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<img src=”https://public.flourish.studio/visualisation/21307028/thumbnail” width=”100%” alt=”chart visualization” /> Municipals were steady Friday as U.S. Treasury yields fell slightly and equities ended lower. The 10-basis-point-plus UST rally in the week of Jan. 13 led to slightly more attractive muni-UST ratios as munis lagged, but not for long, said Barclays strategist Mikhail Foux. While UST yields were stable the
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The Federal Reserve is expected to hold interest rates steady at the end of its two-day meeting next week, despite President Donald Trump’s comments on Thursday that he’ll “demand that interest rates drop immediately.” So far, the central bank has moved slowly to recalibrate policy after hiking its key benchmark 5.25 percentage points between 2022 and 2023 in an
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Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world Donald Trump has started his second term as predicted: with a fusillade of executive orders, memos, vows, musings and overheated rhetoric. The world has had at least a year to brace itself for
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PREPA bondholders told the Puerto Rico Energy Bureau rates must be set to cover outstanding bond principal and interest. The Puerto Rico Oversight Board and bondholders of the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority are engaged in a potentially high stakes argument over how electric rates should be set, which could profoundly impact bondholders’ recovery. The
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Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world Cutting red tape, unleashing, debottlenecking — these are all great business-friendly policies. They work wonders on industries previously fettered by regulation. But there is little evidence that this has been the case for
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<img src=”https://public.flourish.studio/visualisation/21290760/thumbnail” width=”100%” alt=”chart visualization” /> Municipals were weaker Thursday as the primary market slowed and muni mutual funds saw inflows top $2 billion. U.S. Treasuries saw yields rise five years and out and equities ended mixed. The two-year municipal to UST ratio Thursday was at 64%, the five-year at 64%, the 10-year at 66%
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Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., has introduced a bill prohibiting federal contracts going to firms that are perceived as discriminating against the firearms industry. The office of Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont. The federal government would be prohibited from inking contracts with companies whose policies are said to discriminate against the firearms industry under a bill introduced
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The Texas House and Senate unveiled their budget plans for the fiscal 2026-27 biennium.Bloomberg News The Republican-controlled Texas House and Senate on Wednesday unveiled base budget plans for the upcoming biennium with both chambers proposing to continue funding and expand a massive property tax cut enacted in 2023. Armed with a record $39.4 billion cash
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Jeffrey Gundlach speaking at the 2019 SOHN Conference in New York on May 5, 2019. Adam Jeffery | CNBC DoubleLine Capital CEO Jeffrey Gundlach believes the Federal Reserve is missing the bigger picture again. “The Fed looks like Mr. Magoo, driving around, bumping into things. Then became systematic, got inflation to come down,” Gundlach said in an
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“The interval fund structure is well suited to the municipal market throughout a cycle,” said Alex Petrone, Rockefeller Asset Management’s director of fixed income.Rockefeller Asset Management A trio of interval funds new to the municipal bond market underscore the growing popularity of this type of closed-end fund as managers look for alternative investments that offer
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