 in Miami, Florida. According to the National Association of Realtors, sales of existing homes dropped 3.4% to a seasonally adjusted annualized rate of 5.41 million units. Sales were 8.6% lower than in May 2021. As existing-home sales declined, the median price
Municipals were a touch weaker Tuesday, but the focus was on a large new-issue day with airport revenue bonds from Minneapolis-St. Paul and transportation revenue bonds from Delaware leading the calendar. Treasuries saw smaller losses out longer with the 10-year closing above 3% again while equities ended in the red as economic data disappointed. Triple-A
What is Overhead Supply? It is an area of resistance where there is more supply than you think. Example: If a stock is trading at $50 per share and has done a lot of trading at this level, eventually it will dip back down and may hit $20 per share. Many of the traders at
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Technical Analysis is a key aid used by many traders in making decisions of whether to enter or exit a market. Bar charts and standard Japanese candlesticks are popular types of charts for viewing price data. In this video, we look at a special type of Japanese candlestick chart called Heiken Ashi, explaining in detail
One of the UK’s largest energy groups has told ministers that a rescue plan to protect households from rising bills will need funding of more than £100bn over two years, underlining the scale of the crisis engulfing Britain as gas prices surge. Keith Anderson, chief executive of Scottish Power — one of the “Big Six”
Directors at two of the Federal Reserve’s 12 regional branches favored a 100-basis-point increase in the discount rate in July, minutes of discount-rate meetings show. The boards of the St. Louis and Minneapolis banks voted for a bigger move on July 14, the Fed said in a statement released Tuesday. A day earlier, a report
In this article AMC AMC Entertainment has embarked on a meme-friendly experiment to give a token reward to its retail investor base while also creating a backdoor way to raise more cash down the line. The theater chain’s new preferred share class — called “APE” units — begin trading on Monday after being distributed to
The tone for munis was mixed Monday as they mostly ignored broader weakness in U.S. Treasuries while equities sold off as the markets continue to weigh what’s to come from Federal Reserve officials later this week in Jackson Hole. Triple-A yields rose one to three basis points, depending on the curve, while U.S. Treasuries saw
US stocks suffered their biggest decline in two months on Monday, with technology shares falling sharply on the gloomy economic outlook and concerns that members of the Federal Reserve will adopt a hawkish tone at a symposium this week. Wall Street’s benchmark S&P 500 index slid 2.1 per cent, its most severe one-day fall since
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Chicago-owned O’Hare International Airport heads into the market next week with $1.77 billion of across-the-board A-plus-rated paper after two upgrades. The city will sell the bonds in four series offering a mix of paper subject to the alternative minimum tax and non-AMT with $1.3 billion being raised for projects and the remainder refunding outstanding debt
It’s not everyday that you hear about a “buy-two-get-one-free” deal in high-end real estate, but then again there’s nothing average about La Jolla’s Foxhill Estate. Encompassing approximately 30 acres of rolling seaside property, Foxhill Estate was once even larger, totaling 32 acres when it first hit the market back in early 2020. Since then the
Puerto Rico’s power problems continue, with at least two major blackouts in the past week, leading to a rising wave of criticism of Puerto Rico’s LUMA Energy, which may force its departure and could impact the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority debt restructuring. LUMA’s future may be influenced by the PREPA debt negotiations. It currently
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