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Zelenskyy says Russia ‘wants war’ in rebuke of troop mobilisation
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has launched a searing rebuke of Russia’s pledge to mobilise additional troops and hold sham referendums in southern and eastern Ukraine, saying Moscow “wants war” but “will not be able to stop the course of history”. Zelenskyy, speaking in a speech recorded from Kyiv at the UN General Assembly, attacked Russia’s recent…
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Ares Management CEO Michael Arougheti breaks down where to find yield in a world of uncertainty
(Click here to subscribe to the Delivering Alpha newsletter.) Inflation, a hawkish Fed, fears of a recession have all made 2022 a tough environment for investing. A traditional portfolio of stocks and bonds is deeply in the red, leaving investors to seek diversity elsewhere. Ares Management, however, has been a beneficiary of the current environment. With hundreds…
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Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Freyr Battery, Stitch Fix, General Mills, Trupanion and more
In this article ACB-CA ANET NOC Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT General Mills’ Cheerios for sale on a store shelf. Lisa Baertlein | Reuters Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading Wednesday. Freyr Battery — Shares of the electric vehicle battery maker shot up 17.6% after Morgan Stanley said the company’s price…
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The impact of the Wintermute hack could have been worse than 3AC, Voyager and Celsius — Here is why
Most crypto investors probably never heard of Wintermute Trading before the Sept. 20 $160 million hack, but that does not reduce their significance within the cryptocurrency ecosystem. The London-based algorithmic trading and crypto lending firm also provides liquidity to some of the largest exchanges and blockchain projects. As a crypto-native trading firm, meaning digital assets…
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How New York Usury Law Tripped Up An Over-Smart Lender
New York has a convoluted body of usury law that deems certain loans usurious and invalidates them. New York’s usury law almost never actually applies to any loan because the law is riddled with so many exceptions and exclusions. It will, however, sometimes rear its ugly head with casual or noninstitutional transactions, or where a…
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Here’s what the Federal Reserve’s third 75-basis point interest rate hike means for you
The Federal Reserve raised the target federal funds rate by 0.75 percentage points for the third time in a row, in an effort to cool down unrelenting inflation. Fed officials have raised the benchmark short-term borrowing rate a total of five times this year, including 75-basis point increases in June and July, marking an unprecedented pace. related…
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New York City’s first social bonds will fund affordable housing
New York City will dip its toes into the social bond municipal market for the first time next month when it offers a $400 million taxable general obligation deal to a growing investor base seeking bonds that address specific social objectives. This is the city’s first sale of social bonds, Mayor Eric Adams and New York…
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Munis sell off ahead of Fed rate hike
Municipals sold off across the yield curve amid elevated selling pressure as the first day of the Federal Open Market Committee meeting began Tuesday, with the one-year muni well above 2.5% and the 10-year surpassing 3%. U.S. Treasuries were weaker and equities ended down. Triple-A benchmark yields rose eight to 10 basis points, depending on…
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Truss plans radical shift in economic policy
Liz Truss has declared that cutting taxes for the wealthy and profitable companies is not “unfair”, signalling a radical shift in economic policy ahead of a growth-focused mini-Budget on Friday. The UK prime minister has signed off plans to cut national insurance, a policy that will disproportionately help the better-off, reverse a planned rise in…
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How crypto billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried survived the market wreckage and still expanded his empire
FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried has been shopping for bargains amid the industry’s recent carnage and said he still has cash to spend if opportunity knocks. It may seem strange. Other multibillion-dollar crypto giants spiraled into bankruptcy this year. FTX’s main competitor, Coinbase, has seen its shares plunge 70% and has laid off a fifth of…
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Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Change Healthcare, Ford, PayPal, Humana and more
In this article GM F LVS NVAX MRNA BNTX Ford Motor Company’s electric F-150 Lightning on the production line at their Rouge Electric Vehicle Center in Dearborn, Michigan on September 8, 2022. Jeff Kowalsky | AFP | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading Tuesday. Change Healthcare – Shares of Change…
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Towns Where Million-Dollar Homes Are Practically The Norm
It’s easy to make assumptions about small towns, whether they are laid-back communities in the shadow of more densely populated areas or that their housing is affordable for most home buyers. Home prices may seem as if they’re declining in some parts of the country, but that doesn’t change how dramatically they’ve risen over the…
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Another interest rate hike is coming from the Federal Reserve: Here’s how it could affect you
This week, the Federal Reserve will likely raise rates by another three-quarters of a percentage point for the third consecutive time in an effort to cool down the high cost of living. The U.S. central bank has already raised interest rates four times this year, for a total of 2.25 percentage points. related investing news…
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Crypto market dumps after Ethereum Merge, why? Watch The Market Report
On this week’s “The Market Report” show, Cointelegraph’s resident experts discuss why the crypto market is dumping after the Ethereum Merge and why the bears are winning. To kick things off, we break down the latest news in the markets this week: Biggest Fed rate hike in 40 years? Five things to know in Bitcoin…
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Zacks Rank and Value Investing
Value Investing is one of the best ways to trade. But not all value stocks are bargains. Learn how to pick and time the best value stocks with the Zacks Rank.
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SIFMA still leader of the muni-lobbying pack
A look at lobbying action prior to election day shows some familiar sources making big contributions with the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association showing $3.58 million dispensed through 49 lobbyists, according to nonprofit transparency group Open Secrets. The totals for the entire financial sector through the second quarter of the year, are over $66…
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Another move to higher yields on short end on FOMC jitters
Municipals were weaker on the front end of the curve ahead outperforming larger losses on U.S. Treasuries that saw the two- and three-year yields rise to near 4% and the highest they’ve been since 2007. Triple-A muni yields rose another five basis points on the short end while UST rose up to seven. Two- and…
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Queen Elizabeth’s state funeral marks culmination of national mourning
Queen Elizabeth II has completed the journey to her final resting place at Windsor after a momentous state funeral at Westminster Abbey, as world leaders joined Britons in mourning the country’s longest-serving monarch. The Queen was laid to rest with her late husband Prince Philip at a private ceremony at the King George VI memorial…
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P2E gamers, minors not any safer from the tax man, says Koinly
Modern parents are going to need to keep an even closer eye on their kids’ gaming habits, as some of them may be accumulating a hefty tax bill, according to a crypto tax specialist. Speaking to Cointelegraph during last week’s Australian Crypto Convention, Adam Saville-Brown, regional head of tax software firm Koinly said that many…
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