South_agency | E+ | Getty Images Older Americans make up the largest share of homeowners in the U.S. compared to other generations. However, many are renting in their retirement years. Most older adults, those at least 65 years old, own their homes, according to the Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard University. Yet, more than
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Israel’s military conducted multiple heavy air strikes on Beirut’s southern suburbs overnight, in one of the most violent air raids on the Lebanese capital in Israel’s intensifying campaign against armed group Hizbollah. Residents across Beirut
Municipals faced some pressure Thursday as U.S. Treasuries saw losses amid geopolitical uncertainty and mixed macroeconomic data ahead of Friday’s payrolls figure while equities were off near the close. The last large new-issues priced in the primary and secondary trading pointed to some weakness, leading to small cuts to triple-A yield curves. Municipal bond mutual
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The devastation Hurricane Helene rained on the mountain region of western North Carolina can be handled financially by governments in the short term but other municipal issuers may struggle and the long term is cloudy, analysts say. Helene hammered the area from Friday through Sunday, bringing rainfall amounts up to 31.3 inches, hurricane winds up
A pedestrians looks at residential properties displayed for sale in the window of an estate agents’ in Windsor, west of London. Justin Tallis | Afp | Getty Images LONDON — Lower mortgage rates are sparking an uptick in the U.K. housing market, following a surge in the pace of home sales last month, data showed.
Municipals were a touch softer Wednesday, but outperformed U.S. Treasury weakness as investors focused on the primary market with several large new-issues pricing to solid demand. Equities were in the black to close the session. Triple-A yield curves were little changed to weaker by one to four basis points, depending on the curve, while Treasuries
Investortools and ficc.ai have partnered to stream the latter’s predictive trade levels into the former’s Investortools Dealer Network. This integration gives Investortools’ clients greater “AI-driven pricing intelligence,” allowing them to make more informed decisions and have the flexibility to incorporate their preferred real-time pricing data providers, according to a press release. Through the integration, Investortool’s
In this article RXRX Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Source: Recursion Pharmaceuticals AI drug pioneer Recursion Pharmaceuticals said Wednesday that one of its experimental treatments hit a key milestone. Recursion was able to use its artificial intelligence-enabled drug discovery platform to identify an area of biology to target for the treatment of solid tumors
Skynesher | E+ | Getty Images Mortgage rates moved ever so slightly higher last week, but it was enough to take a little heat out of what had been a briefly red-hot refinance market. That caused total mortgage application volume to fall 1.3% for the week, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s seasonally adjusted index.
In her new role as Indianapolis-based managing director at Crews & Associates, Susan Reed aims to bring both creative ideas and a deep well of experience to bear on the challenges facing Indiana issuers. Reed, who has worked as a bond attorney and a municipal advisor and has served in a community and economic development
Municipal bonds are directly or indirectly involved in a flurry of litigation in Arizona, Oklahoma, Texas, and Utah triggered by defaults, bankruptcy, environmental concerns, or laws that punish financial firms for their stance on fossil fuels. The outcomes of the lawsuits could determine if bonds can be issued, who is to blame for defaulted debt,
In this article SCHW Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Walter “Walt” Bettinger, president and chief executive officer of Charles Schwab Corp., speaks during the 2015 Fortune Global Forum in San Francisco, California, U.S., on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2015. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Charles Schwab CEO Walt Bettinger is retiring from
Night scene of Singapore’s Toa Payoh district Chanachai Panichpattanakij | Moment | Getty Images Singapore’s private home prices fell for the first time in five quarters amid depressed sales, preliminary market data showed on Tuesday. The data released by the Urban Redevelopment Authority showed that its private home price index fell 1.1% last quarter as
Municipals saw some weakness up front while U.S. Treasuries saw losses across the curve after Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell signaled the Fed’s rate-cutting schedule was not yet certain as the U.S. economy remains strong. Equities closed in the black. USTs saw the largest losses on the short-end, with yields rising up to 7 basis
The New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority board approved its 2025-2029 capital plan last week. It could not answer the question of how it will be funded. The 2025-2029 plan devotes most of its $68.4 billion price tag to keeping the system in a state of good repair. A new train that entered service on the
A bulldozer moves coal that will be burned to generate electricity at the American Electric Power coal-fired power plant in Winfield, West Virginia. Luke Sharrett | Bloomberg | Getty Images The planned restart of Three Mile Island is a step forward for nuclear power, but the U.S. needs to deploy new plants to keep up
A shareholder at a securities hall in Hangzhou, the capital of Zhejiang province in east China, on Sept. 24, 2024. Cfoto | Future Publishing | Getty Images China stocks rallied to their best day in 16 years, with related U.S. ETFs also soaring after recent economic stimulus buoyed investor optimism in the market. The Shanghai
Mike Spiering holds Francesca Spiering as he stands in the flood water around his home after record rains fell in the area on April 13, 2023 in Hollywood, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty Images The cost of insuring your most expensive assets has skyrocketed. While overall inflation has slowed, insurance costs are taking a bigger
Austria’s far-right Freedom party scored a historic victory in the country’s parliamentary election on Sunday, with the result consolidating pro-Russian, anti-establishment forces in central Europe. The FPÖ was projected to win just under 29 per cent of the ballots cast, according to a near final official estimate of the vote late on Sunday, bolstering the
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