May 20, 2024
“…Beijing offloaded a total of $53.3 billion of Treasuries and agency bonds combined in the first quarter, according to calculations based on the latest data from the US Department of the Treasury. Belgium, often seen as a custodian of China’s… Continue Reading…
March 11, 2024
“Vast swaths of the United States are at risk of running short of power as electricity-hungry data centers and clean-technology factories proliferate around the country, leaving utilities and regulators grasping for credible plans to expand the nation’s creaking power grid…”… Continue Reading…
December 20, 2023
“Gas prices look poised to fall below $3 per gallon for the first time since May 2021. Why it matters: Prices at the pump can dictate drivers’ budgets, and have been shown to impact consumer sentiment. Zoom in: The national average price of gas… Continue Reading…
November 9, 2023
“Sculptor Capital Management clients yanked $667 million from the firm’s main hedge fund in the third quarter, marking the sixth straight period of net redemptions… Rithm upped its offer to $12.70 a share, from $12, valuing Sculptor at about $720… Continue Reading…
May 23, 2023
“BlackRock Investment Institute favors private credit over public as the banking-sector turmoil makes traditional lenders cautious, opening up new opportunities in the funding market. “We think private credit could help fill a void left by banks pulling back on some… Continue Reading…
May 12, 2023
“Japanese investors bought a record amount of Treasuries in the first three months of the year as concern over the US banking sector damped bets on Federal Reserve rate hikes… Net purchases totaled ¥9.12 trillion ($68 billion) in the January-March… Continue Reading…
February 17, 2023
“…Prices continued their upward momentum in January, rising 0.5% for the month and 6.4% over the past 12 months, according to the latest consumer price index data released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. To make ends meet, 27% of Americans said… Continue Reading…
February 16, 2023
“…In their forecast, Shopify executives guided for revenue to grow “in the high-teen percentages” in the fiscal first quarter, while not providing a forecast for any profit metric nor for the full year. Analysts on average were projecting first-quarter revenue… Continue Reading…
February 3, 2023
“Amid stock market gyrations, recession fears and loftier payouts, consumers last year pumped a record sum of money into annuities, a type of insurance that offers a guaranteed income stream. Buyers funneled $310.6 billion into annuities in 2022, according to estimates published… Continue Reading…
November 29, 2022
“Stocks closed lower Monday as social unrest from China’s prolonged Covid restrictions weighed on markets. The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 497.57 points, or 1.45%, to end at 33,849.46. The S&P 500 dropped 1.54% to end at 3,963.94. The Nasdaq… Continue Reading…
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