U.S. homebuilders are feeling pessimistic about their business for the first time in seven months, thanks to stubbornly high mortgage rates. Builder confidence in the single-family housing market fell 5 points in September to 45 on the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index. The decrease follows a 6-point drop in August. Anything
Cosmos-native layer-1 blockchain Canto has become the latest chain to migrate to Ethereum as a layer 2 zero-knowledge rollup, after another layer-1 blockchain, Astar, announced similar plans moving from the Polkadot ecosystem to Ethereum. Canto is a permissionless general-purpose blockchain, which is Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM)-compatible with aims to onboard the traditional financial sector to
California Gov. Gavin Newsom made a pair of big climate-change related announcements this weekend as Climate Week NYC kicked off in New York City. During a Sunday interview at the event, Newsom said he plans to sign into law two bills approved by state lawmakers intended to force major corporations to be more transparent about
Receive free Hedge funds updates We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Hedge funds news every morning. A build-up of leveraged bets has the potential to “dislocate” trading in the $25tn US Treasuries market, the umbrella group for central banks said, the latest high-profile warning over the potential for crowded
After forming successive Doji candlestick patterns on the weekly chart for the past three weeks, Bitcoin (BTC) is on target to end the week on a positive note. This is an early sign that the uncertainty between the bulls and the bears is resolving to the upside. Although the recovery is still in its early
California lawmakers ended their session Thursday with a flurry of legislation, including a bill that would allow striking workers to collect unemployment. The bill, strongly supported by labor unions, but opposed by the California Chamber of Commerce, would allow striking workers to collect unemployment benefits after being on strike for two weeks. Senate Bill 799,
Ray Dalio speaks during the 2023 Forbes Iconoclast Summit at Pier 60 on June 12, 2023 in New York City. Taylor Hill | GGetty Images U.S. billionaire Ray Dalio says new investors should have a diversified portfolio as economic and geopolitical headwinds persist. “I would like to have diversification, because what I don’t know is
In this article F AMC PENN FSLR ETSY CVX HPQ GM XOM Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT An AMC Theatre on March 29, 2023 in New York City. AMC Entertainment shares jumped as much as 13%, following a report that Amazon was looking to buy the theater chain. Leonardo Munoz | Corbis News |
Given the size of their enormous cohort, Millennials wield incredible clout to change society. Since maturing into young adults, they’ve been fingered as culprits behind the demise of a great many societal habits and norms, from the donning of business suits and the shopping of department stores to the use of banks and golf clubs.
Cryptocurrency users frequently fall prey to online hacks with Mark Cuban being just the latest high-profile example how nearly a million dollars can leave your digital wallet. It is possible to substantially bolster the security of your funds by heeding three simple guidelines that will be outlined in this article. But before delving into these, it’s
As the appropriations tug of war goes back and forth in Congress, municipalities are concerned about a wide range of federally-supported infrastructure projects which might end up on the chopping block. The National Association of Counties is already ringing a warning bell via a letter addressed to both chambers of Congress imploring the need to “prioritize federal
Receive free US interest rates updates We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest US interest rates news every morning. The US Federal Reserve will defy investors’ expectations and raise interest rates by at least another quarter-point, according to a majority of leading academic economists polled by the Financial Times. More
Bitcoin (BTC) circled $26,500 into the Sep. 17 weekly close after new September highs gave way to calmer conditions. BTC/USD 1-hour chart. Source: TradingView Bitcoin saves volatility for weekly close Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC price performance stabilizing over the weekend. The largest cryptocurrency had seen a trip to $26,880 two
Top Stories This Week Paxos confirms it’s responsible for paying a $500K Bitcoin transaction fee The Bitcoin miner who received 19.8 BTC in fees from blockchain infrastructure firm Paxos has returned the funds following Paxos’ claim that it made a mistake in paying over $500,000 in transfer fees. On Sept. 10, Paxos paid the six-figure
Port and shipping industry experts discussed the past and future of New York and New Jersey’s ports at an event hosted by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York this month. The “Ports of Tomorrow” event was carried out in partnership with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and the Regional Plan
In this article CTLT Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Rows of glass vials in a biologics laboratory in Sweden. Photographer: Mikael Sjoberg/Bloomberg Bloomberg Creative | Bloomberg Creative Photos | Getty Images Company: Catalent (CTLT) Business: Catalent develops and manufactures solutions for drugs, protein-based biologics, cell and gene therapies, and consumer health products worldwide. The
General Motors assembly workers picket outside the General Motors Bowling Green plant during the United Auto Workers national strike in Bowling Green, Kentucky, October 10, 2019. Bryan Woolston | Reuters Check out the companies making headlines before the bell. KeyCorp — The Cleveland-based regional bank rose almost 2% premarket after Piper Sandler said the shares
It might seem obvious that you’d want to work with a broker who has high standards when you’re selling your home or commercial property. Certainly, there are various requirements that salespeople must have to operate in the market. However, it can be important to check for signs that the broker will act ethically throughout the
EmirMemedovski | E+ | Getty Images This August, two years into their relationship, Yumi Temple and her boyfriend, Daniel, moved into their first apartment together, in Denver. It was Temple’s first time living with another person, outside of family, and she quickly learned there was a lot to navigate. The couple decided to see a
Municipals were a touch weaker to close out the week ahead of a smaller new-issue calendar and the Federal Open Market Committee meeting. U.S. Treasuries closed out weaker while equities were in the red. Triple-A yields rose one to three basis points, depending on the curve, while USTs rose three to four. The two-year muni-to-Treasury