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  • Munis end the week firmer

    <img src=”https://public.flourish.studio/visualisation/21753829/thumbnail” width=”100%” alt=”chart visualization” /> Municipals were firmer Friday ahead of a larger new-issue calendar as U.S. Treasury yields fell and equities were down. Muni yields were bumped up to four basis points, depending on the curve, while UST yields fell eight to nine basis points across the curve. Market activity has been somewhat…

  • Cruise stocks tumble after Commerce Secretary Lutnick signals tax crackdown

    In this article CCL RCL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT The Royal Caribbean cruise ship ‘Explorer of the Sea’. Getty Images Shares of cruise lines tumbled Thursday after Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick suggested the Trump administration would crack down on taxes paid by the companies. “You ever see a cruise ship with an American…

  • Home sales drop sharply as prices hit an all-time high for January

    A “For Sale” sign on a house in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US, on Friday, Aug. 16, 2024.  Joe Lamberti | Bloomberg | Getty Images The U.S. housing market continues to weaken, as potential buyers face stubbornly high mortgage rates, elevated prices and limited supply of listings. Sales of previously owned homes fell 4.9% in January from…

  • Analysts concerned by reports of Trump plan to cut natural disaster program

    Collapsed Interstate 40 in western North Carolina after Hurricane Helene. Gov. Josh Stein is seeking an additional $19 billion in federal aid.North Carolina Department of Transportation Reports that President Donald Trump plans to cut 84% of the staff from one of the two major federal programs providing natural disaster aid concern analysts. Previously, Trump suggested…

  • Amid a quieter new-issue market, $2.5B Brightline West Passenger Rail Project deals price

    <img src=”https://public.flourish.studio/visualisation/21736765/thumbnail” width=”100%” alt=”chart visualization” /> Municipals were steady to slightly firmer Thursday as the $2.5 billion Brightline West Passenger Rail Project deal priced amid a quieter new-issue market. U.S. Treasury yields fell slightly and equities were down. The two-year municipal to UST ratio Thursday was at 62%, the five-year at 63%, the 10-year at…

  • GameStop CEO Ryan Cohen hikes his personal stake in Alibaba to $1 billion, WSJ says

    In this article BABA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT GameStop Chairman Ryan Cohen. CNBC GameStop CEO and billionaire investor Ryan Cohen has increased his personal stake in Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba to roughly 7 million shares worth about $1 billion, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. Citing people familiar with the matter, the Journal…

  • Trump says his administration will check Fort Knox ‘to make sure the gold is there’

    President Donald Trump said his administration is going to audit the U.S. gold reserves kept at Fort Knox in Kentucky. “We’re going to go to Fort Knox, the fabled Fort Knox, to make sure the gold is there,” Trump said Wednesday on Air Force One. A drive to audit Fort Knox has gained steam from…

  • Home price growth has slowed. But high costs, economic worries have some buyers retreating

    monkeybusinessimages | Getty There are signs that the housing market is swinging to favor buyers. However, renewed worries about the economy are holding some buyers back. On the upside for homebuyers, home price growth has slowed and mortgage rates have retreated from recent peaks. The median sale price for homes was $375,475 in the four…

  • Illinois governor outlines 2026 budget

    Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker speaks in Washington, D.C., in January. The governor devoted a healthy chunk of his budget address to warnings about and defiance of the Trump administration.Bloomberg News Washington’s threats to state and local government funding took center stage when Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker Wednesday delivered his seventh budget address to a joint…

  • European stocks outpace Wall Street since Trump took office

    Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world European stocks have outpaced the US in the month since President Donald Trump’s inauguration, as hopes rise that the region might escape a worst-case scenario trade war. The benchmark Stoxx Europe 600 index…

  • Munis little changed, UST yields fall slightly

    &amp;lt;img src=”https://public.flourish.studio/visualisation/21715678/thumbnail” width=”100%” alt=”chart visualization” /&amp;gt; Municipals were little changed Wednesday as U.S. Treasuries were firmer and equities ended mixed. The two-year municipal to UST ratio Wednesday was at 63%, the five-year at 63%, the 10-year at 66% and the 30-year at 84%, according to Municipal Market Data’s 3 p.m. EST read. ICE Data Services…

  • British Business Bank told to refocus lending on priority sectors

    Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Ministers are to refocus lending by the British Business Bank on small companies operating in high growth sectors, in an attempt to put financial muscle behind the government’s new industrial strategy. The BBB, the government’s…

  • U.S. housing market could lose nearly $1.5 trillion in value due to rising costs of climate change

    It’s still too soon to fully calculate the cost of the Los Angeles wildfires, but one thing is clear: The cost of insurance will go up, and that will affect not just the value of LA real estate but of real estate across the nation. The losses from those wildfires may seem unimaginable now, but…

  • Dysfunction cited as state government takes over a Texas school district

    The Texas State Capitol. The state education agency replaced the board and superintendent of the South San ntonio Independent School District. Bloomberg News The Texas Education Agency replaced the entire leadership of the South San Antonio Independent School District. The move announced on Wednesday comes after nearly two decades of dysfunction “resulting in diminished student…

  • Municipals outperform UST losses

    &lt;img src=”https://public.flourish.studio/visualisation/21697965/thumbnail” width=”100%” alt=”chart visualization” /&gt; The municipal bond market was narrowly mixed ahead of smaller supply slate, while Treasury yields rose and equity prices were marginally lower on the day. The day’s moves led municipal to UST ratios to fall slightly. The two-year municipal to UST ratio Tuesday was at 62%, the five-year at…

  • Trump’s broadside against wind industry threatens projects that could power millions of homes

    A view of the turbines at Orsted’s offshore wind farm near Nysted, Denmark, September 4, 2023.  Tom Little | Reuters President Donald Trump promised to unleash U.S. energy dominance, but his sweeping executive order targeting wind power puts a pipeline of projects at risk that would generate enough electricity for millions of American homes. The…

  • This lesser-known tax strategy could help to reduce capital gains on your home sale

    Martin Barraud | Ojo Images | Getty Images As U.S. home equity climbs, owners are more likely to face capital gains taxes from selling property. But a lesser-known tax strategy could help shrink your bill, experts say. When selling your main home, there’s a special tax break that shields up to $250,000 of profits for…

  • How Europe can defend itself without US help

    European officials are awakening to a reality that Donald Trump has long underscored: the US no longer wants to be the primary guarantor of security for either Ukraine or the continent as a whole. For anyone who missed that message, Pete Hegseth, US defence secretary, rammed it home last week in a speech that left…

  • Trump’s cost-cutting may impair federal lease-backed bonds

    As NASA contemplates relocating, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has urged the space agency to move down to the Space Coast around Cape Canaveral.Michelle Bruzzese/Bloomberg The Trump administration’s efforts to shed office space as part of wider cost-cutting measures brings uncertainty for holders of a substantial yet esoteric corner of the municipal bond market — revenue…

  • Muni advocates raise the stakes in tax-exempt fight

    “Losing tax-exempt bonds would devastate American communities and set economic development efforts back decades,” said Toby Rittner, president and CEO of the Council of Development Finance Agencies. ”Communities use bonds to finance their built environment, infrastructure, schools and future growth needs. The housing industry uses bonds for affordable, senior and workforce housing. There are no alternatives…

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