France has recalled its ambassadors from Washington and Canberra for consultations, in a diplomatic protest against a new security pact under which Australia will buy nuclear-powered submarines from the US and cancel its existing contract with Paris. Jean-Yves Le Drian, French foreign minister, issued a statement on Friday night saying he had been told to
Many people don’t understand that you can actually sell option contracts without having the stock, or without owning the other option side of the trade. Selling options is more popular among professionals than buying option contracts. That is because when you sell option contracts, you can allow the time decay to work in your favor.
Bitcoin’s (BTC) recovery is facing stiff resistance near $48,500, indicating that bears are active at higher levels. By combining the popular stock-to-flow Bitcoin price model and the illiquid supply data, analyst William Clemente projects $39,000 to act as a strong floor on any declines. On the upside, analysts remain bullish. Bloomberg Intelligence chief analyst Mike
RBC Capital Markets LLC and two of its municipal market officials have agreed to pay more than $800,000 to settle Securities and Exchange Commission charges that they improperly allocated new issue bonds, the latest development in a three-year SEC investigation into muni bond flipping. The SEC announced the action Friday, and all three defendants neither
In this article GSBD David Zalik, founder and CEO of GreenSky. Chris Hamilton | GreenSky Goldman Sachs is acquiring digital lender GreenSky for $2.24 billion as the investment bank pushes further into consumer finance. The all-stock deal for GreenSky, called the biggest fintech platform for home improvement loans in a release announcing the transaction, is
In this article UNM ACCD 788-FF TTWO IVZ MANU Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Manchester United (MANU) – The soccer team operator reported a quarterly loss that was 5.9% narower than what it lost a year ago amid a 15.9% increase in revenue. Manchester United is not providing full-year revenue or
Kellie Rastegar is Co-Founder and Creative Director at Rastegar Property Company. Without question, affordable housing has caused contention across all classes. According to “The State of the Nation’s Housing 2021” report (subscription required), homebuyers and homeowners are currently divided into different categories. One category is rushing to purchase a home from savings acquired during the pandemic,
An Emirati woman paddles a canoe past skyscrapers in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, on Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2019. Christopher Pike | Bloomberg | Getty Images Abu Dhabi’s property market is showing signs of steady growth, as the oil rich capital of the United Arab Emirates recovers from the deep blows of the coronavirus pandemic.
Puerto Rico’s local government revoked a law the Oversight Board has been considering using to issue restructured bonds without the local government’s support. Puerto Rico Gov. Pedro Pierluisi signed Project 959 on Thursday, revoking the 1942 law, which had been used over the years to justify bond refundings. The board has argued it could legally
The European Central Bank expects to hit its elusive 2 per cent inflation target by 2025, according to unpublished internal models that suggest it is on course to raise interest rates in just over two years. This would be at least a year earlier than most economists expect the ECB to raise its deposit rate
Increasing M&A deals and cutting edge therapies are driving biotech ETFs higher. IShares Nasdaq Biotechnology ETF: https://www.zacks.com/funds/etf/IBB/profile?cid=CS-YOUTUBE-FT-VID SPDR S&P Biotech ETF: https://www.zacks.com/funds/etf/XBI/profile?cid=CS-YOUTUBE-FT-VID ARK Genomic Revolution ETF: https://www.zacks.com/funds/etf/ARKG/profile?cid=CS-YOUTUBE-FT-VID Virtus LifeSci Biotech Clinical Trials ETF: https://www.zacks.com/funds/etf/BBC/profile?cid=CS-YOUTUBE-FT-VID ALPS Medical Breakthroughs ETF: https://www.zacks.com/funds/etf/SBIO/profile?cid=CS-YOUTUBE-FT-VID Merck: https://www.zacks.com/stock/quote/MRK?cid=CS-YOUTUBE-FT-VID Biogen: https://www.zacks.com/stock/quote/BIIB?cid=CS-YOUTUBE-FT-VID Sanofi: https://www.zacks.com/stock/quote/SNY?cid=CS-YOUTUBE-FT-VID ArQule: https://www.zacks.com/stock/quote/ARQL?cid=CS-YOUTUBE-FT-VID Synthorx: https://www.zacks.com/stock/quote/THOR?cid=CS-YOUTUBE-FT-VID Follow us on StockTwits: http://stocktwits.com/ZacksResearch Follow
On August 5, 2021, the Ethereum network and its participants successfully completed the highly anticipated London upgrade, which saw the implementation of the Ethereum Improvement Proposal (EIP)-1559. Since then, 303,681 ether worth more than a billion U.S. dollars have been burned. More Than 300K Ether Burned Following EIP-1559 More than a billion dollars worth of
Key municipal market provisions will advance after the House Ways and Means Committee approved the measures yesterday after a four-day markup of a portion of the Biden Administration’s $3.5 trillion Build Back Better proposal. The muni provisions, including the restoration of advance refundings, a direct-pay bond program, raising the threshold for muni bonds to be
A new alt season is here — at least, according to some crypto industry commentators. Over the last month, altcoins — aka cryptocurrencies that aren’t Bitcoin (BTC) — have surged in price, with projects such as Solana, Cardano and Polkadot seeing their tokens triple in value. However, though people are screaming “alt season” with an
The Inspiration4 crew in their SpaceX spacesuits, from left: Chris Sembroski, Dr. Sian Proctor, Jared Isaacman, and Hayley Arceneaux John Kraus / Inspiration4 KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Florida — SpaceX is set to make history as Elon Musk’s space company prepares to launch four civilians to orbit. They will become the first full crew of non-professional astronauts to fly to
Traders on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Source: NYSE The land mines for the markets are becoming more numerous. Seasonal weakness is combining with continuing uncertainty over the impact of the delta variant on consumer behavior, high labor and material costs affecting pricing and delivery of goods, and poor data out of
In this article LVS WYNN BYND FSR DASH CSCO Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Beyond Meat (BYND) — Shares of the alternative-meat maker dipped 2.4% in premarket trading after Piper Sandler downgraded the company to an underweight rating. “Beyond is an early leader in plant-based meat, but we believe its current
AMC Entertainment will not only accept Bitcoin (BTC) payments for movie tickets by the end of 2022 but will also include other popular digital currencies in its crypto acceptance policy. Tweeting on Thursday, the company’s CEO, Adam Aron, announced plans for AMC to accept three other cryptocurrencies — Ether (ETH), Litecoin (LTC) and Bitcoin Cash
Having left their hearts in San Francisco during the depths of Covid, people are returning to the City by the Bay. Lots of them have been drawn by the rebounding sense of normalcy afforded by the city’s comparatively high rates of inoculation. Many have also been lured by a renewed focus on what might be
Christy Gentry and her husband have been dealing with California’s wildfires for the past four years. In 2017, the couple evacuated their Santa Rosa home for three weeks. In 2019, they were forced to cut a trip to Hawaii short and get their animals and stuff out of their house as a fire approached. “It