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The Maga court: inside Donald Trump’s new White House
Nibbling on crabs, sushi and sugar cookies, some of the richest and the soon-to-be most powerful people in the world waited for the election results on Tuesday night at Mar-a-Lago, Donald Trump’s gilded fortress on the sea. At one of the tables, Trump sat with Elon Musk, the billionaire technology executive, and Dana White, chief…
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Ari Kavour joins HilltopSecurities leadership
“We are very pleased to have Ari join HilltopSecurities to lead our structured finance and mortgage business,” Hilltop CEO Brad Winges said in the release. “Ari’s historical skillset and vision in the mortgage sector are key elements of why he is such an important hire for our firm.” HilltopSecurities hired Ari Kavour as executive managing…
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Trump’s trade remedies reflect America’s troubled reality
Standard Digital Standard & FT Weekend Print wasnow 38 € per 3 months The new FT Digital Edition: today’s FT, cover to cover on any device. This subscription does not include access to ft.com or the FT App. What’s included Global news & analysis Expert opinion FT App on Android & iOS FT Edit app…
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Municipals rally to recoup post-election losses
<img src=”https://public.flourish.studio/visualisation/20211105/thumbnail” width=”100%” alt=”chart visualization” /> Municipals rallied Friday, fully recovering the losses from Wednesday’s selloff, as U.S. Treasury yields were mixed and equities ended up. Triple-A yields fell nine to 15 basis points Friday, depending on the scale, as investors flooded back into the market after the post-election selloff and FOMC rate cut. Those…
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Goldman Sachs: Why individual investors need to look at private investments to further grow wealth
Alistair Berg | Digitalvision | Getty Images In the past decade, private investments exploded from $4 trillion to $14 trillion. Primarily led by institutional capital, investors poured money into private markets in their search for differentiated returns and alpha generation. This makes sense as alternative investments have consistently outperformed global public markets on 10-, 15-,…
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Wall Street is bullish on one portfolio retail stock while raising concerns about another
Wall street analysts feel good about one of our retail stocks but apprehensive about another. The news on Home Depot Telsey Advisory Group, a leader in retail industry analysis, upgraded Home Depot stock to a buy-equivalent outperform on Friday. The research firm also increased its 12-month price target to $455 per share from $360, implying…
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Trump asks arch protectionist Robert Lighthizer to run US trade policy
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world Robert Lighthizer, who was US trade representative when Donald Trump launched his trade war with China, has been asked to take the job again as the president-elect starts to build his cabinet team.…
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Munis, USTs pare back losses post-Fed cut; Mutual funds see 19th week of inflows
<img src=”https://public.flourish.studio/visualisation/20192719/thumbnail” width=”100%” alt=”chart visualization” /> Municipals and U.S. Treasuries improved Thursday and equities ended mixed after the Fed cut rates 25 basis points and left the door open for further cuts in December. Triple-A yields fell three to seven basis points Thursday while govies were better by up to 11 basis points, retracing some…
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Mixed results for Southeast bond referendums, Puerto Rico gets new governor
Jenniffer González Colón, a supporter of statehood for Puerto Rico, was elected the next governor of the island. Three of the five biggest bond referendums in the Southeast region passed on Tuesday, with voters agreeing to requests from Nashville, Tennessee; Charlotte, North Carolina; and Fairfax County, Virginia, and rejecting them in Cary, North Carolina, and…
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DoubleLine’s Gundlach says expect higher rates if Republicans also win the House
Jeffrey Gundlach speaks at the 24th Annual Sohn Investment Conference in New York, May 6, 2019. Adam Jeffery | CNBC DoubleLine Capital CEO Jeffrey Gundlach said Thursday that interest rates could shoot higher if Republicans end up controlling the House, securing a governing trifecta that gives President-elect Donald Trump free rein to spend as he pleases. Gundlach, a…
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The Federal Reserve cuts interest rates by a quarter point after election. Here’s what that means for you
The Federal Reserve Building in Washington, D.C. Joshua Roberts | Reuters The Federal Reserve announced it will lower its benchmark rate bya quarter point, or 25 basis points, days after President-elect Donald Trump won the 2024 election. Economic uncertainty was a prevailing mood heading into Election Day after a prolonged period of high inflation left many…
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Texas university center focuses on municipal capital markets
“We hope to act as a resource to the industry, trying to provide some additional knowledge, research findings that can help the market,” said Martin Luby, the Center on Municipal Capital Markets’ director.University of Texas at Austin The role of capital markets in financing infrastructure is the focus of a university-based center recently launched in…
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Munis sell off as markets digest Trump win; inflation concerns rise along with yields
<img src=”https://public.flourish.studio/visualisation/20173584/thumbnail” width=”100%” alt=”chart visualization” /> Municipal bonds sold off Wednesday, following U.S. Treasuries to much higher yields in a risk-on trade after a sweeping victory by former President Donald Trump and a Republican takeover of the Senate. Equities saw massive gains on the day. The red wave that took the presidency and the Senate…
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Global ETFs slide as investors see Trump tariff policies hurting trade
A balcony above a trading floor inside the Euronext NV stock exchange in Paris, France, on Monday, March 13, 2023. Nathan Laine | Bloomberg | Getty Images U.S.-listed funds tracking global stocks largely pulled back in Wednesday’s session as investors considered Donald Trump’s victory harmful to international equities. Closely followed exchange-traded funds from iShares tracking…
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Mortgage rates surge higher on Trump victory, causing housing stocks to fall
In this article PHM DHI LEN Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Homes in the south suburban Chicago area on April 26, 2023. Brian Cassella | Tribune News Service | Getty Images President-elect Donald Trump’s victory spurred a rise in in the U.S. 10-year Treasury yield. Mortgage rates, which loosely follow the benchmark yield, are…
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Bond election results: Props 2 and 4 poised for victory
rawpixel.com / Felix/rawpixel.com – stock.adobe.com Voters appeared to approve California Propositions 2 and 4, each authorizing $10 billion of bonds, for the environment and wildfire protection, respectively, while the Los Angeles Unified School District appears on pace to receive voter approval for $9 billion of bonds. San Diego Community College District voters appeared to approve…
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Muni investors, issuers hold back as election unfolds, Fed cut looms
<img src=”https://public.flourish.studio/visualisation/20153191/thumbnail” width=”100%” alt=”chart visualization” /> Municipals were steady Tuesday as market participants mostly sat on the sidelines to await the results of the election and Wednesday’s Federal Open Market Committee rates decision, both of which will likely cause volatility in the near term and have repercussions on economic and monetary policy in the longer…
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Activist Jana is back in the kitchen at Lamb Weston – Here’s what could happen next
In this article LW Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A close-up of a logo for Lamb Weston printed on a Stealth Fries pack in Lafayette, California, on Jan. 22, 2021. Smith Collection | Gado | Getty Images Company: Lamb Weston Holdings (LW) Business: Lamb Weston is a global producer, distributor and marketer of value-added…
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Average age of first-time homebuyers is 38, an all-time high. Here’s what that says about the real estate market
Courtneyk | E+ | Getty Images First-time homebuyers in the U.S. are getting older. The median first-time homebuyer has reached an all-time high of 38 years old — three years older than in July 2023, according to the National Association of Realtors’ 2024 Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers report. This summer, NAR polled 5,390 buyers…
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US voters make their choice in historically tight election
Election watchers are likely to have their first glimpse of results once some polls close in Indiana and Kentucky, the states where in-person voting booths shut down first. The pair are Republican strongholds, though, and may not reveal much about how the close races will pan out. The first of the important swing states to…
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