With each passing day, fears surrounding COVID-19 elevate as the equity sell-off pressed on for the seventh day on Friday. The biggest winners have and will continue to be muni issuers, as they can sell debt at historic lows and participants don’t see the movement slowing. COVID-19 has pushed benchmark muni yields down to record
Month: February 2020
Manufacturing activity in China plunged in February, exceeding its collapse during the global financial crisis of 2008, according to one of the first official economic indicators published since the coronavirus outbreak. The manufacturing purchasing managers’ index (PMI) fell to 35.7 this month, which was an all-time low and was down from 50 in January, China’s
Traders on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange swapped stories all week about the extreme trading conditions they witnessed — conditions that have not been this wild since the financial crisis in 2008. For Virtu’s Matt Cheslock, it was the stunning move in bond yields: “As an equity trader, seeing over 10 basis
A customer exits a Big Lots store in Clifton, New Jersey. Emile Wamsteker | Bloomberg | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Big Lots — Shares of Big Lots tumbled nearly 30% after the retailer posted a quarterly earnings miss. The company reported earnings per share of $2.39 in the
Communal living space in California Source: Haven There’s a new solution for millennials struggling with rising rents, but it has a familiar feel. Communal living, or co-living, brings together a group of people, likely strangers, in a shared space. Often, there are private sleeping quarters but the kitchens and work areas are communal spaces. It’s
When you purchase a stock, do you use data to drive your decision? Have you ever looked at the fundamental analysis section of a stock’s information and found yourself lost? In this article, we will put together some of the most important metrics and explain how to use them to make more informed decisions. Return
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Kevin Matras goes over a unique way to show why buying more time on options is usually the better value.
The difference between the buy and sell price (also known as bid and ask) is one of those things that mystifies newbies. We’re not used to having two prices for the same thing when we go to a store or shop online. This video explains in detail what they mean and why it’s there in
Crypto exchanges have made it easier for millions of people to trade in cryptos, but they have also been found to be vulnerable to attacks, and today, two crypto exchanges, Bitfinex and OKEx, reported Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks. OKEx stated that the exchange suffered the attack last night, but none of its users were actually
Apple staff and customers, wearing facemasks to protect against the COVID-19 coronavirus, are seen on the shop premises in Beijing on February 22, 2020. Nicolas Asfouri | AFP | Getty Images CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Friday he thinks Apple‘s stock can sink further and cautioned retail investors against going all in on the tech giant’s
Federal Reserve chair Jay Powell signalled on Friday that the central bank was considering cutting interest rates in response to the “evolving risks” to the US economy posed by the spread of coronavirus. The Fed delivered the message in a statement issued during New York afternoon trading, helping the S&P 500 pare earlier losses to close
Markets Today U.S. markets were in free fall today and the selling gathered momentum into the close, as California announced that it was monitoring 8,400 people for potential coronavirus infections. The DJIA was down 4.4% or 1190 points, its biggest one-day point decline in history. Keep in mind, it’s the percentage, not the points, that
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis President James Bullard said the Fed is ready to act if the COVID-19 virus develops into a destabilizing force on the world economy. Speaking to the Fort Smith, Ark., regional chamber of commerce on Friday, he said while COVID-19 cases appear to be contained in China, more cases are
Global stocks were headed for their worst week since the 2008 financial crisis as Asia-Pacific markets sold off for a seventh day on coronavirus fears with shares in Tokyo following Wall Street into correction territory. The MSCI World index was down 9.4 per cent for the week on Friday, the worst performance since November 2008.
International investors believe coronavirus is truly a global phenomenon: Stock markets around the world are all down 10% to 12% from their recent highs. While travel-related stocks are taking very large hits, the entire global stock market has been taken down in recent weeks. All this has occurred in a short period — the S&P
Check out the companies making headlines in the premarket Friday: Wayfair IPO on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Lucas Jackson | Reuters Beyond Meat (BYND) — Shares of the Beyond Meat dropped more than 11% after the company reported a surprise quarterly loss. The meatless food company posted a loss of 1
A single family home is shown for sale and in escrow in San Marcos, California. Mike Blake | Reuters Pending home sales in January rose 5.2%, the National Association of Realtors said Thursday, crushing analysts’ expectations of a 2% monthly gain. They were 5.7% higher on an annual basis. “This month’s solid activity — the second-highest
The rigid and time-consuming procedures of traditional banks have unknowingly paved the way for an industry that has grown tremendously in less than a decade. The peer-to-peer lending industry has become a viable alternative to standard bank loans, emerging as a competitor to the traditional banking system. Growth of Peer-to-Peer Lending The peer-to-peer lending (P2P)
Here’re the seven tips to being a better and more successful stock trader. Tip 1: Have an open mind… there is more than one way to make money in the stock market. Tip 2: Stay away from the news and media when trading. They only discuss hype and what’s hot – but it will make
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Trading 212 teams up with trading expert David Jones for a series dedicated to the finer points of trading. First up is trading psychology and how hope and fear govern what traders think and do. We discuss the importance of self-discipline regardless of whether you are trading gold, oil, forex or stocks. It is the
Bitcoin (BTC) has spent much of the last week in freefall, sinking to a low of $8,520, just as the Coronavirus outbreak prompts widespread panic in the financial world due to its potentially cataclysmic impact on the global economy. This negative correlation between a global crisis and the value of the world’s largest cryptocurrency is
When yields are depressed, seeking attractive dividend profiles across sectors becomes more important. Slower global growth and uncertainty surrounding international trade contributed to a shift in monetary policy in 2019, as the Fed reversed its tightening regime and investors bought up relatively safer Treasury bonds, pushing down yields. The length of the current bull market,
US stocks fell more than 4 per cent on Thursday, extending a sell-off to its sixth day and closing in correction territory, as pressure grew on the Federal Reserve and other central banks to cut rates in response to the coronavirus. The S&P 500 suffered its worst day since August 2011, ending at its low
Interest rate movements are a central factor affecting financial investments across the board. The Federal Reserve controls its federal funds rate which serves as the foundation for interest rate movements. Its goals are to use the rate to impact the economy through management of the cost of credit, particularly for businesses. When interest rates are
Issuers in the Far West sold $85.09 billion of municipal bonds in 2019, according to Refinitiv data, a 23% year-over-year increase helped by increasing adoption of taxable refunding structures. “I think people were pleasantly surprised by the growth in the second half of the year driven by low rates,” said Raul Amezcua, a managing director
Taiwan readies $2bn budget to soften blow from coronavirus Kathrin Hille reports from Taipei The Taiwanese government on Thursday presented a draft NT$60bn ($2bn) special budget to prop up financing for its fight against the coronavirus outbreak and mitigate the economic blow from the epidemic. The massive support package, which is expected to be approved
An employee works while sitting under a mural at Etsy Inc. headquarters in Brooklyn. Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg via Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines after the bell: Booking Holdings—Amidst the coronavirus outbreak, the travel company’s stock fell over 2% in extended trading despite posting a double beat on earnings and revenue for the
The Commerce Department said on Wednesday new home sales jumped 7.9% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 764,000 units last month, the highest level since July 2007. Housing market strength could help keep the economic expansion, now in its 11th year, on track. The sector, which accounts for about 3.1% of GDP, is being
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